Vaccines: Older Child

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I Wish to Take My 9 Year Old Son on an Overseas Vacation to Egypt

I have a nine year old son I wish to take on vacation with me overseas. I have heard different things about the documents I need. My question is what do I really need? My son's father was killed while I was just 3 months pregnant and we were not married. I am the only parent on his birth certificate. The state where he was born doesnt let anyone put another's name on the certificate unless they sign it themselves. Which is quite humerous to me when I see movies where the father finds out years later they have a child and his name happens to...

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Opinions on Vaccines

I would like to know what others think about vaccinations. My two year old...

For Children

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To Vaccine or Not?

Hi Moms, you helped me before when my two year old daughter wouldn't brush my teeth, so I'm going to the well again. I have a precious little son, 13 months old. He got VERY sick after his 6 month well visit....didn't recover for 10 weeks. At his 9 month appointment, his dr. diagnosed him with developmental delays, and we placed him in ECI. At the 12 month appointment, I asked the dr. if we could put off the MMR until the 15 month visit. She swapped it with the chicken pox shot, but only after making it clear that it's because of his...

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Shots for Infant

I just took my Son to have his 2 month shots on Monday. He had the worse...

HPV

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Thoughts on HPV Vaccine for Boys and Girls

I saw the news story last night that the HPV vaccine has now been recommended for boys as of age 9 as well as girls. My kids are younger, and I'm sort of not in love with any vaccines. I dont' trust the CDC on lots of things, and I get annoyed by the fact they don't tell you things like "There are many strains of HPV this vaccine does not protect against" (true) when touting it as the next great cancer prevention miracle drug. And the long term studies are always lacking in the beginning. But I'm torn. Who's for it, who's against it?...