My little one is due for his 1 yr. old shots soon and I have heard alot of different things about the MMR shot, has anyone of you out there ever had a problem with it?
They say it takes 10 days to see a reaction from it, why so long, anybody know?

Neither of my kids ever had a problem with any of their shots.
And I know from all of my friends, their kids never had any problems either.
The long reaction time is odd too. I've never heard of that.

Good luck and hope your little one does well.

All three of my children had it and had no problems with it. Good luck! ~Lisa

Both my girls have had several of them (they're 12 & 10) and never had any reactions. None of my friends have ever had reactions, either.

Lisa

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My little one will be going for her 18 mo check up soon... at her 12 mo she did the MMR and a bunch of other shots, including a flu shot and she was fine. The Dr did mention that the reaction, if there was one, would be approx 2 weeks later. My DD had a runny nose then, but no fever.

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My dd had it both times and was fine. Ds we are waiting getting it due to his severe egg allergies.

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My liitle guy just got 3 shots this morning at his 8 month checkup and hasn't had any problems with shots so far(including flu shots) and my other 5 children have not had any problems with any shots either. If your baby hasn't had a problem with shots thus far, there shouldn't be anything to worry about with the 1 yr shots. I always give tylenol right before the visit when there will be shots, seems to help them with any pain for the rest of the day.

I have three kids: 1,8, and 5 years old. We never had any issues with the MMR vaccine.

I have 3 children 19, 11, and 9 none of them had a problem with the MMR or any other shot.

No problems here either...the way I look at is that these shots were created for a very good reason. The diseases they are preventing can be disasterous. Thousands of kids get them every DAY without complications...it is worth it.

Now, two of my girls did get the chicken pox AFTER getting the shot! They are now recommending a booster which is probably a good thing! I am sure they were much less sick than they would have been without having had the shot so I still recommend it.

10 day reaction time is probably due to the fact that is the incubation period for measles. Both of my boys had MMR w/o any issues. I had ONE child in my entire 5 year career as a daycare provider have a moderate reaction. She broke out in a measle like rash for 2 days. No fever, no issues, just had a rash.

I *think* and I could be wrong, but it is possible to break this vaccine down into single doses given over a period of time (measles one month, mumps the next and rubella the next, for example).

For the most part vaccinations are safe--there are reactions, but there isn't enough evidence to say whether it's actually a vaccination that causes the reaction or a genetic anomaly in the person that causes them to be more susceptible or allergies, etc.

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For both of my boys, we elected to wait until they were 2 years old to have them get the MMR vaccine. It was a personal choice based on some research my mom and I had done. We read that in some European countries, children are not given the MMR vaccine until they are two. These countries also have a much lower rate of autism in children. I know there has not been any positive link to the MMR vaccine and autism, but I made the choice to wait. We never had an issue with any vaccine my children have received.

I know someone who has two boys who both had mercury posioning, possibly from vaccines. I'm sure this is rare, but none the less, you never want it to happen to your child.

Sarah............mom to Jason & Devin

No, the school can not refuse admittance to school because they don't have their vaccinations. As long as the parents have sought an exemption from the vaccination requirements then their child can not be excluded. And if a person has been told different they were misinformed.

There are usually at least two types of exemptions: Religious and medical. Some states allow for a third type: Philosophical (I think I spelled it correctly ). And any parent can request an exemption.

I am EXTREMELY pro-vaccination. But, I believe in being well informed. To state that schools (especially schools that receive govt/public funding) can FORCE a parent to immunize their child is incorrect information.

I do think that the vaccination schedule could use a revamping and changes. Fortunately, my children NEVER had problems w/ any vaccinations.

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The chickenpox vaccine does not prevent all children from getting chickenpox. If they do get chickenpox it is a mild case. My ds who is 28 got them at age 10. Every spot on his body was covered including in his ears. Some spots on his face got infected and left scars. Now some people say why get the shot if they are mild a go away in a week. Once you get chickenpox, the virus stays in your body. As an adult you can get something called shingles. Shingles attack the nerves. Some people have pain for the rest of their lives from it. If it comes on your face, you can go blind. If it is on your face, you can also get viral encephalitis which is an infection of the brain. This happened to my dh about 2 years ago at the age of 53. He has nerve damage and seizures from it.

Now MMR and other baby shots. Some people don't realize the damage that these diseases can cause. I had whooping cough when I was in 4th grade. The girl who sat next to me in class got it from her mother who was a nurse. I gave it to my 7 brothers and sisters. Soon my whole school had it. We were quarranntine in our home for 6 weeks. The doctor came to our house. My little sister who was 1 almost died. This was in 1962. I remember in the early 50's the polio scare. I knew people who had polio. Most of these diseases can be passed to others with many people sick and many people dying. That is why they are required by law.

my kids both got a mild fever but nothing serious. It was gone by the next morning.

