Baby vaccines

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Can I ask if there are any vaccines you refused for your baby and if there are any in particular you think are compulsory and the benefits outweigh the risks?
Thank you

I'm also wondering where you're getting your information from and whether it's good and reliable sources - you said that when you looked for information on rotavirus you found lots of stuff against the vaccine. If I Google it I find lots of very reputable sources (the NHS, the CDC in the US) explaining very clearly its benefits and the very low risks - but where is your go-to for this kind of information? Is it necessarily a reliable source?

Both my dc are fully up to date with jabs. I'm also considering paying for the chicken pox jab. However horrible it is when they have injections, it would be a thousand times worse if they actually got one of these dreadful illnesses. I don't want my children to needlessly suffer from preventable diseases. And I've never even heard of anyone suffering from more than a temperature after vaccinations, so I'm pretty sure any serious side effects must be incredibly rare.

Having the rotavirus vaccine appears to reduce a child’s chance of developing type I diabetes later on. So there are potential benefits beyond just not getting rotavirus.

My DC will have every vaccination offered. I also paid for DD1 to have the Men B (she was in the risk age range but not entitled to it on the NHS) and chicken pox vaccines. The benefits massively outweigh the potential negatives of feeling a bit rubbish for a couple of days. That’s what Calpol is for.

You give the paracetamol for the fever caused by the meningitis vaccine. It lasts a day at most. Having seen a child with meningitis and the effects it has had on their body, 1 day of paracetamol and a few seconds of discomfort do not compare.
If you don't want to give them paracetamol you definitely don't want them in hospital with either meningitis or rotavirus on a drip etc.

My toddler has had all her immunisations to date and the thought of refusing any did not and would not enter my head.

Seeing your child ill in hospital and not being able to do anything to help them is one of the worst feelings possible. Dealing with any discomfort or fever resulting from vaccinations pales in comparison.

If my child became ill or died from a preventable disease as a result of my failure to have them immunised, I would never forgive myself.

All the ones offered by the NHS plus chicken pox privately. I also got her second dose of MMR early as there was a measles outbreak in our area and I wanted her to be better protected.

I also had to pay for Men B privately as it was just before it got added to the NHS schedule. We weren't told to give paracetamol before and my baby got a very high fever and was very distressed. I gave paracetamol once she had the fever but I wish we'd been told to give it before the fever set in like people are told now.

The benefits outweigh the risks for all routine vaccinations.