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December 01, 2005
Because I like to make myself crazy - wanna join me?
Yesterday Liam got his 6 month shots. I was a bit nervous about it because usually Steve goes with me, but he had a scheduling conflict with work and therefore I had to go alone. It was fine - sure there was crying, but it was short-lived and totally manageable - maybe 5-10 minutes of intermittent crying and then he seemed to forget all about it. But I didn't.
I have a really productive post-immunization ritual. After each round of his shots (2, 4 & 6 months), I have gone home and dealt with a fussy baby all evening and then once he goes to sleep, I put on my MORON hat and start trolling the internet for immunization horror stories. I then start worrying that Liam hasn't made any noises while sleeping and convincing myself that something is wrong. He then wakes up in the morning totally happy and normal. You'd think that I would learn my lesson, but no, because I like to maintain my status as a masochistic CRAZY LADY. Life is just not as much fun without the crazy.
I might be getting a bit better, cause this morning I followed up my search for horror stories with some other-side-of-the-fence medical community information. Now I get a whole six months to forget my lessons learned and start the whole cycle again cause his next shots aren't due until he's a year.
So many of the controversial parenting issues are solved in our house by throwing my hands in the air and saying, "well I got, did, had, etc. X and I turned out okay". Hopefully I turned out okay BECAUSE OF my parent's choices and not IN SPITE OF them.
Posted by leah at December 1, 2005 10:09 AM
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I still worry, any days that my children sleep in, that perhaps they have died in their sleep and THAT is why they haven't come to get me up yet. Which really ruins any good sleeping in that I might get from it. Because I'm stupid that way.
Posted by: Susan at December 1, 2005 07:39 PM
I have to say, after reading that vaccination website link I'm not convinced at ALL that there is much to be freaked about. Now, I'm not saying that the shots are ALWAYS good and NO-ONE is ever affected by them - obviously not true. However - how many millions of people have had multiple vaccinations without incident? Many, many millions. Maybe asking someone who had polio earlier in life if they'd had the choice, would they rather have had the shots and no polio but the miniscule chance of side effects; or no shots and the resultant lifelong loss of the use of their legs - which do you think they'd have chosen??
Also - not to minimize the grief of any of the contributors to that webpage - but none that I read had anything other than their opinion as backup - plus we're only hearing their version of the events, which by human nature will end up being tailored to suit their beliefs.
Sorry if that sounded too bitchy- I can be aggressively realistic at times!
Posted by: jocelyn at December 3, 2005 10:17 PM
Yes, but that is rational voice speaking, not mommy voice. Mommy voice says "realistic shmealistic - my baby COULD DIE." Mommy voice also worries that when walking around downtown there could be a car accident and a car could come careening onto the sidewalk and kill my baby. I'm serious. SERIOUSLY :) Like I said, definitely not rational voice.
Posted by: leah at December 3, 2005 10:45 PM