im not anti vax, but i am anti over vax (this goes for my animals too...)
i understand the big ones...the ones known to cause some serious issues...but come on...the likes of chicken pox? i mean for goodness sake...i understand some people have a serious dose, and for some of those serious cases theres issues but the numbers are miniscule...
im NOT immune to german measles or chickenpox...
i had chickenpox 5 times in my childhood and have had shingles twice since entering adult hood (both thanks to the chickenpox vaccine)
german measles (rubella) theyve given me more times in my life than i care to remember, youd think after not being immune after the first few tried theyd have given up...i now cant be around any one after the MMR shots because i can catch Measles form them...
were fairly certain, due to the connection with rubella and serious infertility issues that the high frequency of the mmr vaccine i recived caused my severe pcos, early mentration and in turn, partial hysterectomy.
unfortunatly though when i was in school there was no anti vax thing going on and you needed it for getting into school and such...so we just did it...plain and simple.
im not immune to menningitis either, ive had viral AND bacterial a total of 8 times since turning 13.
and heck ive been shot with more tb shots since moving to the us than i can count...needed it before i came here, then they didnt like the paperwork so needed it to get into highschool here...then needed it again to get the greencard process started, then the dr lost my form and i had to have it again...then i needed it again beofre getting into college...insanity i tell you...
now i refuse unnessicary vaccines for myself...
ive never had a flu shot...
the only onces ive had in the past 8 years are my deppo shots (not vaccines) tetnus and rabies (im a vector species wildlife rehabber...yay rabies...btw, it stings!)
even with my pets...
pups get parvo, distember and hep no earlier than 8 weeks, then again at 12 weeks...
kittens get Panleukopenia, Rhinotracheitis and Calicivirus ar 8 weeks...and again at 12...
i dont give rabies untill 6 months, never give lepto or bordetella or any of those yickies...
and then they get their boosters at 14months old (again just the 3 core) 2nd rabies at 1 1/2 yrs old (the 3 yr strain)
and from then on in i titer test every 3 years for everything and rabies every 3 years (only because its required by law, otheriwse id titer for that too)
thus far our oldest dog is almost 9 and beyond his puppy shots and rabies every 3 years hes never had another vaccination...infact none of them beyond rabies have had to be revacinated...
if i had kids id probbaly follow the same kind of schedual, start them late only do the VERY basics i mean diptheria, polio and pertussis ok (i had whooping cough as a kid and would definatly suggest that one..lol)
do they need them every 2 months for the 6 months of thier lives...i highly doubt it...
and the MMR...
but beyond that, i dont thik HiB or HepB are enough fo a risk in a normal environment a child would be exposed to to even think about it...
id start them later, (unless your super social and spend alot of time with you and baby in places where people might have been exposed to this other stuff) only give the aboslute basics and have a pox party to take care of that nasty little bug.