Life Decisions
The hardest part of being a new parent is not the lack of sleep, it isn’t the lack of personal time or even dealing with a crying baby… it is making life decisions for your child. I have always been the sort of person that just sort of makes decisions and lives with the consequences (good and bad, this is how I roll). Well this philosophy doesn’t work when it is someone else’s life you are making the decision for. Okay enough of an introduction; Ryan has his 2 month appointment at the pediatricians on Friday. He has like 6 immunizations they want to give him, that would mean sticking my baby with 6 needles. While I am not a huge fan of the needles I am also wary of what is in the shot. They have taken Mercury out of MOST shots, but there are still a few that contain it. Almost all of them still contain aluminum, formaldehyde and “animal products.” I have to weigh all these things against Ryan getting some horrific disease. So what is a parent to do? My mind changes on a daily basis, who knows what I will think by Friday. What I think will happen is, I will allow them to give him 2 shots, the ones that protect against the most common baby problems. I am not looking forward to 1) dealing with the doctor, 2) seeing Ryan get shots (which ever ones I choose to get), 3) dealing with the possible aftermath of the shots (fever, general crankiness, no sleeping etc.). Hopefully it works out better then I have imagined thus far…. I guess we will have to wait until Friday!
3 comments:
You get bonus points in this post for "this is how I roll"
Oh, and I wouldn't worry too much about potential Mercury. He'll get enough from his first can of tuna anyways ;)
From personal experience of triaging dozens of phone calls about after-shot crankiness & fever - make sure you have a bottle of Tylenol Infant's Concentrated Drops ready at home!
hi!!! this is the first time i'm checking out your blogspot.. i noticed the link on your page. I was just going to say, like Mike said in his comment, there's more mercury in half a tunafish sandwich than any immunization will carry. Not that ryan eats tunafish, but it definetly made me feel better when getting my children their immunizatons. Tuna is a staple in our house!!!:)
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