Re: offload about not following the crowd

[Guest guest]

Good for you to follow your heart on this. You can't know why this woman decided

to vax after alll, except to assume at least that she doubted her own judgment

and opted to defer to the " experts. "

You don't sound wobbly or stubborn at all--just smart!

Winnie

offload about not following the crowd

Vaccinations

> hi all

> just need to offload with people who will understand... i used

> to

> visit a baby forum when i was pregnant with my 4th child (my 1st

> not

> to be vaxed) and due to the 5in1 jab introduced since my last daughter

> (it seemed just TOO much)i started reseaching vaccines. there

> was

> another mum on there who was also looking at not getting vax for

> her

> baby and believed her elder son had ADHD from vax.

> both of us tried to find out as much info on vax as possible,

> and

> both of us decided not to vax our babies from what we found out.

> we also got a fair bit of stick from many of the mums who

> believed we

> were putting their children at risk...

>

> anyway i havent visited this forum in ages...i didnt really fit

> in as

> i dont agree with most of their parenting styles ;o) but went

> on

> there yesterday and realised this mum is vaxing her baby now

> that he

> is about to be 2 as she feels it is safer now ( this is coming

> from

> a woman who sent me an article about vaccines possibly causing

> cancer

> etc

>

> i feel really upset about this, as i feel there must be a reason

> that

> she has changed her mind or is it something that ive got wrong

> about

> vax? (she is pregnant so maybe hormones?)but also that of all

> these

> 100's of mums who read this forum it is now only me who is not

> vaccinating...!!!

>

> i often feel that i am just 'being awkward' as i am made to feel

> that

> trying to help my familys health using alternative remedies etc

> is

> just me being stubborn -i am naturally a stubborn redhead )-

> but

> that others DO think i'm just nutty!

> i will say that this forum did just 'follow the crowd' and not

> go

> along with many of the views i have, (often things i have

> researched)

> and they often thought me mad for never giving my child painkillers,

> (hes not needed them) using homeopathy, trying my best with his

> diet

> and still breastfeeding him...i wont even go into what they said

> about him doing EC at 3 mths and using his potty!!! ;o)

>

> so i guess all i'm saying is sometimes not following the crowd

> IS

> hard and i need to look at this group (and others in uk)to

> remind me

> that i DO know whats best for my child and its normal to wobble

> occasionally at the beginning.

> also thanks to many of you on here for your input )

>

> Jo

> UK

>

> PS my son is by far the healthiest of my children, has a

> constant

> bounce in his step and grin on his face as well as being very

> advanced in loads of things, & although only just starting to

> show us

> his vocabulary, he knows it all!!!

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Jo,

<respectfully snipped>

I feel really upset about this, as i feel there must be a reason that

she has changed her mind or is it something that ive got wrong about

vax? (she is pregnant so maybe hormones?)but also that of all these

100's of mums who read this forum it is now only me who is not

vaccinating...!!!

You may think you are the only mum on this forum who thinks that way - sure

it's not just that you're the only mum honest enough to admit it? Do you

really know that you are the *only* non-vaxer there? You might be

pleasantly surprised. At the very least, if you have persuaded just one

mother to go away and do some more research or convinced just one mother not

to vax, then your time there is not in vain.

Think about that...?

Sue x

[Guest guest]

My DS1 is vaxed but DS2 not vaxed yet, I just stay underground. I talk

about it with those who want to know, I just say I have not decided

yet.

[Guest guest]

I know how you feel... I try to stick with boards that have like-minded

people on there. I do/believe in all sorts of " alternative " treatments

and parenting techniques - my DH thinks I'm a " weirdo " LOL

I didn't discuss vaccines on this one board I was on (it dealt with

breastfeeding and pumping milk for your baby while you worked) but this

one blinkie always got my goat up: " Love them, protect them, immunize

them " . I always ground my teeth when I saw that one... I chose to

ignore it. I am no longer on that board - I only lurk..I pick my

battles now.

Magda

[Guest guest]

Do you

> really know that you are the *only* non-vaxer there? You might be

> pleasantly surprised. At the very least, if you have persuaded

just one

> mother to go away and do some more research or convinced just one

mother not

> to vax, then your time there is not in vain.

>

on this particular forum then yes i think so as this other mum did a

poll a while back and there were just us 2 not vaxing (and about 100

others who had!)

however there is another forum that i now go to (mainly supporting

breastfeeding) and about 10-15 other mums have admitted to non vax on

a poll, and several more have only part vax, others have delayed for

now and yet others have said they will seriously consider not vaxing

another child! ) of course there are still mums who try and

riduicule or disprove every article /comment but atleast i feel they

have the brains to actually look for theselves when given info. so

yes i do pick my battles!

jo

[Guest guest]

I prefer the slogan I've seen, " Love them. Protect them. NEVER inject

them! "

Kay in KY

-----Original Message-----

but this one blinkie always got my goat up: " Love them, protect them,

immunize

them " . I always ground my teeth when I saw that one...

Magda

[Guest guest]

that's a good one!

Sheri

At 09:14 PM 9/11/2008, you wrote:

>I prefer the slogan I've seen, " Love them. Protect them. NEVER inject

>them! "

>

>Kay in KY

>

>-----Original Message-----

>

>but this one blinkie always got my goat up: " Love them, protect them,

>immunize

>them " . I always ground my teeth when I saw that one...

>

>Magda

>

>

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>

>

[Guest guest]

Yes, very catchy!

Winnie

RE: Re: offload about not following the crowd

Vaccinations

> that's a good one!

> Sheri

>

> At 09:14 PM 9/11/2008, you wrote:

> >I prefer the slogan I've seen, " Love them. Protect them.

> NEVER inject

> >them! "

> >

> >Kay in KY

> >

> >-----Original Message-----

> >

> >but this one blinkie always got my goat up: " Love them, protect them,

> >immunize

> >them " . I always ground my teeth when I saw that one...

> >

> >Magda

> >

> >

> >------------------------------------

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

I can't take credit for it though. I saw it online somewhere.

Kay in KY

RE: Re: offload about not following the crowd

that's a good one!

Sheri

At 09:14 PM 9/11/2008, you wrote:

>I prefer the slogan I've seen, " Love them. Protect them. NEVER inject

>them! "

>

>Kay in KY