Thursday, September 25, 2008
Shots!
Ian went in for his 2 month appointment with the pediatrician yesterday. He weighed 15 pounds, 2 ounces, and is 26 inches long. The nurse was happy with how he is growing, and said that he is developmentally perfect (which is good, because his parents will expect nothing less than perfection). He got to show off his head holding skills and his strong legs, and his smiling and cooing. He thought the ed stethoscope was hilarious, and laughed the whole time the nurse was listening to his heart and lungs. This was the nice nurse. Then the nasty nurse came. First she gave him the oral grape-flavored rotovirus vaccine, which he found intriguing. Then she gave him three shots in his legs. I don't ever recall crying over shots as a child (but maybe I did as a baby). So, I thought maybe Ian would be okay with these shots. Not so. He started screaming as soon as the first needle went in, and was not comforted by the fact that his band-aids had Bugs Bunny on them. By the time we got to the car he had calmed down, but they warned me that he might be a little fussy. I passed him off to Doug with this warning, and indeed he cried for the next four hours. One of his legs was tender and a little swollen, which was probably the source of the problem. Today he seems to be back to normal.
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I know that I am laying out the obvious here, but some people don't know that some of the vaccinations that they give babies are completely unnecessary. Example: chickenpox
As long as your child has chickenpox prior to entering school, there is no need for this vaccine. I hate that they just shoot kids full of crap.
My poor buddy... he will get extra huge lovin' this weekend.
Ah, the vaccine issue. While we try to be very careful about exposing Ian to other things that are often considered "safe" but that we don't trust (like pesticides on vegetables and lawns, plastics, unnecessary C-sections, etc.), we've decided that we're okay with vaccines. Based on the research that has been done on the possible link to autism (which now has been fairly well proven not to be caused by vaccines or their components), and on the standards that the FDA uses to test vaccines for safety, we think the benefits far outweigh the risks. Even for chickenpox and rotovirus, which are not absolutely necessary. Also, it is probably unlikely now that a kid would get chickenpox on his own before kindergarten because most children are vaccinated.
But Ian will take the extra lovin'!
No, you never cried. The pediatricians and nurses were always amazed! A very high pain threshold I guess...
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