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My older 3 got it with no probs and my now 5 1/2 month old will get it too. I will add that I had to get it 3 times! Apprently when I was yonger, there was a problem with the shot an when I was pregnant with my three oldest I tested negative for immunity and had to get the shot after birth!

Never had a problem with it with my older two beyond a runny nose sort of deal...
My youngest hasn't had it because of egg allergy.

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If you go to vaccinetruth.net, you will get the correct information regarding immunization, public schools and the law:

"All states allow a medical exemption and some states allow philosophical and/or religious exemptions. However, the American Medical Association is actively promoting the abolishment of religious and philosophical exemptions."

It does go on to give information that is specific to your particular state.

My children all received the required vaccinations on time, and I'm glad that we did. There has always been controversy surrounding the scheduling and necessity of certain vaccinations. Good luck with your decision-making!

That is 100% correct. You and your doctor make the choice. But if there is an outbreak, and your child does not have the proper immunizations, your child must stay home till the outbreak is over, because they are not protected.

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My boys did not have any vacinations until they were 5. All the children were and still are very healthy. They all had chicken pox, however this was before the shot was available. I did some research on it, but felt personally they over immunize children. They had to have many shots while under 5 but once over 5 they only needed one of each. We all keep up with our shots, I am not anti immunizations, however I feel they give them too many. I always tell people, you are the mom, you know your kids, do what you feel is best, get informed and make the best decision you can for your kids.

<<<That is 100% correct. You and your doctor make the choice. But if there is an outbreak, and your child does not have the proper immunizations, your child must stay home till the outbreak is over, because they are not protected.>>>

Again, this is dependent on what state you live in.

There is so much information out there and it sure takes quite some time to sift through it all! I just went through the whole pro/con vaccination with my 5 year old for entrance into kindergarten. I don't feel strongly either way, I was just trying to do what was best for my son. Turns out the school just needed me to fill out a card if I decided against vaccination, but the doctor refused to see my son as a patient if I didn't vaccinate.

My DS has had all of his vaccinations at the suggested time and he's never had any problems.

My DS (8) had all of his immunizations at the recommended time and he's been healthy all his life. I believe that these recommendations are there for a reason and I know the recommendations are only made after extensive studies to determine efficacy and necessity. This is an interesting document if you want to learn more.

http://www.cdc.gov/nip/publications/...ents-guide.rtf

No problems w/ my 3 as well.
My younger 2 did have a delay on receiving the chickpox vaccine. It is a live virus and can be dangerous for those with immunity disorders (like those who are recent Chemo patients) and my mom was going thru Chemo at the time. Top it off with the fact that neither she, myself or my husband have ever had the chickenpox...well we decided to wait a bit.
Then found out that she has rh. arthritis another immune system related disease so we delayed even longer. We didn't get it til my pedi. was absolutely sure that it wouldn't endanger my mothers health.

I'm pretty Pro-Vaccine myself. I don't want MY kids to risk infecting other kids (those unable to take the vaccines due to severe allergies or immune problems or even AGE -newborns) because I just wasn't sure whether to do it or not. I'm all about "vaccinate that child" - imho it will save lives.

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I have a 7 year old son who had problems after getting one of his MMR shots. I know there has not been any link to the shots and autism or other problems but there was way too many coincidences for it not to be linked. My son got his at 15 months and about 8 days later (he had 25 words) he lost all speech, he started gettting night terrors (would wake up in the middle of the night screaming bloody murder for hours and nothing would comfort him). This went on until he was almost 4. That was when he got his speech back and we started from beginning as if he was a baby teaching nim all over again. At the same period of time across the country a friend of our had a child the same age who got full blown autism. There were others in NC (we lived in Utah at the time) who were same age getting some form of Autism around same time. Yes it was hell and I now will not give him a flu shot unless it is the preservitive free one. I do not know what caused his problems but if it was the shot I do not want to risk it again.

This being said the shots have been changed to preservitive free and I have a son who is 22 months behind the first one and I still got all of his shots on schedule. Also have a baby now and she will get all of hers on schedule. No problems in the other 2 all is well.

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But -- While it is ultimately your decision regarding your children, why take a chance with your precious child's health and/or life?? It just isn't worth the risk in my opinion.

Because the risks of not vaccinating are bigger than just my child. - and it's not all about me. Darn it! A breakout of any of these diseases (except chicken pox - I personally think that vaccination should not be required) can put many, many people at risk - in particular the elderly and others with already poor health. Coupled with the statistically very low probability of any reaction or adverse affect in my child or any other healthy child, it is worth the risk in my opinion.


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