I am hoping that a pregnancy test is going to turn positive soon. We have just started to try and I thought I was ovulating. My boobs hurt and are swollen. I am cramping (lightly) and spotting off and on (super light and I wouldn't even notice if I didn't think I was gestating). We will see how it goes. Hopefully, it won't be like with Kaine (after 10 tests-ALL NEGATIVE) I finally got a positive and got it confirmed at 10 weeks with an ultrasound. Here's to crossing my fingers! Either way, if I don't get my period in two weeks, I am going to test. If it comes out positive, I will schedule an appointment. If it comes out negative, I will schedule an appointment for a blood test to make sure that I am actually not. I am NOT going to wait 10 weeks again! So stupid!
In other news, Lilly's birthday is coming up. She is having a princess party. I am going to go to Allana's the night before and help make the castle cake. We are going to get up bright and early and decorate and have lots of fun! I can't believe she is turning four! FOUR! What in the world! Then again, I can't even believe Kaine is 2 and I have been with him the whole time! I am going to be making her a Dora summer shirt with sparkly, girlie straps! I have to find some sort of pant or something to go under it. I guess it could be like a short-ish dress with some pink tights or those things the kids are wearing these days (what are they called?). Either way, I am sure it is going to be a hit!
I also have to finish Landon's curtains! They were suppose to be done in September! I get a little behind on things in those months, due to the overdrive of wanting to make things for the holidays. Especially starting at Halloween - the juices are already flowing for that! (What should Kaine be this year!?).
Anyway...that is what is going on!
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Friday, June 11, 2010
Decorating Kaine's Room - Finally!
I have decided to decorate Kaine's room. I have been putting it off, because we are renters and don't have space of our own. Since he has turned two, I have gotten the itch! This is what I am thinking:
Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
I have been looking every where (online anyway) for things that will bring the theme out. When I think of Huck Finn and old Tom I think of dirty overalls, white wash, rickety rafts, the smell of grass, dirty feet, sling shots, stick and line poles, and general dirty summer like boys smells and sights. Doesn't that sound delightful?
The only problem is that it is REALLY hard to find things that go with this theme! I thought, "Oh, everyone knows this book, surely there will be plenty of things out there that I can collect to get it together!" No such luck. Etsy has, by far, been the best place to look. But, you have to actually LOOK for things. You have to be creative in the ways you search for things. I think at one point I even typed in "dirty feet" in the search box, just to see what would come up! (Nothing, by the way!) I was lucky enough to find two Jim Daly prints, in rustic wood frames, of two famous scenes from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. I also found a cologne bottle (I had her empty it because she can't send it through the mail like that anyway) that is from one of Avon's old collections. It is a boy with a stick and line fishing pole and a straw hat, I am not sure how big it is but, I thought it would be super cute.
When Kaine was first born I bought some jean curtains on the discount rack at Walmart that have hoops (the things they hang from, or that go around the rod) that are like overall snaps. They even have the metal button and hook. They are pretty plain but the effect will be awesome with this theme. I practically forgot I had them until I started to write this. I didn't hang them at the Lake because there were already pre-existing window coverings. However, I may have to figure out a way to use them. They are too perfect and cute not to.
I am on the lookout for something that resembles a white picket fence or something that is rustic style with a white washed look to put in his room. I even want to come up with a way to use old (made in a pinch) fishing poles for something. I have not come up with a creative way to incorporate it yet. If I was really crafty and creative, I would make his bed look like a make-shift raft. That will have to come later though.
Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
I have been looking every where (online anyway) for things that will bring the theme out. When I think of Huck Finn and old Tom I think of dirty overalls, white wash, rickety rafts, the smell of grass, dirty feet, sling shots, stick and line poles, and general dirty summer like boys smells and sights. Doesn't that sound delightful?
