Can i (a dad) get my toddlers Vaccination jabs done without the mothers consent?

[TheUnknowner]

Basically what it says in the title.

My soon to be wife is dead against it as she believes all that crap on the Internet about it causing autism etc

I called the doctors and she told me i would need her consent but to be honest she sounded like she just wanted to get me off the phone or maybe didn't actually know.

He is 2 in a few weeks and honestly i forgot all about it until something reminded me.

Surely being the dad i should be able to get it done i doubt she would need my consent if it was the other way around right?

Just take him, and don't tell her. She's obviously a total fucking dumbass anyway!

@Powerless

“I'm not Anti-Vax at all”... but here’s some pathetic bullshit I found on those anti-vax websites that I definitely don’t frequent.

Yes take him. If you have his red book it will be fine.
At least one parent has some sense.

Not sure why this Dad is being given a biscuit. He’s wanting the best for his child. A child isn’t his mother’s possession.

I would just book him in for them and take him. (Or get another woman to call and pretend to be your wife to book the appointment). At no point did I get my husbands consent when my son was being immunised so don’t understand why you need your wife’s

@Blaablaablaa @PaddyF0dder It was an NHS report from the NHS website, but ok

If you're on the birth certificate then you have the same right as she does. Also, yes it may cause an arguement if you take him but surely this is as much as she will be upsetting you by not vaccinating. Id just tell her you are doing it. At least your not being sneaky then

Also, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) only began to occur after Vaccinations came about.

Wow! You're so right. Babies didn't die 50+ years ago. Oh. Wait......

Take him. Your child's right to not die outweighs your partners right to believe in fairies and unicorns.

@Powerless
My baby sister died of SIDS. Not vaccinated due to age at time of death - so no correlation.

oh, and here are some research studies to confirm vaccines do not cause SIDS.

www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/sids.html

I checked NHS Choices but cannot see the reference you are making, @Powerless.

Perhaps you could post the link???

Just get him vaccinated and I would reconsider the marriage. If she's that stupid that she believes well known false research, what else is she a moron about? Be thankful you found out now. Get your child protected against diseases that could kill him or at the very least give him life long issues. Sod her stupidity.

@powerless please link to supposed nhs source rather than just refer to it.

Babies absolutely did die of SIDS before vaccinations. You know what else they also died of? Smallpox. You might not have heard of it because it's effectively been eradicated thanks to a successful immunization campaign whereby people were vaccinated against it.

You also know what babies can, to this day, die of? Meningitis. How good would it be to see that eradicated too?

Get your child vaccinated.

@powerless please can you add the link for the study. In all my research I'm yet to come across that one.

However, I have done an enormous amount of research into how information relating to vaccines is presented. Studies on this found that information on the internet which relates to vaccines is heavily biased towards the anti-vaxx movement. Much of this information is presented in a professional way... websites are designed to look ' medical' and 'academic' but if you dig a little deeper to can see that they're funded by well known anti-vaxx movements.

Unfortunately, this means when people turn to the internet to do their research they are not presented with a balanced, impartial view.

I'd call and book him an appointment. You may have to answer questions about why so late though - maybe say he was poorly do you delayed it?? I'd lie to do this for my child as vaccinations could save his life.

I think they might decline. If there's a note in the red book on on the medical records stating that Mum declines vaccination then they're going to want her consent.
Is this the 12 month immunisations, you're very late so I imagine there will be something on the records?

Yes, you can, and yes, I would. Your child's rights far outweigh his mother's here.

If gp blocks it, you could pay privately at a clinic, again I'd give reason of poorly at the time so delayed it and time slipped by. I'd try to persuade his mother first though.

There are probably several private clinics you could try, definitely are a few around our way anyway

@Powerless

Now you’re lying.

You also know what babies can, to this day, die of? Meningitis. How good would it be to see that eradicated too?

Agreed. And if they don't die from that horrible disease, they could lose some limbs. Please think about how you would explain to your child that they are missing their arms because your wife thought vaccinations were a bad idea. Hate that disease.

Plenty of parents would love to get their kids vaccinated, but can't because the kid can't have them, for many reasons. Don't be one of the idiots that doesn't get them because you think you know better than scientists who have multiple degrees, years of studying and research and actual intellect behind this work. They know what they are talking about, your wife is spouting shite she read or heard somewhere.

I'd be really very firm with your DP and say
"I know that if I get him vaccinated without your consent then you might not ever forgive me......but if he becomes ill and suffers life changing effects, I don't think I could forgive you.... "
I take it that your DP is herself vaccinated.....so she is protected but she's happy for her child to not be protected?!!!!

Just get the kid vaccinated and discuss later. Safety overrides paranoia

powerless if you look at some of the research I mentioned you will see that it totally untrue there has been changes in the vaccination ie removing the preservative even though their was no evidence that it could cause a problem the reason being that people were scared & wouldn't get their children vaccinated please read what I have written previously - & there are some very doubtful articles which pertain to be research - As for SIDs give me strength - the reason it was probably (!!!) unknown was because it hadn't been identified not that it didn't happen.

Absolutely just make an appointment and go.

@powerless all the articles I could find linking vaccinations to SIDS we're on American anti-vaxx websites. Just because they don't have a big banner at the top claiming to be anti-vaxx doesn't mean they aren't. They're easy to spot as they all use the same language.

Not one of the articles is linked to the NHS but there is one from WHO debunking that link as a myth.