Speaking of vaccinations...

[Nelle]

Oh girls thankyou so much for this! It still is such a difficult decision because I can see the pros and cons of both sides!

I never thought about the 'greater good' side of things though! It's true, I can say 'well what are the chances of River getting the measles' because lots of immunised kids won't be carriers.

Owww Cat! LMAO at your reasoning for getting Caty done!

Deb, with the whole school thing, I *think* this is the deal: our kiddies can go to school, but if there's an outbreak of a disease, we have to keep un-immunised kiddy home til the disease has left the school...so if a disease goes from child to child...that could be a long time out of school. Not a problem if you were homeschooling though hey.
But there's a good chance I made all that up.

Might look into Tetanus a bit more...my sister got stabbed with sticks and scratched by cats that many times...

Can I just ask, is it the MMR that people see as the culprit re: autism? My sister worked as a play therapist for a gorgeous little boy with autism, and I think it was the MMR his mum had the issue with...does that sound right? She said that she would consider immunisations for future children, but like others have said, on a different schedule.

Once again, thanks so much guys for answering my questions and giving me some really good points to think about - I was hoping we all wouldn't come to virtual blows, and I really appreciate how helpful you've all been!

*goes off to think some more*