The only problem is that it is REALLY hard to find things that go with this theme! I thought, "Oh, everyone knows this book, surely there will be plenty of things out there that I can collect to get it together!" No such luck. Etsy has, by far, been the best place to look. But, you have to actually LOOK for things. You have to be creative in the ways you search for things. I think at one point I even typed in "dirty feet" in the search box, just to see what would come up! (Nothing, by the way!) I was lucky enough to find two Jim Daly prints, in rustic wood frames, of two famous scenes from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. I also found a cologne bottle (I had her empty it because she can't send it through the mail like that anyway) that is from one of Avon's old collections. It is a boy with a stick and line fishing pole and a straw hat, I am not sure how big it is but, I thought it would be super cute.
When Kaine was first born I bought some jean curtains on the discount rack at Walmart that have hoops (the things they hang from, or that go around the rod) that are like overall snaps. They even have the metal button and hook. They are pretty plain but the effect will be awesome with this theme. I practically forgot I had them until I started to write this. I didn't hang them at the Lake because there were already pre-existing window coverings. However, I may have to figure out a way to use them. They are too perfect and cute not to.
I am on the lookout for something that resembles a white picket fence or something that is rustic style with a white washed look to put in his room. I even want to come up with a way to use old (made in a pinch) fishing poles for something. I have not come up with a creative way to incorporate it yet. If I was really crafty and creative, I would make his bed look like a make-shift raft. That will have to come later though.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Pregnancy
We are thinking about getting pregnant. We want a few more, haha. There are factors that need to be put in place before this can happen, however. I think most of those things are coming into play.
What is different about it this time? We BOTH have baby fever. It started with me, like it did last time. I was seriously over-the-top last time. Begging, I believe, would be the best word! Not that Matt didn't want to have a baby, he is just a worry wort and didn't know if we were ready or had enough funds. This time, I started to talk about it but, made myself not talk about it all the time or put unnecessary stress on Matt about it. I didn't want it to feel like it was an obligation or that he was doing something that I wanted to do, that he didn't. I feel like he wasn't really into the last pregnancy because of how I made it begin (all stressed out and begging and such!). He probably was, I just felt like I talked him into it and felt guilty about that. This time, I think I am the one that has the hesitation. I wanted everything to be perfect (haha! that should have been my first clue). He is all gung-ho and I am like "Are you sure?". I do want a baby, badly, I just didn't want to be looking over my shoulder and thinking, "what if I would have done this?". But, I am getting over that too. The more I talk to Matt the better I feel about it. He really is a much different man at this stage. I asked him what made him change his mind and he said, "I have just been thinking about it lately". He said the fun he has with Kaine around has really made him rethink waiting and just wanting two. What a compliment for Kaine! That is one of the things that I have said, "Isn't it such a compliment to your oldest baby to have more kids? It is saying he was good and a blessing, why not have some more!" I truly believe this, I feel bad for those of you who don't have siblings, you really are missing out on a lot.
Anyway, pregnancy plans are in the work. I will keep posting when I find things out. We are planning on having a midwife-assisted, VBAC, home birth. What a mouthful! Not having a baby shower but a Blessingway (possibly a baby shower, just for cloth diapers, I will have to get with my sisters, when the time comes, to see what they think, that is the only things we are going to need this go round). As little intervention as possible through prenatal care (no ultrasounds, I don't want to know the sex--like it SO helped last time! LOL no unnecessary poking and prodding). A lot more bonding time for us. Exercise and nutrition are going to be the biggest and KEY to this pregnancy coming out the way we want. More to come!
