Gabriel now regularly calls his sister “Clokey”. It’s pretty much how he has pronounced her name for the last few months, but now he really calls her by name (or at least his name for her). It’s very cute.<\/p>\n
We finally got the kids’ MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccinations last Friday. This is normally administered around 12 months, but we decided to put it off a bit. Back when we decided to do this, the doctor that we usually see at our pediatrician’s office was not very supportive of our decision and, in fact, gave us a stern talking to about who we should believe when it comes to medical journals and pharmaceutical research. Since that time, we have not been back to see that particular doctor. Instead, we’ve been seeing Dr. Walsh who is a mom of twins and (obviously) a woman. Overall, she’s been much more supportive of our decision to wait on some of the vaccines and seems to have a nice bedside manner. <\/p>\n
I could get into the whole MMR-autism thing, but I won’t. We’re pretty much of the opinion that there is no link, but it’s very difficult to be in the position of having to make a single decision about a vaccine that could impact the lives of your children. When we initially agree that we would wait, the likely threat of measles seemed to be way off and not something with which we would have to deal. So, we were surprised when my mother in law called last week to tell us that she had just read that a baby, who had just returned to the States from Israel (and residing on Long Island) had been diagnosed with measles. After doing a little research, I found that the CDC had released a measles advisory for those travelling to Israel. <\/p>\n
Now, for most, this would not be a big deal if you weren’t planning on going to Israel. Well, what are the odds of our unvaccinated children living right across the street from husband and wife flight attendents of Israeli origin who also happen to be living an “holistic” lifestyle and have not had their kids vaccinated either? Pretty low, right? So, we decided to get the vaccination a month ahead of our schedule.<\/p>\n
Our kids are doing great.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Gabriel now regularly calls his sister “Clokey”. It’s pretty much how he has pronounced her name for the last few months, but now he really calls her by name (or at least his name for her). It’s very cute. We … Continue reading