for all moms and future moms, please be aware of the consequences of early vaccination

Hi, I'm Annelotte, 23 years old, and I have two little girls. Now I'm happily expecting another little girl. I really wanted to reply to this topic. I join Karin and Evy. I had very bad experiences, and it was very sad for me and my husband with the vaccinations for our oldest daughter. It was truly terrible. I won't go into detail about it; just thinking about it brings tears to my eyes. I also decided to do things differently for the second one. We did give vaccinations but started later at 10 months and also spaced out the shots by 6 months, as already described here. That worked out fine. If only I had known earlier with the first one, I would have saved myself a lot of pain. But anyway, now we plan to do it this way with this baby too.

And as Evy already described, indeed in many other countries a much more cautious schedule is followed.
Tip for all moms: don't let anyone tell you otherwise. It's nice to start early and be done quickly,
but it's absolutely not necessary to start so young.
And more and more mothers are realizing this, fortunately.

hi i'm madelene 28 years old happily married and have 2 little girls aged 4 and 6. i also consciously chose not to vaccinate my girls right away. i made it very clear to the health center that i would come for all check-ups for weighing and measuring but no vaccinations yet and that when they turned 14 months we would start getting their first vaccinations. so that's what we did and what i and my husband found striking was that all the kids in our neighborhood and from my dad's side of the family who had been vaccinated had ear infections for weeks couldn't sleep and had severe uncontrollable crying fits and arms that hurt so terribly you couldn't even touch them. so heartbreaking and pitiful to watch while my girls had no problems at all not even colds. their kids were constantly catching colds and getting sick. that's not so surprising if you think about it that such tiny babies have only been on this world for such a short time and already have to fight off multiple diseases at once. then they can't also be strong against cold viruses and ear infections because they had noticeable problems with those often. the kids on the other side of the family and also my friends who also consciously chose to delay vaccination had no noticeable problems either no colds no ear infections no severe pain in their legs and arms. i also believe that a child who gets vaccinated later develops much more calmly. it's so illogical what we do here at such a young age. it's easier later but it takes a lot of time from the health center. a doctor from the cb told me this myself. isn't that unbelievable? if only all parents knew this. and what karin says above is correct. it's not visible now maybe the damage from vaccinating so young will only show up later in their development when they're older. a child who hardly goes outside or needs to travel to faraway countries really doesn't need to be vaccinated so young. greetings madelene

Hi Nail,

First off, I want to say how great I think it is that you're aware that more and more moms are choosing to delay their kids' vaccinations.

To answer your question, I did the same thing with my two daughters: I made it clear that I only wanted to start at 14 months. Besides the BMR vaccine, we skipped the rest.

You see, they might try to talk you out of it at first, but if you stick to your guns and they realize you really want it done your way, they'll accept it. You're the parent; you decide how and when vaccinations happen.

They also told me, "Okay, you decide, you're the parents." But they weren't happy about it at first. The doctor said, "If all parents did what you're doing, we'd be busy for ages. The earlier we start, the sooner we're done."

I thought it was awful that those were their reasons for wanting to start early. They just treat parents like idiots and don't honestly tell us we have our own choice here. Because then they can finish quickly.

But I'm very glad we waited until our girls were 14 months old to get them vaccinated. So, just state your preference in advance. They need to listen to you on how you want it for your child, because it's YOUR child.

My friends did the same thing. I actually mentioned it to the district nurse when she came home to talk about the first visit to the child health center. She said, "That's fine, you can just state your choice there," so that's what we did.

I hope I've explained it clearly for you.

Best,
Madelene

You have to see it that way too. They like to get it done quickly so they can get it over with with the shots, but that's not something they tell you. It CAN easily be done later, but that gives them more work. So that's why they don't tell you on purpose that you have a choice. But just think nicely about your baby and choose what's calmer for your baby. They have nothing to say about that. They have to go along with your decision to, for example, give it later or not at all. That's also a choice. You are at all times the parent of your baby and you decide what happens to your baby. So just stick firmly to your own opinion and decision and indicate that you want to do the vaccination your way. Then they have to go along with that. They can't do anything other than accept your choice as a parent. My girlfriends and a few colleagues who did it this way are super happy that they had their children vaccinated later. Much calmer and saves a lot of suffering for such a little one. Oh, have a nice pregnancy and lots of luck in advance with your baby Love, Madelene