What is different about it this time? We BOTH have baby fever. It started with me, like it did last time. I was seriously over-the-top last time. Begging, I believe, would be the best word! Not that Matt didn't want to have a baby, he is just a worry wort and didn't know if we were ready or had enough funds. This time, I started to talk about it but, made myself not talk about it all the time or put unnecessary stress on Matt about it. I didn't want it to feel like it was an obligation or that he was doing something that I wanted to do, that he didn't. I feel like he wasn't really into the last pregnancy because of how I made it begin (all stressed out and begging and such!). He probably was, I just felt like I talked him into it and felt guilty about that. This time, I think I am the one that has the hesitation. I wanted everything to be perfect (haha! that should have been my first clue). He is all gung-ho and I am like "Are you sure?". I do want a baby, badly, I just didn't want to be looking over my shoulder and thinking, "what if I would have done this?". But, I am getting over that too. The more I talk to Matt the better I feel about it. He really is a much different man at this stage. I asked him what made him change his mind and he said, "I have just been thinking about it lately". He said the fun he has with Kaine around has really made him rethink waiting and just wanting two. What a compliment for Kaine! That is one of the things that I have said, "Isn't it such a compliment to your oldest baby to have more kids? It is saying he was good and a blessing, why not have some more!" I truly believe this, I feel bad for those of you who don't have siblings, you really are missing out on a lot.
Anyway, pregnancy plans are in the work. I will keep posting when I find things out. We are planning on having a midwife-assisted, VBAC, home birth. What a mouthful! Not having a baby shower but a Blessingway (possibly a baby shower, just for cloth diapers, I will have to get with my sisters, when the time comes, to see what they think, that is the only things we are going to need this go round). As little intervention as possible through prenatal care (no ultrasounds, I don't want to know the sex--like it SO helped last time! LOL no unnecessary poking and prodding). A lot more bonding time for us. Exercise and nutrition are going to be the biggest and KEY to this pregnancy coming out the way we want. More to come!
Monday, May 31, 2010
Our Circumcision Decision
I have to say this was an ongoing discussion for us (when I was convinced we were having a boy before "technology" told me I was wrong--so much for that! Intuition wins!). I honestly have to say that I did not want it to happen. I was really uncomfortable with the fact that my son's sexual organ was going to be mutilated for aesthetic reasons. I made Matt do a ton of research. He was on the fence about it at first too. He said that he didn't know what the issue was. I said that even doctors are saying it is unnecessary now.
Anyway, he did research. We had discussions about how boys are when someone is different in gym class. We had discussions about how women feel about it. We even talked about it to his friend Dave who is not circumcised and got his opinion. So, in the end I was not convinced. Matt wanted it to happen. His biggest argument was that it wasn't clean and the potential for infection was paramount, in his view. He also argued that some women/girls are grossed out by it. I was not convinced of the latter, especially since women and men, I think, would both get more sexual satisfaction. Anyway, I consented and made it a "boy" issue. Meaning, he was a guy and I would make it his department because we were having a boy and he would ultimately be the one having to deal with it down the road.
I have to say I was never comfortable with it. When they asked us about it in the hospital (our pediatrician came to check on him and perform if) I was totally defensive and dismissive and gave it a quick, "Just do it and get it over with!" and a fearful, "You aren't going to do it in here are you!?" I was totally avoiding the issue! I didn't want to have ANY part in it! AT ALL! I wrote the whole thing off. Honestly, I was truly fearful. I didn't want to have to make a decision that my son might regret later in life. At the same time, I didn't know how to take care of a child without a circumcision and Matt had convinced me that it was an illness prone zone. When our pediatrician asked us if we wanted him to do it in the hospital or when we brought him in to the office, I freaked! I was like, "No way! You have to do it now or not at all!" I knew I would not go through with it if I had to stand there and watch it happen. I was a coward! Now, looking back on it, I know I didn't have enough information and that is why I was fearful. I also felt that it wasn't my place, not being a boy and all.
Then, we thought we were having a girl and we figured the whole thing was settled. So much for that! Next time, I think I will put up a bigger fight and take a more, lets-see-how-he-feels-about-it-when-he-is-old-enough-to-make-his-own-decisions stance! Which is pretty much how I raise him now. I don't even like to part his hair a certain way because I don't want to make such personal decisions for him! I honestly think we have taken a huge personal decision away from him and we should not have been so hasty. Actually, I should not have been so fearful and should have done more research and not written it off and left if up to Matt. In Matt's defense, he did do research and he felt he was making the best choice, all things considered. So, at least I am comfortable with that. If he was just saying to do it just to do it, I would be beating myself up now. At least he was well informed and made the best decision he could.
