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We're required to...we just last week received notice from the state that we dont have current vax information on every child we will be cited.
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Tree, where are you located? I'm in MI also.I typically stay out of these types of discussion b/c they get too heated and it can be very emotional, since we are speaking about what we as parents think is best for our child or children. However..... my kids are not vaccinated...never had an issue with school, doctor (ours is VERY supportive of our choice) or daycare. Also, my sister and I were never vaccinated either.
If the poster from the other thread wants to see hippies....I think my family pretty much defines it :
: My mother even owns a health food store and the only people who work there are family members.
Anyway, I don't typically tell anyone I don't have to that my kids aren't vaccinated. I think that in MI I have to tell my daycare families, so I will, but I'm not open yet.
As for other parents having the right to know if other kids, besides mine are not vac'd...I really don't feel they have that right. I really don't care if the kids who come here are or are not, but I will know b/c they have to sign a waiver or give me their vax reccords.
My kids are vac'd up to their K shots. If I had it to do all over again, they wouldn't have been.
As already stated, in MI, we have to have shot records (or waivers) to allow children into our daycare. All my dck's so far have been, but I don't really care if they were or not, I'd still take them. In fact, [Putting flame suit on here] I would probably respect them a little more. Not because I feel like parents who choose to NOT vax their kids are better parents, but it shows me that this parent really studied this issue and went against the grain (and probably, in most cases) family and doctor advice to do what they felt was best for their child. I think in many cases (mine especially!) parents just get their kids vax'd because that's what's expected. It's been done for so long, docs don't ask permission or discuss options because it's a given that if you want your child to be healthy you get them vax'd. There is no individualized care (as far as the docs are concerned) without the parents making a conscious decision to the contrary.
I'm sure I botched what I was trying to say. Please know that I'm not trying to start a debate, nor am I trying to say that anyone who vac's their kids are bad parents, because I don't feel that way at all!!! I just think in most cases we do it because that's a given, expected. In every other aspect of our child's lives, we use their development and doctors advice to decide what to introduce when. With vacs it's a given that they will be done unless the parents say no or wait. I just think in many cases, a delayed vac schedule would be in the best interest of the child.Comment
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In MN we are required to have an immunization form filled out and kept on file. The parent chooses to either enter the immunization dates or sign off that they are conscientiously or religiously opposed. I am not required to inform anyone of who is or isn't immunized.Comment
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Same.
I have to have record. There was one family who interviewed who said they were not vaxed. I told them I need to have a letter explaining religious exemption. My son is only partially vaxed and didn't have his first shot until 9 months old. So I obviously don't "care" one way or another.
Also it is NONE of other parents' business if another child is not vaccinated.Comment
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I would think so. I have never had a parent ask about whether someone was vaccinated or not and if they did I wouldn't tell them anyways because I do believe it is the non-vaxed kids who are the ones who are at-risk and if a parent chooses to go the non-vax route, then they are more than likely fully aware of that aready.
My kids are older and were both vaccinated. I am not 100% sure I would do it again or not. I guess if I researched it a bit more....who knows.
They were just coming out with the chicken pox vaccine when my kids were younger and it was optional. I chose not to have them vaccinated for it and both have since had chicken pox since.Comment
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Maybe it was because I was a young mom, or maybe it's different here in Canada, but I always just assumed Vax were something you did, just like a regular doc checkup. LOL.
When my 2nd child was about 6 months, they were just starting the chicken pox vaccine and I just turned it down because they both had chicken pox already. I think it is still optional, not sure, because I opted out of it on my last child too. I just hope someone we know gets cp soon so I can schedule a playdate
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Exactly. There are many people who will tell you your children cannot attend school or daycare, but it is simply not true. Even school officials are not always informed of the issues surrounding this.
I am required to have a record on file, but that DOES NOT mean the children are required to be vax'd. It just means I need either their records or their exemption. Most state regs and schools will state that they need vaccination records for the children to attend, and people interpret that to mean the children must be vaccinated. As the pp stated above, NO STATE IN THE US can demand a child be vaccinated.Comment
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Nope, I think it was just something parents did and never questioned. When I was growing up the only people who did not have their kids immunized were very religious and (no offense to anyone) but odd or very different types of religions.Maybe it was because I was a young mom, or maybe it's different here in Canada, but I always just assumed Vax were something you did, just like a regular doc checkup. LOL.
When my 2nd child was about 6 months, they were just starting the chicken pox vaccine and I just turned it down because they both had chicken pox already. I think it is still optional, not sure, because I opted out of it on my last child too. I just hope someone we know gets cp soon so I can schedule a playdate
I think that you probably couldn't even find a study or test or anything that said imms were questionable when my kids were young. :confused:
It was all just part of the Dr visits and well child checks. I don't recall having to sign a waiver telling me of any concerns or tiny little printed info or anything like that...I don't recall feeling like it was even a choice...... just part of the 2,4,6,12, and 15 month checks.Comment
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The big problem with vaxes now is that there are many, many more today than there were 15, 20 years ago. They are given more often, earlier, and in greater quantity. Compare vax schedules from when I was a kid (20-25 years ago) and today and there is a HUGE difference.Hee hee! Look, I have a signature!Comment
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Hep B, first shot to be given within 24 hours if possible.
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I used to vax without thinking about it but my family was part of a mumps outbreak that shouldn't have happened according to the vaccine gods. I began questioning things quickly when we were quarentened to our home, given information from Public Health that conflicted with their press release and denied access to the children't emergency room because of the potential harm to all the VACCINATED children in the waiting rooms and treatment areas.Comment
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