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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Of course being completely up on your vaccines is a thing OP.

You posted this to be annoying.

Grow up appreciate you have a healthy family member and get those dam shots.

I would not want an idiot like you around my kid.[/quote]

Wow. I am the OP and you don't have call me an idiot. I simply asked the question of whether this was standard now because this was not something that was told to parent of newborns 10 years ago.

My doctor did not recommend covid shots for my family due to our history/exposure which is why I hadn't planned on doing it. I never said I wound't. I just asked if it was standard. Maybe you need to grow the F up[/quote]

Of course covid shots weren't recommended 10 years ago! Purtussis and flu were recommended 19 years ago, when my oldest was born.[/quote]

OP here. I was not talking about COVID.  10 years ago doctors were not recommending tetanus and flu shots before being around my baby.  My peers and I with older kids were never told to ask people for any type of vaccine before being around our babies. People did not even ask nannies if they had had vaccines.  I am not an anti vax person and have never refused any vaccinations or shots for me or my kids. We've had several covid shots. I just don't personally want more of that particular one. I DIDN'T SAY I WOULDN''. I JUST SAID I DIDN'T WANT TO[/quote]

DON'T THEN[/quote]

But don't we all do things we don't want to?  [/quote]

only if OP want to see her sister's child [/quote]

OP here.  Okay.... I've been examining why I'm feeling the way I feel because honestly I think its not about the vaccinations. I actually don't even care that much about shots. I think its that my younger sister is dictating terms to visit. She also seems to be a parenting expert when this is her first child. I have two high schoolers. I have a little experience. [/quote]

The baby's mother is the expert on that baby. She and her husband do indeed get to dictate the terms for people who want to visit with their baby. Other people's experience with other children is irrelevant.[/quote]

People run into this with their parents all the time as well.  Doing something differently isn't a judgment on your parenting and it's really, really important to drop that attitude and defensive posture or you're going to ruin your relationships with people.

But yes, getting vaccines to protect vulnerable babies is a very normal ask.  My Dad was a pediatrician and when my first nephew was born he told me.to get my Tdap updated.[/quote]

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