Anyway, he did research. We had discussions about how boys are when someone is different in gym class. We had discussions about how women feel about it. We even talked about it to his friend Dave who is not circumcised and got his opinion. So, in the end I was not convinced. Matt wanted it to happen. His biggest argument was that it wasn't clean and the potential for infection was paramount, in his view. He also argued that some women/girls are grossed out by it. I was not convinced of the latter, especially since women and men, I think, would both get more sexual satisfaction. Anyway, I consented and made it a "boy" issue. Meaning, he was a guy and I would make it his department because we were having a boy and he would ultimately be the one having to deal with it down the road.
I have to say I was never comfortable with it. When they asked us about it in the hospital (our pediatrician came to check on him and perform if) I was totally defensive and dismissive and gave it a quick, "Just do it and get it over with!" and a fearful, "You aren't going to do it in here are you!?" I was totally avoiding the issue! I didn't want to have ANY part in it! AT ALL! I wrote the whole thing off. Honestly, I was truly fearful. I didn't want to have to make a decision that my son might regret later in life. At the same time, I didn't know how to take care of a child without a circumcision and Matt had convinced me that it was an illness prone zone. When our pediatrician asked us if we wanted him to do it in the hospital or when we brought him in to the office, I freaked! I was like, "No way! You have to do it now or not at all!" I knew I would not go through with it if I had to stand there and watch it happen. I was a coward! Now, looking back on it, I know I didn't have enough information and that is why I was fearful. I also felt that it wasn't my place, not being a boy and all.
Then, we thought we were having a girl and we figured the whole thing was settled. So much for that! Next time, I think I will put up a bigger fight and take a more, lets-see-how-he-feels-about-it-when-he-is-old-enough-to-make-his-own-decisions stance! Which is pretty much how I raise him now. I don't even like to part his hair a certain way because I don't want to make such personal decisions for him! I honestly think we have taken a huge personal decision away from him and we should not have been so hasty. Actually, I should not have been so fearful and should have done more research and not written it off and left if up to Matt. In Matt's defense, he did do research and he felt he was making the best choice, all things considered. So, at least I am comfortable with that. If he was just saying to do it just to do it, I would be beating myself up now. At least he was well informed and made the best decision he could.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Vaccine Update and other Stuff
We have decided to go ahead and get the exemption, just so we can follow our current schedule. I don't know how the school will react to this, however, that is not a motivating factor. If anything, I can look into home-school preschool stuff for us to play around with. The only thing that will be missing is his exposure to other children, which was really the point. He is so ready to be in a social situation. So, school is on a wait-and-see type of track.
We went to Matt's parents house and left the binky and blanket by accident. I wasn't all that worried, until he kept asking for it when he got tired. I tried to rock him with milk, lay down with him and sing some of his favorite songs (this did make him stop crying and listen to the song, until it was over anyway). I finally had to put him in the car and drive around the neighborhood with the Peter Pan on CD playing in the car (Thanks Jessica!). That did it! He slept until 3am. He, however, did NOT go back down after that and we drove home in the fog and wee hours with a fussy baby and two tired and irritated adults! It was not fun. Mostly, I felt really bad for him. His poor little heart was broken, it was so incredibly sad! This experience has really made me not look forward to the time (which I thought was now) for him to get rid of his binky. Ugh, now I have no idea how we are going to do it or get through it! Poor little guy.
On another note. I have discovered how to make chai and cook baked goods without eggs! The chia was easy until I had to figure out how to drain it with cheesecloth. That was not fun. Then, I grew a brain and put it in the juicer and got some really good chia out of it! So yummy! Then, we wanted to make cake and didn't have eggs. So, Matt remembered you could use bananas and I couldn't remember if that was for eggs or not, so this site to the rescue! We made a yummy vanilla, banana cake!
