Being asked to get covid, flu and Dtap shot before meeting baby

[Anonymous]

i have had two new grans in the last couple of years. nobody ever mentioned this to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, it's not an outliner request. Many infant pediatricians highly suggest - exactly what your sister is requesting. Your desire to irritate your sister seems to be more important than whether you actually get the shot or not.

Stop being a bossy older sister. Probably looping-in family and friends to complain to. Shut up. Get the shot

My friends actually all agree with me on this. That's why i posted here.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP, it's not an outliner request. Many infant pediatricians highly suggest - exactly what your sister is requesting. Your desire to irritate your sister seems to be more important than whether you actually get the shot or not.

Stop being a bossy older sister. Probably looping-in family and friends to complain to. Shut up. Get the shot

My friends actually all agree with me on this.

unsurprising

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Anonymous wrote:I am a mom of older teens so its been a while. My sister is having a baby and her ob/gym said anyone around the baby within the first two months must have a flu shot, covid shot and Dtap.

I've had enough covid shots and had covid a few times. I was not planning to get me or my kids another shot.

Is this standard for newborns now?

Your sister is asking you to help protect her baby. Who cares if it’s standard! If you don’t want to comply wait to see the child until you sister feels it’s safe. It sounds like you are looking for a reason to fight with your sister and have “proof” she’s wrong. It’s her kid. Let her do what she feels is best.

FWIW - I didn’t ask people to vaccinate and my kids were fine, but my youngest is 12. I did ask them to be healthy and wash their hands.

OP here - one thing I don't understand is that just because you have the recent covid shot doesn't mean you won't get Covid. If Covid is really the concern shouldn't they make everyone who enters the house test for covid? Family members will be walking off planes minutes before seeing them.

Ok, OP—I’m calling you out for being cagey.

You say you’re not anti Covid vax, but you also say you’ve had “enough” Covid shots without saying when your last shot was. And you’re doing that deliberately. And now here you are saying everyone should just be tested before seeing the baby rather than be vaccinated.

So clearly, what is going on here is not that you hadn’t “planned” to get a Covid shot—you simply don’t WANT to get one. You’re AGAINST getting another shot. Right?

No. I am against having my teenagers get another shot when it is not recommended for their demographic

From the aap ( bc cdc is currently purely political and not based on science)

"The AAP recommends a single dose of age-appropriate 2025–2026 COVID-19 vaccine for all children and adolescents 2 through 18 years of age in the following risk groups (as described in Table 1) regardless of prior COVID-19 vaccination status:

○ Persons at high risk of severe COVID-192

○ Residents of long-term care facilities or other congregate settings

○ Persons who have never been vaccinated against COVID-19

○ Persons whose household contacts are at high risk for severe COVID-192,17 "

I'd assume your niece is a household contact ( and also a good reason why everyone in society should be getting it so babies can function in society... have kept my baby out of public spaces until vaccinated)

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Do all of you ask for proof?

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I'll never understand the reasoning of people like OP, who are fine with playing with a newborn's life just because they don't want to be inconvenienced.

OP. I"m not playing with anyone's life. I asked if it was standard now

NP. It's been standard for well over a decade.

Not the covid shot.

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I'll never understand the reasoning of people like OP, who are fine with playing with a newborn's life just because they don't want to be inconvenienced.

OP. I"m not playing with anyone's life. I asked if it was standard now

NP. It's been standard for well over a decade.

Not the covid shot.

Yes captain obvious people didn't ask you to get vaccinated for a virus that did not get exist a decade ago

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP, it's not an outliner request. Many infant pediatricians highly suggest - exactly what your sister is requesting. Your desire to irritate your sister seems to be more important than whether you actually get the shot or not.

Stop being a bossy older sister. Probably looping-in family and friends to complain to. Shut up. Get the shot

My friends actually all agree with me on this. That's why i posted here.

Honestly who cares what your friends think?

My best friend struggled with post partum anxiety and some of the things she asked for were a bit over the top (a lot of tracking, she had me disinfect my shoes and bag). However, this is my best friend and I cared about her. So while it wasn't a choice I made with my own kid, I respected her wishes.

She's set a boundary, you, your friends, us internet randos, don't get to overrule her boundary. Your actions are entirely up to you. I'd personally get the shots, I've done it for my preemie nephew and my best friend's kid.

I don't think she's being unreasonable but even if she was being over protective, when you care about someone you don't have to win the interactions. It's not about that.

[Anonymous]

DTAP, for sure if you're out of date..

Flu and COVID, a test and a good mask and fresh air is fine.

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I'll never understand the reasoning of people like OP, who are fine with playing with a newborn's life just because they don't want to be inconvenienced.

OP. I"m not playing with anyone's life. I asked if it was standard now

NP. It's been standard for well over a decade.

Not the covid shot.

Critical thinking is not your strong suit.

Guess what nobody asked to get the current flu shot 10 years ago… because it changes every year, dumb a$$.

[Anonymous]

I understand the flu shot and Dtap but the covid shot doesn't make sense to me. it doesn't prevent you from getting covid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:i have had two new grans in the last couple of years. nobody ever mentioned this to me.

Same and we're all health conscious people and a number of us healthcare professionals.
Stay away if you're sick.
Wash your hands before handling the baby.

[Anonymous]

It's not unheard of but it's only a certain type of person that insists on this

It's more important for your sister to get the RSV immunization or to have the baby get it in hospital.


She also should prepare not to leave the house at all until after cold/ flu season hopefully her and her partner have ample leave.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, it's not an outliner request. Many infant pediatricians highly suggest - exactly what your sister is requesting. Your desire to irritate your sister seems to be more important than whether you actually get the shot or not.

Stop being a bossy older sister. Probably looping-in family and friends to complain to. Shut up. Get the shot

My friends actually all agree with me on this. That's why i posted here.

I agree as well so would all of my friends, peers and everyone in my orbit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I understand the flu shot and Dtap but the covid shot doesn't make sense to me. it doesn't prevent you from getting covid.

No but it does show you are intelligent and not a dummy