Booster shots before Kindergarten???

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Question:

Those of you that have children under the age of 6 that are up to

date on vaccinations... will you give the MMR and Hep B boosters

prior to entering kindergarten or other public school classrooms?

Ian is not even 3 years old. I know I have some time. I just need

to think this all through. I still cannot rule out that vaccines

had something to do with triggering his apraxia.

I currently have a 5 year old in private Christian Kgarten. She

will go to 1st grade next year in a public school. I have not had

her boosters done and am hesitant to do so. She shows no signs of

any delays, disorders, etc (unless you call being a feisty girl a

disorder!).

My DH is a physician. You all know how he feels about

vaccinations! I am hoping over the next few years that the correct

information emerges about vaccinations (whatever that may be!).

Any opinions?

Pam

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Hi

the MMR gives protection to 90% of all kids the first time it is

given - so 90% of kids do not need the booster at all. If yoiu get

your Dr to do a titre test this may well establish that your child

has absoloutely no need for this one.

( although if jab has not " taken " first time I am still not sure why

any one thinks it will take in that particular child if they are just

jabbed again - but thats just me )

Regards

Deborah

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Pam,

My 3 older children (now15,14, and 10) were not given their boosters until they

turned 6. My doctor explained to me the brain is fully developed by that age and

a note from my pediatrician explaining the children would be immunized on their

6th birthday was sufficient for the school nurse. My youngest, the 4th child,

who is apraxic, was given a blood titer test for the MMR and it shows he is

still immuned from his earlier shot by a large margin. He is currently 7 and in

NJ he will only need to receive a DT booster and not the pertussis.

Advise your pediatrician of your concerns and you may come up with a mutual plan

for a vaccination schedule. You may want to do a titer on all his vaccinations.

Hope this helps.

Joanne Mulholland

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My autustic son is almost 3 1/2 and goes to a special preschool at my 5 year

old's school.I could not get a medical waiver because the doctor doesn't

think one has to do with the other,yet she won't write and sign a statement

saying she guarantees my children won't have any harmful side effects so i

printed a religious belief affadavit off the computer,signed it in front of

a notary and took it to the board of education.You can do it on PERSONAL

religious beliefs,no questions asked here and now i don't have to worry

about it.

Lori

[ ] Booster shots before Kindergarten???

> Question:

>

> Those of you that have children under the age of 6 that are up to

> date on vaccinations... will you give the MMR and Hep B boosters

> prior to entering kindergarten or other public school classrooms?

>

> Ian is not even 3 years old. I know I have some time. I just need

> to think this all through. I still cannot rule out that vaccines

> had something to do with triggering his apraxia.

>

> I currently have a 5 year old in private Christian Kgarten. She

> will go to 1st grade next year in a public school. I have not had

> her boosters done and am hesitant to do so. She shows no signs of

> any delays, disorders, etc (unless you call being a feisty girl a

> disorder!).

>

> My DH is a physician. You all know how he feels about

> vaccinations! I am hoping over the next few years that the correct

> information emerges about vaccinations (whatever that may be!).

>

> Any opinions?

>

> Pam

[Guest guest]

Pam, your dh is a doc which makes it not so simple but I would ask

that titers be run instead of doing those boosters. There are still

some brands of HepB that do contain the full amount of thimerosal.

The MMR never contained thimerosal but the concern has been with the

combi vaxes and their impact on the neurological system, and the

gastrointestinal tract (of some autistic children--live vaccinal

measles living in their gut, spinal fluid, and brain years later).

Just get titers run-- do not do the boosters. Chances are his titer

will show enough " immunity " . Hopefully your dh will keep an open

mind as information continues to come to light over the next few

years.

W

> > My DH is a physician. You all know how he feels about

> vaccinations! I am hoping over the next few years that the correct

> information emerges about vaccinations (whatever that may be!).

>

> Any opinions?

>

> Pam

[Guest guest]

You might want to investigate what is the dose for that DT or tetanus

shot-- on an autism list, a mother investigated this and found out

that it is an ADULT size shot that is given to all children after age

7. I have a hard time rationalizing why a child needs (or whether

they can safely handle) an adult size dose.

W

> He is currently 7 and in NJ he will only need to receive a DT

booster and not the pertussis.

>> Hope this helps.

> Joanne Mulholland

[Guest guest]

I believe WA state (where I live) has the personal beliefs

exemption... basically, you just have to say you don't believe in

vaccinations.

I will titre Ian at age 5. That is what I had planned on doing all

along. I am leaning toward titres for my 5.5 yr old Olivia (no

issues) to avoid unnecessary vax. My 7 yr old did get the boosters

with no apparent problems.

Now to convince my husband I'm not pulling out the tinfoil hat again

(he thought I was nuts when I put Ian on the gfcf diet last

February. He is no longer on it since it wasn't what we needed).

Pam

[Guest guest]

Pam,

See if your husband will watch this news story. It is from a Detroit News

Channel and the doctor's interviewed for the story are very credible.

Everyone with children or with a child on the way should watch it before

they vaccinate. Go to:

http://www.detnow.com/investigations/vaccines/index.html

Click on " watch the entire investigation " .

-KIM

[ ] Re: Booster shots before Kindergarten???

> I believe WA state (where I live) has the personal beliefs

> exemption... basically, you just have to say you don't believe in

> vaccinations.

>

> I will titre Ian at age 5. That is what I had planned on doing all

> along. I am leaning toward titres for my 5.5 yr old Olivia (no

> issues) to avoid unnecessary vax. My 7 yr old did get the boosters

> with no apparent problems.

>

> Now to convince my husband I'm not pulling out the tinfoil hat again

> (he thought I was nuts when I put Ian on the gfcf diet last

> February. He is no longer on it since it wasn't what we needed).

>

> Pam