We went to Matt's parents house and left the binky and blanket by accident. I wasn't all that worried, until he kept asking for it when he got tired. I tried to rock him with milk, lay down with him and sing some of his favorite songs (this did make him stop crying and listen to the song, until it was over anyway). I finally had to put him in the car and drive around the neighborhood with the Peter Pan on CD playing in the car (Thanks Jessica!). That did it! He slept until 3am. He, however, did NOT go back down after that and we drove home in the fog and wee hours with a fussy baby and two tired and irritated adults! It was not fun. Mostly, I felt really bad for him. His poor little heart was broken, it was so incredibly sad! This experience has really made me not look forward to the time (which I thought was now) for him to get rid of his binky. Ugh, now I have no idea how we are going to do it or get through it! Poor little guy.
On another note. I have discovered how to make chai and cook baked goods without eggs! The chia was easy until I had to figure out how to drain it with cheesecloth. That was not fun. Then, I grew a brain and put it in the juicer and got some really good chia out of it! So yummy! Then, we wanted to make cake and didn't have eggs. So, Matt remembered you could use bananas and I couldn't remember if that was for eggs or not, so this site to the rescue! We made a yummy vanilla, banana cake!
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
New Bed Update
Kaine has been sleeping through the night. I completely give credit to the new bed. I knew this would happen but, I was nervous about putting him in such a big bed by himself. I didn't want him to feel out of place or, worse, fall out on his head! I have to say that he only fell out once. He has gotten up a few times. He even took us for an adventure in bedtime play-land. He now goes straight down. Goes to sleep on his own (which he has been good about doing since he was 8 or 9 months old). AND the best part of all, sleeps ALL NIGHT LONG! It is a true miracle. MIRACLE I tell you!
I was hoping and thinking this was going to happen and to my delight, it has! I still have fear that writing in down is going to jinx it. It seemed to last time. After I wrote it on here, it was the worse night of the sleep/play battle! He didn't go to bed until almost 11 pm! That is REALLY late for him! Especially since his bedtime is 8pm! It then fixed it self the next night. He went straight to bed and we, surprisingly, didn't hear another peep from him until morning. He slept until 8:30! It was a great night! Much needed to.
I think I am the only person that has a two year old that has just now started to sleep through the night. Don't get me wrong, there have been nights when he has slept but, never in a row! I always think, when I get up with him, that he would have made a great breast-feeder too. And would probably still be doing it if we would not have had so much trouble and interventions at the beginning. (He was for a while still getting up in the middle of the night for a milk cup. I tried to break him of this habit, but after 2 nights of constant screaming or waking up every hour, I gave in. Especially one night when I went in after him crying for an hour and heard his stomach growling and felt the most horrible guilt in the entire world! I just resolved to take the 5 minutes to give him a cup and hope that one day, he would not need it anymore.)
A new adventure will be starting soon. Potty training. However, I do not plan to do this, probably, for another month or so. I will be reading up on it in the meantime.
I was hoping and thinking this was going to happen and to my delight, it has! I still have fear that writing in down is going to jinx it. It seemed to last time. After I wrote it on here, it was the worse night of the sleep/play battle! He didn't go to bed until almost 11 pm! That is REALLY late for him! Especially since his bedtime is 8pm! It then fixed it self the next night. He went straight to bed and we, surprisingly, didn't hear another peep from him until morning. He slept until 8:30! It was a great night! Much needed to.
I think I am the only person that has a two year old that has just now started to sleep through the night. Don't get me wrong, there have been nights when he has slept but, never in a row! I always think, when I get up with him, that he would have made a great breast-feeder too. And would probably still be doing it if we would not have had so much trouble and interventions at the beginning. (He was for a while still getting up in the middle of the night for a milk cup. I tried to break him of this habit, but after 2 nights of constant screaming or waking up every hour, I gave in. Especially one night when I went in after him crying for an hour and heard his stomach growling and felt the most horrible guilt in the entire world! I just resolved to take the 5 minutes to give him a cup and hope that one day, he would not need it anymore.)
