Guest guest Posted March 1, 2008 Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 I'm with you. I'm going to have to ask my kids to just not tell me. My mom was not welcome at any of my kid's births because of her attitude. My mother-in-law is wonderful and was there for all of them, sitting quietly for hours (my father-in law was there, too, sleeping on a gurney in the other birthing room with my older boys, watching cartoons, etc.). She tells us all the time that whatever we decide is just great--even when we change our minds! If she actually gives advice, I listen because it's so rare. I hope I can be like her but I'm afraid the bossy gene will take over, too. All the more reason we need to work on getting through to those around us about the dangers of vaccines. Winnie RE: Re: Fight with parents Vaccinations > I worry about the opposite… what if they make choices I don’t > agree with > that IMO will harm my grandkids…and I have to just sit back and > bite my > tongue? That is going to be so hard. What if they do choose to > vax and > if they choose to use formula and do both parents working and do > daycare??? Ohhhh I just worry about that path so much and I > don’t want > to alienate my kids from me and I don’t want my IL children to > hate me > and groan when I call or come over….I just know I wont have a tongue > left though if I hear how upset the baby was when he got 5 shots > at once > or how much the new formula makes him spit up > > > > I want my daughters in law to be close to me and feel like I’m a 2nd > mom.. I want what my MIL and I *don’t* have with them but mom’s and > daughters…it’s going to take some finesse that I’m afraid I > don’t have… > I’m too blunt and opinionated > > I have heard via the grapevine that my MIL is “very concerned” > about my > lack of vaxxing my kids but she hasn’t ever talked to me about > it so > until then.. I leave it a closed subject b/c of just that thing. These > are my kids and I am responsible for them. > > Nita, Mom to: 14, Jon 13, 10, 8, 6, > Christian(7/16/03 to 8/22/04), 2 and Isaac, 2/308 > Learn from the mistakes of others. Trust me... you can't live long > enough to make them all yourself. > > > We also got the guilt trip, in fact, we got the " this is not how we > raised you " comment verbatim and my husband replied " You mean to > tell me > that you didn't raise me to think for myself and to come to my own > conclusions about things? You didn't raise me to do everything > in my > power my child grows up strong, healthy and educated? " > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.2/1305 - Release Date: > 2/29/2008 6:32 PM > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.2/1305 - Release Date: > 2/29/2008 6:32 PM > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 1, 2008 Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 Maybe I am being overly optimistic, but I can see that by the time our children are old enough for this to be an issue, vaccines will have been revealed in their true light. So many folk are *seeing the light* and the move away from vaccines is getting so much more publicity, that I can't believe that this whole medical mass experiment won't have fizzled out over the next ten or fifteen years. What damage will be left in its wake doesn't bear thinking about, mind. This is where the *them and us* may come into effect - who is left to pick up the pieces. Having said all that, I think I have mine well-indoctrinated. She knows exactly what to do if someone tries to give her an injection without my knowledge or consent, and she has sworn to reject vaccines her entire life long, both for her and for any kids she may have. She groans with disgust if she sees a baby being formula-fed, and is an eager supporter of both home education and co-sleeping. She's a devotee of homeopathy, and violently anti-drugs, smoking and booze, so I think, at the age of 10, she's all set for an *alternative* and healthy future!! ) Sue x I'm with you. I'm going to have to ask my kids to just not tell me. My mom was not welcome at any of my kid's births because of her attitude. My mother-in-law is wonderful and was there for all of them, sitting quietly for hours (my father-in law was there, too, sleeping on a gurney in the other birthing room with my older boys, watching cartoons, etc.). She tells us all the time that whatever we decide is just great--even when we change our minds! If she actually gives advice, I listen because it's so rare. I hope I can be like her but I'm afraid the bossy gene will take over, too. All the more reason we need to work on getting through to those around us about the dangers of vaccines. Winnie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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