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Awesome! I'm actually in Los Angeles. Shoot! Or I'...

2006-07-11T22:07:00.000-07:00

Awesome! I'm actually in Los Angeles. Shoot! Or I'd totally do it!

my daughter got the vaccination about two months a...

2006-07-09T22:51:00.000-07:00

my daughter got the vaccination about two months ago, she now has spots. the first and worse, thus far, coincidentally is on the thigh right about the same place they gave her the shot! shes just now 14 months old. anyhow i am not sure if its the pox or not, taking her for a second opinion tomorrow. i had to take her to a walk in clinic since i found them on sat. morning, and monday we will see her pediatrician. i am interested to hear why it is i wasnt warned she might get the pox from the vaccine. i am a stay at home mom, and though Tatiana has exposure to children in the neighborhood, all of them are school age and should themselves have been vaccinated. also i know of no one else infected. i guess it could be exposure at a grocery or something, but it just seems unlikely. if she has them for sure, i think i may always suspect the vaccine of giving them to her. my fear now is whether or not a milder case of the pox-and the vaccine- will effect or change her body's reaction or immunity to exposure to the virus in the future. western medicine in all its wonders and milestones sucks in the hands of greedy monetarily motivated ass-monkeys!

btw- your boy is gorgeous! you do photography? youre in the south right? in florida? LOL wanna take some baby pics of a new subject!!! shes sweet and really cute when she doesnt have spots- and i aint just sayin that cause i am her mom!!!

My 1yo got CP from a vaxed kid, so yeah, it seems ...

2006-06-28T17:41:00.000-07:00

My 1yo got CP from a vaxed kid, so yeah, it seems to be much less unusual than they say. So far, our girls are totally unvaxed at age 1 and 3. We'll do a few down the line but that one won't be making the cut (or the jab). Sorry you're having such a hard time!

yeah. not uncommon. 2 mommies here in SC have ha...

2006-06-28T14:23:00.000-07:00

yeah. not uncommon. 2 mommies here in SC have had the same problem with the vax giving the disease. that i know of, i'm sure there's more than 2 in all of SC, lol.

you know, you don't have to get the circ redone...it's not a totally neccesary procedure, and if you leave whats left, he'll just have a regular foreskin. which, while some people think it's weird looking, is totally an asset in the bedroom. natch. plus, it's not like he'll be that weird in the locker room, either. a lot of mommas are choosing not to circ. i have a girl,so it wasn't an issue for me. but i know my babydaddy isn't at all happy that he was circd. so, just a different point of view.

sorry you're having such a bad week.

Any chance that your child was exposed to the viru...

2006-06-25T20:32:00.000-07:00

Any chance that your child was exposed to the virus (up to 4 weeks) before getting the vaccine? Could have been a random child you passed at the mall...but yes vaccines do sometimes give the virus, if the vaccine contains live virus in order for the child to create antibodies. Wouldn't it suck if your child got it later if you hadn't vaccinated and got brain damage or died? It happened in my neck of the woods. Your situation is not as shocking to me as apparently it was to the previous commenters. Sounds like you've had a serious murphy's law problem going on around your place lately.

K.

(Adventures in Babywearing)

I am sure you'v...

2006-06-23T07:16:00.000-07:00

(Adventures in Babywearing)

I am sure you've gotten plenty of comments to read here, but you'll probably find that it is NOT uncommon that a person get the disease they were vaccinated against... anyhoo- just on the news recently here in Chicago- 48 students got the chicken pox. 43 had been vaccinated. Apparently the vaccine didn't work, so they are recommending getting another one. Wha?

2006-06-23T07:13:00.000-07:00

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a good friend's kiddo got the pox about a month af...

2006-06-22T12:46:00.000-07:00

a good friend's kiddo got the pox about a month after the vax. she was told that it's not that unusual of an occurrence. i am avoiding it altogether. good luck. at least you know he will be immune and you won't have to deal with this one again!

Stephanie commented that some public schools don't...

2006-06-22T07:54:00.000-07:00

Stephanie commented that some public schools don't permit unvax'd kids to enter.... Just wanted to clarify that in California a parent can refuse vaccines for any reason (religious, medical, personal) and the public schools must accept the kids. If there is an outbreak of some kind, the kid needs to stay home until it passes. However, many private schools won't accept the vaccine waiver. And many states are more strict on vaccine waivers, requiring medical reasons (e.g. past vaccine reaction, allergy, etc.).

Thanks for the clarification.

Poor little A...

2006-06-22T07:18:00.000-07:00

Thanks for the clarification.

Poor little Archer.
Good luck with the CP, and the next appointment and eventually the surgery.
Poor cute little baby.

My nephew's botch was the same thing as Archer's ....

2006-06-21T17:02:00.000-07:00

My nephew's botch was the same thing as Archer's ... his parents had to keep peeling back his poor little foreskin remnant so it wouldn't graft to his penis. He went in at like three or four to get it re-done, finally. Poor, poor kid. And poor mom, having to hurt her boy's *peep* like that every time she changed a dipe or he went potty.
Yipe.
And thank god you clarified that for me, GGC... I bout wet myself the first time I read that. :)

I've only heard of the vaccine giving the disease ...