A new adventure will be starting soon. Potty training. However, I do not plan to do this, probably, for another month or so. I will be reading up on it in the meantime.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Vaccinations
Since we had Kaine and before, when we were pregnant, we considered vaccinations. I read "What your Doctor May Not Tell You about Vaccines" which lead me to want to boycott all vaccinations. I had a conviction that avoiding all vaccinations just "wasn't right for us". But I would be dammed if I was going to follow the Florida Schedule of Vaccination or "Baby Shot" Schedule! Here it is for reference: (From this link)
Birth
Hep B
2 months
DTaP, Hep B, Hib, IPV, PCV, Rotavirus
4 months
DTaP, Hib, IPV, PCV, Rotavirus
6 months
DTaP, Hep B, Hib, IPV, PCV, Rotavirus, Flu
12-15 months
MMR, Varicella, PCV, Hib, Hep B
12-18 months
DTaP
15-18 months
Hep A
4-5 years
DTaP, IPV, MMR, Varicella
Looks pretty harmless. Although, that is not usually what you get. I don't remember there only being ONE shot for my newborn! Do you? Then, at the birth I was pretty out of it and Matt came to our son's rescue when the nursing staff was trying to give him a bunch of junk. He did get the vitamin K, after informed consent, because I read that babies are not born with that and only need it if they go through a traumatic birth and are displaying bruising, which he had, on both accounts. So, I said yes to that (I was glad I was previously informed, mind you, no one gave me any information about it). Plus, it helped that he had a supportive staff that would not make negative comments, they would just put it away and let us know we would have to sign a form so they would have it on file that we were the ones that refused care and not that they did not offer it. We were happy to sign.
Anyway, the point of this post is the fact that we didn't follow the vaccination "recommended schedule" . We had a modified one. I would only allow one shot per visit. Not the six that they wanted to give my 2 month old that was barely old enough to hold his head up! That is too much for a little one to try and fight off! I was seriously uncomfortable with it. I would also only allow another shot, as long as, it had been 2 weeks from the previous one and there were no reactions to it. (Most of my motivation was the research between Autism and vaccines that is constantly being backed up!)
Let me just say, that I am not a rebel. I wanted to work with my pediatrician, who is on board with our schedule and has never given me any grief about it! I am not necessarily apposed to vaccinations, I just don't believe in the schedule. Or some of the vaccinations such as, the Hep B and the Varicella (chicken pox) vaccines, which could cause more harm than good.
So, what is bringing this issue up now? Well, Kaine is going to start school in the fall. They need him to be up-to-date on all of his shots. If not, no school. We have agreed, with pediatrician approval, that we can wait until the age of five for the shots we have refused. However, the schedule is what they want to see in his school folder. I seriously doubt that my pediatrician will give me a written exemption for this too. So, what are we to do now? I have been researching ways of getting around making him have a bunch of shots in the 2 months before school. We would be living at the pediatricians, because he is not a the schedule and would have to start new shots while also trying to keep up with the other shots he has already had. The only option I have seen, however, is to stop vaccinating altogether. Go here for Florida Exemption Information. It kind of freaks me out, to be honest. Even though a part of me also believes that maybe we are buying into a corporation that just wants us to fear something that is no longer an issue and is a major money maker for them. The truth is just not out there on this issue. There are also, major, documented side effects that the "people in the know" are not wanting you to know about. What do you do? Do you take the risk in order to avoid the slight risk of diseases that have been extinct for years or even decades?
I am on the fence. I believe that vaccines have there place. I believe that vaccines have saved a million lives. I also believe that we are overpopulating the world and that natural selection is being toyed with. Not that I advocate people dying from horrible diseases. I just believe that things happen for a reason and for the greater good. God knows what He is doing, maybe we should just have faith. Trust me, it was going to happen no matter how many shots you have given yourself or your children. Ever heard of super bugs? That is because we are overusing our technology and abusing what is suppose to be helping us. I think we should just use it in emergency situations and not be required to take drugs that we do not have illnesses for.
