Vaccine-hate!

Mama always taught me that "hate" is a strong word. So use it with caution.

Trust me when I say this, " I HATE HATE HATE VACCINATION SHOTS FOR BABY!"

Yes, baby had his 6 month check-up last week, and that meant another torturous round of vaccination shots! Why oh why do they need to group them all together and give poor little babies, not even a year old, 4 shots at once! I will never understand.

And to add to his pain, the hubby and I opted to also give him the flu vaccine since the flu season is almost upon us. Ugh and that was the worst one, since we know how sore we are after our flu shots, baby must be sore!

Oh how I hate to see them give the shots to my baby! It's pure torture! And gosh, the side effects suck! Baby comes into these doc appointments healthy and happy and he's just so miserable and sometimes even sick afterwards. Especially this time, since after his flu vaccine, he got a bit of a cold.

Are these vaccinations doing more harm than good?

And the growing cases regarding the controversial link between the dreaded MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine and Autism - just scares the $#%*! out of me! Is there a link? Several moms of autistic children, including Jenny McCarthy and Holly Robinson Peete say YES! But my pediatrician and the government say NO, so who do I believe? I mean I've been following Jenny McCarthy's baby since she was preggy with him and her books got me through my pregnancy, and Holly - well she was an officer in 21 Jump Street!

More and more moms are stating that their kids were developing normally up until they received the dreaded MMR shot at around the 12 - 18 month timeframe! And then soon afterwards the kids started regressing and deteriorating mentally, showing distinct signs of Autism. Yikes!

And like Britney's comeback, this is so disappointing, since we MUST get ALL the vaccinations or baby won't be accepted into any daycares, preschools, schools, and heaven forbid Harvard!

So my hands are tied and we must proceed with all his vaccinations. I hope and pray there is no link to Autism. Baby is happy and healthy and we'd like to keep it that way.

The hubby says we must continue to vaccinate.

So I will continue to vaccine-hate!