2006-06-21T12:25:00.000-07:00

I've only heard of the vaccine giving the disease in cases of influenza. I don't know why I thought it was only the flu that it could happen with.

Hope Archer is feeling good soon, and good luck with the Urologist. Hopefully things work out and quickly. What a sucky thing to have to go through!

so sorry GGC..that sux..poor Archer and poor mama....

2006-06-21T12:21:00.000-07:00

so sorry GGC..that sux..poor Archer and poor mama...hope it hops on the first train outta town in no time..

We dont have a CP vaccine in the Uk (at least Im p...

2006-06-21T12:00:00.000-07:00

We dont have a CP vaccine in the Uk (at least Im pretty sure we dont?!) My eldest had it at 10months and my eldest daughter had it at 4yrs. I would say the younger age was preferrable in our experience. The only scars he got were from the ones that I picked (sssh!) He has a cool looking scar on his eyebrow that you can only see very close up, that looks like he had a piercing in it.

Alex... circs are commonly done improperly I have ...

2006-06-21T11:27:00.000-07:00

Alex... circs are commonly done improperly I have found. I have yet to post because we have a pending apointment with the Urologist as soon as the pox go away. Usually they don't take enough off and/or take too much. Often it is even worse. Thankfully for Archer they took off too little. He is not considred circumcised at all so the doctors have to re-do in surgery. My OB is a top Beverly Hills doc, he's no hack. Perhaps that was the problem. The Tortoise and the Hare.

No kids here, but that happened to me with the mea...

2006-06-21T09:55:00.000-07:00

No kids here, but that happened to me with the measles when I was a baby. Caused me to spike a mighty high fever at 6 mos.

really, can someone discuss their botched circumci...

2006-06-21T08:41:00.000-07:00

really, can someone discuss their botched circumcision?
Either GGC OR Kate OR Mel.
That's already THREE!
How often DOES this happen?
and can you define botched?
how botched, IS a botched circumcision?
GGC have you called Hard Copy yet?

Have no advice. Wish that I did.

Well, ther...

2006-06-21T08:25:00.000-07:00

Have no advice. Wish that I did.

Well, there's this: Sit in that pool, or with your feet in that pool, and have a very cold, very dry martini.

And contemplate your unusual future.

Hey Stephanie and other moms out there,

Do ...

2006-06-21T05:55:00.000-07:00

Hey Stephanie and other moms out there,

Do some research on vaccine policy in your state. The schools will TELL you that your kid has to be vaccinated, but you can legally opt out of any or all vaccines, depending on the laws in your state. Most have a medical exemption (like if your kid is allergic to eggs, they can be exempt from certain vaccines that are cultured in chicken eggs), or many states have either/or a religious or philosophical exemption (basically, I just don't want a certain vaccine for your child). And you can always delay certain vaccines for your child. Don't let doctors bully you. We "fired" my daughter's first pediatrician because we were delaying certain vaccines, and she wasn't understanding or helpful at all. (Actually she gave us an ultimatum that we had to have her vaccinated by 6 months or we had to leave her practice...so we left after her 2 month checkup.) You are in charge of your child's health, so learn all you can! And hooray for GCC--keepin' it real on educating moms!

Yes, this has happened to my kid and many others I...

2006-06-20T23:00:00.000-07:00

Yes, this has happened to my kid and many others I know of -- so it isn't all that unusual... A pretty worthless vaccine IMO. Poor kid.

Aw, lady, that sucks. Hard. Chicken pox at his a...

2006-06-20T20:09:00.000-07:00

Aw, lady, that sucks. Hard. Chicken pox at his age? I can't imagine.

You've had a run of bad luck for sure, but imagine the good luck coming to you after dealing with all this shite.

Yuck, that's all I can say. Chicken pox sucks but ...

2006-06-20T19:14:00.000-07:00

Yuck, that's all I can say. Chicken pox sucks but at least you'll have it over with soon enough. Hang in there!

poor baby!
I wanted to comment (I've been readi...

2006-06-20T18:09:00.000-07:00

poor baby!
I wanted to comment (I've been reading for awhile) to recommend oatmeal baths if the itching does get bad (I remember many Aveno baths when I had the pox- which caused me to miss the last day of kindergarten!)
Also- for those interested- I've heard and read (from reliable sources) that the pox vaccine is likely to (and has already shown) increase cases of shingles (as well as adult chicken pox) in adults- which is a lot worse to suffer through than chicken pox as a kid

My uncle (my cousin Lauren's dad) is one of the be...

2006-06-20T16:54:00.000-07:00

My uncle (my cousin Lauren's dad) is one of the best docs in CA. I'm gonna make you start seeing him. No joke.

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME I AM SO BORED AND HO...

2006-06-20T15:36:00.000-07:00

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME I AM SO BORED AND HOT AND THE MAMA DOWN THE STREET IS KILLING ME WITH THE BORING AND DOES THIS MEAN YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO HAVE PLAYDATES??? I mean, poor Archer! Poor, poor babe. Poor, poor mama dealing with chicken pox. Ummmm, he's not still contagious though, is he? Poor, poor babe. Poor, poor mama.

See? Me commenting? I feel brave.