vaccines survey | Autism PDD

I'm curious as to what the general consensus of this board would be: if you had to do it over again, what would you do about vaccinating your child? Would you give all vaccines according to the regular schedule? Would you have the doctor split up the vaccines (e.g., not give MMR, but give measles separate from mumps, separate from rubella)? Would you prolong the time between given vaccines? Are there certain vaccinations you would NOT allow your child to have? Anything else I haven't thought of?

We have a 1 month old here and I'm trying to decide what to do as far as immunizing him.

That's a tough one really. Based on what I know now, I certainly would want them separate (our other kids had no effect) and I'd want them given over a longer period of time....it really does seem like too much too soon, and if kids weren't as adversely affected before with single doses, it can't hurt to do that, right???

I do know a woman though who's son is autistic and has had no vaccinations....so what happened there? And Riley (mine) seemed "off" early on anyway...although maybe because he was a meconium baby had something to do with it???

That John Stewart/Robert Kennedy show stated that Autism was virtually unknown in China in 1999, the same year we began giving them vaccines...now there are 1.8 million cases...that's enough to make me take a second look.

What a struggle for you though, I feel for you in trying to make this decision...without any real honesty to work with on the part of gov't/fda/cdc/medical world. Go with your gut Kellie...
~Lesley

If I had to go back, I would have put off giving them until my son was older and would have liked to have had the option of breaking them up in single doses and requesting mercury free ones. I didn't know that a parent was even able to request that. stupid me. I am still very angry with myself over that and have not be able to forgive myself yet. If I could only go back..............I've thought alot about this- mainly because I'm a pediatrician. I do generally believe vaccines are a good thing- but I also think we should make them as safe as poosible. We are not having any more kids- but this is what I would recommend to my sister when she has children ( Basically a modified vaccination schedule based on reisks and benefits):

Hepatitis B- If the mother is negative then delay until the child is much older- up to 10 years old would be okay.

DtaP, Prevnar, Hib: I would get these vaccines at 2, 4 and 6 months. I would make sure they were thimerisol free and maybe space them 1 week apart.

IPV- delay somewhat, as long as you are not traveling outside the USA. Maybe start at 9 or 12 months.

MMR: 15 months

Varicella: 18 months

Just my 2 cents

Hi! I am brand new to this. My name is Holly, I am 46, soon to be a single parent. My son Gregory is 4 and was just diagnosed Semantic Pragmatic Disorder.

I am very interested in vaccines posts. Why do you think that the vaccines should be spaced apart? And how can you be sure that the vaccines are mercury free?