to not allow ds2 to have mmr jab?

[TheLadyEvenstar]

I don't think I am, after ds1 had it i noticed a major difference in his behaviour and don't want to go through it again,

[catweazle]

No YANBU but you will get a lot of indignant posts pointing out that there is an epidemic and you are putting your child at risk. There always are.

We had the single measles jab from Dr Halvorsen. He did say that the illness itself can cause the problems you are trying to avoid with the vax.

[wingandprayer]

Well there are always single jabs. Would you consider those?

I think you can only make a decision on not having any innoculation providing you have thoroughly researched the consequences of getting the diseases you would otherwise be protected against. Have you?

[2AdventSevenfoldShoes]

your choice
I wouldn't take the risk myself. but I try not to judge people who do.

[mumof2andabit]

The autism rumour has NO medical justification. Yanbu as he is your child and the responsibility sits with you, but yes I believe that if a jab has been around for long enough and has no PROVEN side effects and will prevent my kids from getting seriously ill then I am all for it.

[TheLadyEvenstar]

Mumof2, ds1 is not autistic but there was a noticable change in his behaviour after the mmr jab. He is now 10yrs old and those behaviours are still there. No adhd, autism, add etc nothing at all.

I know i can pinpoint when it all changed as well. As for the jabs when I was a baby/toddler the MMR was not about, nor was it when my parents were children! and I am fine, so is mum.

I understand there is an epidemic, I have known more than one in the 33yrs I have been alive lol.

[goldilocksandmylittlebear]

Did you see the news headlines tonight?

[TheLadyEvenstar]

Goldilocks, another outbreak of measles? or mumps?

[FairyMum]

What sort of behavioural changes?

[J2O]

your baby, your choice

[TheYearOfTheCat]

My DS, 19 months, has just had it. I had heard, (a possibly unsubstantiated) claim, that there was recent research that some allergies are now being linked to childhood vaccines.

However, I constantly worried about the risks of him contracting measles or mumps, so decided it would be better to go for the MMR. I did however, try to ensure that he was as well as possible before getting the MMR (no colds etc).

Are you sure the change in behaviour was linked to the MMR? Could it have been the natural (hideous ) change into toddlerhood?

[goldilocksandmylittlebear]

I think you need to be VERY CAREFUL before not having the MMR. You Ds1 could well have had a change of behaviour anyway, not anything to do with the MMR.

If Ds2 caught measels he would be in danger of a great many problems.

I think its easy to link any problems to the MMR but who's to say his problems weren't linked to the injections at 12 months, a bug, infection etc etc. MMR gets easily blamed because of bad press which was totally unfounded.

[TheLadyEvenstar]

Fairy,

He went from being helpful, nice, sweet, well behaved, caring, considerate, polite, doing what he was asked etc to the complete opposite. I was talking about this with my mum tonight and she agreed that it coincided with the mmr.

[hester]

Your choice. It wouldn't be mine.

[TheLadyEvenstar]

Goldilocks, ds2 has not had the 12m jabs either.

[ronshar]

Have you considered waiting until your child is a bit older so you can make a informed decision. Alot of childrens behaviour does change around the time of the MMR due to normal behavioural development.
I delayed my DD1 having the jab until she was three as it was when the Wakefield study first came out and I wanted to see exactly what it was all about.

I would never not give the immunisation because I couldn't forgive myself if my children got seriously ill or passed it on to other peoples babies etc.
It is completely up to you but please make an informed choice not one based on fear.

[TheLadyEvenstar]

J20, thanks for that lol

[goldilocksandmylittlebear]

Yes Thelady...... a MASSIVE rise in measles. So much so that in some areas they are giving the MMR to teenagers.

[TrillianAstra]

'Your baby, your choice'

That sounds like a fair point, but if the herd immunity gets too low (as it has) and measles is going round (as it is now) then a lot of small babies who are too young to have had the vaccine are put at risk.

You are not just choosing that your child may get measles, you are choosing that someone else's child might get it too.

I would recommend the single jab if you are unsure about the MMR (which has no proven medical link to autism). If not, good luck. I really do hope that your DCs and all those they come into contact don't get measles, mumps, or rubella.

[J2O]

How old was ds1 when he had it?

[nzshar]

I chose to immunise but try to stay on the route of your child your choice.

[TheLadyEvenstar]

Ron it is not fear. But i can pinpoint when ds1 changed and also I remember a time when it was unsafe to have the measles and mumps jabs any closer together than 3 months between.....and also when there was a time when certain jabs were not given if asthma and eczema were in the family.....what has changed???

[goldilocksandmylittlebear]

If your son hasn't had his 12 month jabs or the MMR he is very at rosk surley? Menigitis for a start!

Does he go to nursery?

[TheLadyEvenstar]

J20, he was 4 1.2

Theyearofthecat, I am sure it was linked to the mmr. It is too coincidental otherwise.

[TheLadyEvenstar]

J20, he was 4 1.2

Theyearofthecat, I am sure it was linked to the mmr. It is too coincidental otherwise.

[TheLadyEvenstar]

Goldilocks no, I am a SAHM. the children he mixes with are the ones who have had it already (family members) and are much older than him. He is only 14m old.