I think, either way, we are going to get the religious exemption. Even if it is so we can stay on our current plan and our own personal vaccination schedule. Still on the fence. Here are some other sites for you to paruse:
K.N.O.W Vaccines - Your Rights to Avoid Immunizations
State of Florida Site on Vaccinations
Birth
Hep B
2 months
DTaP, Hep B, Hib, IPV, PCV, Rotavirus
4 months
DTaP, Hib, IPV, PCV, Rotavirus
6 months
DTaP, Hep B, Hib, IPV, PCV, Rotavirus, Flu
12-15 months
MMR, Varicella, PCV, Hib, Hep B
12-18 months
DTaP
15-18 months
Hep A
4-5 years
DTaP, IPV, MMR, Varicella
Looks pretty harmless. Although, that is not usually what you get. I don't remember there only being ONE shot for my newborn! Do you? Then, at the birth I was pretty out of it and Matt came to our son's rescue when the nursing staff was trying to give him a bunch of junk. He did get the vitamin K, after informed consent, because I read that babies are not born with that and only need it if they go through a traumatic birth and are displaying bruising, which he had, on both accounts. So, I said yes to that (I was glad I was previously informed, mind you, no one gave me any information about it). Plus, it helped that he had a supportive staff that would not make negative comments, they would just put it away and let us know we would have to sign a form so they would have it on file that we were the ones that refused care and not that they did not offer it. We were happy to sign.
Anyway, the point of this post is the fact that we didn't follow the vaccination "recommended schedule" . We had a modified one. I would only allow one shot per visit. Not the six that they wanted to give my 2 month old that was barely old enough to hold his head up! That is too much for a little one to try and fight off! I was seriously uncomfortable with it. I would also only allow another shot, as long as, it had been 2 weeks from the previous one and there were no reactions to it. (Most of my motivation was the research between Autism and vaccines that is constantly being backed up!)
Let me just say, that I am not a rebel. I wanted to work with my pediatrician, who is on board with our schedule and has never given me any grief about it! I am not necessarily apposed to vaccinations, I just don't believe in the schedule. Or some of the vaccinations such as, the Hep B and the Varicella (chicken pox) vaccines, which could cause more harm than good.
So, what is bringing this issue up now? Well, Kaine is going to start school in the fall. They need him to be up-to-date on all of his shots. If not, no school. We have agreed, with pediatrician approval, that we can wait until the age of five for the shots we have refused. However, the schedule is what they want to see in his school folder. I seriously doubt that my pediatrician will give me a written exemption for this too. So, what are we to do now? I have been researching ways of getting around making him have a bunch of shots in the 2 months before school. We would be living at the pediatricians, because he is not a the schedule and would have to start new shots while also trying to keep up with the other shots he has already had. The only option I have seen, however, is to stop vaccinating altogether. Go here for Florida Exemption Information. It kind of freaks me out, to be honest. Even though a part of me also believes that maybe we are buying into a corporation that just wants us to fear something that is no longer an issue and is a major money maker for them. The truth is just not out there on this issue. There are also, major, documented side effects that the "people in the know" are not wanting you to know about. What do you do? Do you take the risk in order to avoid the slight risk of diseases that have been extinct for years or even decades?
I am on the fence. I believe that vaccines have there place. I believe that vaccines have saved a million lives. I also believe that we are overpopulating the world and that natural selection is being toyed with. Not that I advocate people dying from horrible diseases. I just believe that things happen for a reason and for the greater good. God knows what He is doing, maybe we should just have faith. Trust me, it was going to happen no matter how many shots you have given yourself or your children. Ever heard of super bugs? That is because we are overusing our technology and abusing what is suppose to be helping us. I think we should just use it in emergency situations and not be required to take drugs that we do not have illnesses for.
I think, either way, we are going to get the religious exemption. Even if it is so we can stay on our current plan and our own personal vaccination schedule. Still on the fence. Here are some other sites for you to paruse:
K.N.O.W Vaccines - Your Rights to Avoid Immunizations
State of Florida Site on Vaccinations
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