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Sun, 27 Dec 2009 03:42:16 +0000

[...] not interested in “full weaning”: the benefits of breastmilk are outstanding and it is flu season after all). Maggie has fallen TO sleep (her first sleep stretch) without booby since she [...]

By: carol

carol — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:41:01 +0000

It’s exactly what I keep telling everyone, but people can get so PARANOID and annoying about these things. Le sigh.

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:16:17 +0000

No flu shots here for us either. Although people in NH seem to be coming down with left right and centre I am pretty adamant that neither I or Adelaide will have it. I am currently going through a visa situation with the US government and am required to have a medical and part of it entails providing my entire vaccine history… which I have however I think that they might say its mandatory for me to have it. I have had previous flu shots when I lived in Europe, it was required by my work. I have never had the flu, with or without the specific shots and my family and I are in great health so I will fight my corner with this one is they drag their heels… unless they try and deport me1

By: Monica

Monica — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:47:21 +0000

I was curious as to what your thought were on this. Figured it would be just like you wrote it.

We’re upping our vitamines, I’m washing Hannah like crazy when we go out in “the germy public” etc, ect.

Hope the fall is treating you well.

~Monica~

By: Twwly

Twwly — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:08:05 +0000

Diane – that’s a great line for sure.

By: Twwly

Twwly — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:06:57 +0000

Jess – that anti-nausea medication birthed flipper babies. Tremendous deformities. You’re absolutely right about hand washing. People need an education in that regard!

Simon – We thankfully have no cubicle farm or asthma. I had asthma as a child, thankfully I outgrew it. I hope your toddler does the same.

I think it’s a testament to good hand washing that you generally avoid illness from your office. I don’t know where you live, but none of the strains in our seasonal flu vax hit the mark last year. Awareness and use of basic hygiene goes a LONG way!

By: Simon

Simon — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:59:29 +0000

I just got the shot on Friday. I have a 2 and a half year old and a 3 month old. My toddler already has chronic asthma due to a genetic predisposition and there is a fear that our 3 month old will have similar breathing issues. As we have no choice on whether or not to innoculate our 3 month old we decided that after reading the information available we would get the family done.

I have colleagues that have condemned me already for being vaccinated and my response to them has been to question whether they have kids or not. When they tell me NO I tell them to come back to me when they face the situation that I have. My well being is secondary to my 3 month old’s and anything that I may be able to do to counter the possibility of infection is worth it in my mind.

And in case you are wondering I get the seasonal flu vaccine every year because I work in a cubicle farm that is a disgusting breeding ground. No matter how much hand washing and purel is used a good portion of my 300 person office gets sick all at the same time and I generally don’t.

By: Jess

Jess — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:19:31 +0000

My father asks me every few days if Im getting the shot, and it makes me furious at this point because he knows how I feel, and it’s definitely a personal decision. I dont believe things just because the government/media says so.
I’m 21 weeks pregnant and will NOT be getting the vaccine. I also have field placement with wee ones twice a week. Still not getting the ‘vaccine’. I do not get regular flu shots, either. I like to point out the “safe” anti-nausea medication that was handed out to many, many pregnant women in the 60′s (i think) that deformed fetuses. Safe..right.

As for those handwashing posters being everywhere – have you really watched people “wash” their hands?? It’s disturbing, because I’ve NEVER seen anyone properly wash their hands – 20+ seconds of SCRUBBING. This includes the child care centres I’ve worked at. I just wish people paid more attention to those posters.

By: Diane

Diane — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:00:52 +0000

oops – forgot to put my info in my last post – I don’t trust anything the government is giving away…

By: Aubrey

Aubrey — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:55:00 +0000

(random person who reads your blog here *blush*)

I’ve never had a flu shot of any sort and I’ve never felt the inclination.
I only had the flu once in my life, when I was pregnant. It sucked but I was over it in about a week.
I feel I have a very good immune system. I rarely ever get sick.

Now that I have an 8 month old and there is this H1N1 hysteria, everyone in my husband’s family is calling us up and asking if/when she’s getting the shot and insisting that we have to get it too because if we get sick we can infect her.
I know that these loved ones are just trying to keep us safe, but I just can’t make myself be afraid of H1N1.

I am putting people off by telling them we will talk to her pediatrician at her next appointment in December, but really I don’t want to get her vaccinated for this.

My husband already HAD the flu a few weeks ago and now thinks it was H1N1. He felt terrible and slept for about 2 straight days. Baby got a cough and runny nose but no fever or anything, I was fine.