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

[Anonymous]

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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

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Go get them, OP.

Don't force your sister into fighting you, or endangering the health of her fragile newborn to appease your stupidity.

Newborns have survived alone in an earthquake so they aren't that fragile.

Before we had vaccines and clean water and antibiotics, 30-50% of children did not make it to their 5th birthday. Children, particularly newborns, are vulnerable.

Any older cemetery you go to will have a lot to childs graves. Most kids didn't make it past their 5th birthday.

My great grandmother had 14 children. Only 8 made it to age eighteen, and only 6 made it to age 21.

OP, if you want to endanger your grandbaby`s life, thats up to you. I'm glad your child has more sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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?

if it is that big of a concern why wouldn't they ask for tests?

[Anonymous]

I'm curious how you know whether daycare providers and other children have a covid vaccination. Do you ask for proof?

[Anonymous]

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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

But really, who cares if it is standard? The baby's parents have requested it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe they don't want a newborn getting covid a few times.

has there every been a case of a newborn getting covid?

I haven't asked anybody to get the covid vax to meet my baby, but my DS got covid at 4 weeks in '23 and my DD got covid at 12 weeks just a few weeks ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would rather not see the baby. Babies are boring anyway.

My thoughts exactly. Newborns are ugly and boring. New mothers are generally complaining and boring. Why bother.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious how you know whether daycare providers and other children have a covid vaccination. Do you ask for proof?

Most people don’t send their babies to daycare in their first two months of life, which is the period of time for which OP’s sister was asking for visitors to be vaccinated.

[Anonymous]

OP is a troll

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Go get them, OP.

Don't force your sister into fighting you, or endangering the health of her fragile newborn to appease your stupidity.

Newborns have survived alone in an earthquake so they aren't that fragile.

They survived because they didn’t have critical injuries and they were found and given medical care before their condition deteriorated too much for them to be saved. How is that relevant to some other newborn’s immature immune system and exposure to viral illnesses?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just see the baby in a few months. Easy.

+1

This is insane.

No it is not.

All of these vaccines are safe there is zero reason not to take them.

OP should stay away from this baby she is too stupid to be near children.

You have no way of knowing that. Especially the Covid shot. I'll never take another one again.

And here's one for you. You also don't know who in your orb has been exposed to which germs/ viruses. Just because they don't make me sick - because I have a strong immune system, or even because I took one of your many vaccine drugs -- doesn't mean that I am not breathing the virus, have it on my hands or clothes or can pass it on in another way. So, what good does it do for all of these visitors to be vaccinated? It's the BABY who should need these multiple vaccinations if the parents are so concerned.

[Anonymous]

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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

You’re making the decision you think best for your teens, she’s making the decision she thinks best for her baby. The obvious solution, as you seem adamant about avoiding the shot (fair enough, your call), is not meeting the baby just yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Go get them, OP.

Don't force your sister into fighting you, or endangering the health of her fragile newborn to appease your stupidity.

Newborns have survived alone in an earthquake so they aren't that fragile.

Before we had vaccines and clean water and antibiotics, 30-50% of children did not make it to their 5th birthday. Children, particularly newborns, are vulnerable.

There is a huge difference between not having clean water, antibiotics and vaccines and asking otherwise healthy people to get unnecessary vaccines for a baby visit.

[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

To be clear this is for a one hour visit when the baby will be 9 weeks old.