Unvaccinated Child - wwyd?

[WDW]

I have my first ever prospective parents that have a child who is unvaccinated... and they do not plan to do this in the future either. I know the laws in my state, and I can watch her with a waiver. However, she is 10 months old, and in my care I also have a 2 months old infant. My main concern is the 10 month old bringing in something to the baby who is not old enough to have her shots.... also, I am concerned for my family home... and of course, the unvaccinated child becoming sick as well...

I know this is just a personal opinion thing, and that's what I'm asking for... FRIENDLY opinions.. what would you do? I really really like the family and the 10 month old a lot.

[Blackcat31]

Here are a few other threads about this subject.

https://www.daycare.com/forum/tags.php?tag=non-immunized

...off to get some popcorn

[WDW]

I really don't want popcorn... LOL. I want to take the child I just am not sure what the right choice is. Please don't flame me.

[SilverSabre25]

1. It's not *THAT* likely that the ten month old will bring in something...unvaxed does NOT equal dirty and disease-carrying

2. There are new, more virulent strains of things showing up that are affecting vaxed populations as much as unvaxed, so the vax is anon-issue.

3. Don't worry; you'll all be fine. The 2-month old is probably in more danger from all the kids coming in shedding viruses from their vaccines than from the ten month old shedding nothing.

[Former Teacher]

...off to get some popcorn

My thoughts exactly! ::

WDW- My personal opinion is that it's not the child's fault for the parents beliefs. I could be wrong (it's been known to happen ) but I remember something like the thing that suffers is the child that is not vaccinated.

So go ahead and take her

[Blackcat31]

I really don't want popcorn... LOL. I want to take the child I just am not sure what the right choice is. Please don't flame me.

Sorry.....I wasn't flaming you...I just know this tends to be a heated debate.

I have had children in care not vaccinated, partially vaccinated and vaccinated so I have no worries about what a parent does or doesn't do in that area.

My children are vaccinated but back when they were young, there wasn't the vast wealth of knowledge out there as there is now.

I think that there is no harm in taking the child. The vulnerable one would be the one not vaccinated.

[Former Teacher]

The vulnerable one would be the one not vaccinated.

happyface So I was right! happyface

[SilverSabre25]

Sorry.....I wasn't flaming you...I just know this tends to be a heated debate.

I have had children in care not vaccinated, partially vaccinated and vaccinated so I have no worries about what a parent does or doesn't do in that area.

My children are vaccinated but back when they were young, there wasn't the vast wealth of knowledge out there as there is now.

I think that there is no harm in taking the child. The vulnerable one would be the one not vaccinated.

Don't forget that when your children were young they received a fraction of the number of vaccines that children receive today. It's a whole 'nother ballgame these days.

[Meeko]

I have taken non-vaccinated children before. Utah has a place on it's shot record form to put it. The parents also have to have a waiver form from the health dept.
The parents understood that if an outbreak of something popped up in the area, their child would be excluded from care as long as the health dept warranted and they would still have to pay for their spot. They were fine with that.

[WDW]

1. It's not *THAT* likely that the ten month old will bring in something...unvaxed does NOT equal dirty and disease-carrying I do NOT think that at all!!
2. There are new, more virulent strains of things showing up that are affecting vaxed populations as much as unvaxed, so the vax is anon-issue.

3. Don't worry; you'll all be fine. The 2-month old is probably in more danger from all the kids coming in shedding viruses from their vaccines than from the ten month old shedding nothing. Yes.. this was one of my concerns.

My thoughts exactly! ::

WDW- My personal opinion is that it's not the child's fault for the parents beliefs. I could be wrong (it's been known to happen ) but I remember something like the thing that suffers is the child that is not vaccinated. Totally agree that it's not the childs fault..

So go ahead and take her

[QUOTE=Blackcat31;246915]Sorry.....I wasn't flaming you...I just know this tends to be a heated debate. Nah, I didn't think YOU were, just didn't want anyone to, I'm really not trying to be ugly or start debate. Just something I had never been faced with before.

I have had children in care not vaccinated, partially vaccinated and vaccinated so I have no worries about what a parent does or doesn't do in that area.

My children are vaccinated but back when they were young, there wasn't the vast wealth of knowledge out there as there is now.

I think that there is no harm in taking the child. The vulnerable one would be the one not vaccinated.[/QUOTE]

Thanks all!

[Blackcat31]

Don't forget that when your children were young they received a fraction of the number of vaccines that children receive today. It's a whole 'nother ballgame these days.

Yeah, I think they got
DTP...... in a series of 3 boosters
MMR......once at 15 months
Polio...... once, maybe twice by kindergarten entrance.

Diptheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Measle Mumps and Rubella and Polio......and that was it. (sorry if they aren't spelled that way...it took me years to figure out what all the letters stood for....LOL!)

No Varicella, no Hib, or Hep or Roto-virus or anything like that. I am amazed at the number of vaccinations kids get now days.

Heck I remember getting the polio vaccination in elementary school in a sugar cube. I also got a small pox vaccination when I was born......I think they stopped giving that out shortly afterwards.

[youretooloud]

I have had several kids who were unvaccinated over the years. Only once did it backfire on me. It wasn't a huge deal for me in the end. (the family got whooping cough) it was a bigger problem for the family than for me.

They did ask me to take the seven year old when she got too sick to go to school. :: Bahaha! "WHy, yes, I can't imagine why the school would exclude her for whooping cough". (actually I told them to keep everybody home and watch for symptoms in the little one....which she got)

They paid me for the time they were all off work, and none of the other kids got whooping cough.

[youretooloud]

Heck I remember getting the polio vaccination in elementary school in a sugar cube. I also got a small pox vaccination when I was born......I think they stopped giving that out shortly afterwards.

I'm old enough to remember when we got ALL of our shots in school. We never did "well visits" each year, you just got shots in school.

[jojosmommy]

I have my first ever prospective parents that have a child who is unvaccinated... and they do not plan to do this in the future either. I know the laws in my state, and I can watch her with a waiver. However, she is 10 months old, and in my care I also have a 2 months old infant. My main concern is the 10 month old bringing in something to the baby who is not old enough to have her shots.... also, I am concerned for my family home... and of course, the unvaccinated child becoming sick as well...

I know this is just a personal opinion thing, and that's what I'm asking for... FRIENDLY opinions.. what would you do? I really really like the family and the 10 month old a lot.

I highlighted the bold parts that I think are essential. I don't allow non vac in my home but have never had anyone question me about it.

[cheerfuldom]

I only take fully vaxed children. I have no problem, personally, with a family opting out of vaccines and know many families that do choose that. However, it is in my contract that all children have up to date vaccines. One of the reasons is that I am on my third pregnancy while doing daycare and this is in effort to keep myself and my newborns safe, plus I do take one baby under 12 months at time with my daycare kids. I realize that a vaccination is not a "cure all" and does not guarantee that your child is forever exempt from serious illness....however, this is what I feel comfortable doing in a daycare setting as a preventative measure. I understand that my take on the issue is not what everyone else does, but I wanted to put this out there in support of the OP and other providers. It is important for you to do what you feel comfortable with, and that may be something outside of what the majority is doing.

I have never had anyone question this policy and I find that unvaxed children in daycare is pretty uncommon. A lot of unvaxed kids are from AP style families who arent generally pro-daycare anyway.