Which diseases have you come up against?

We don't vaccinate at all - we may selectively vax when the kids are older (5 years +)

We used Day Care for a short amount of time and I ran Family Day Care for a little while. I did not come up against one vaccine preventable disease.

How have you handled them?

N/A - but if we were to get any, it'd be common sense and a Dr's visit.

Did you have younger siblings to concern over? If so, how did you handle this factor?

Yes I am pregnant with our second child and the ONLY thing I fear for is whooping cough - but plenty of vaccinated children get whooping cough.

We are very particular about where our children go in the first year of life, they are worn in a sling to avoid open air and we are very particular with who handles them etc. Further, if we are visiting where other children are going to be (friends, family etc) we ALWAYS ask if their children are so much as sniffly before taking our kids and even then we are careful with communal toys etc.

Making the choice to not vaccinate for us is the only choice - BUT it means we are a little more 'over the top' with socialisation with other children and adults.

Anything else you would like to add....

Not really except if this is a path you are looking at going down, I would strongly recommend you get your thick skin coat on - because you WILL cop crap and you WILL be made to feel like a terrible human being.

You just need to make informed, measured decisions and once you've decided don't look back.

Either way it is a choice of which one you feel MOST comfortable with. I am not 100% with vaccinating and I am certainly not 100% with NOT vaccinating - but I know which I feel MORE comfortable with IYKWIM?

Hope this helps