Dude, vaccines totally suck. It's a catch 22. They protect you from same crazy illnesses, but the trauma of shots sucks. It totally sucks. Both of my boys got vaccines today. And not just one or two. Wesley had four and Ethan had three. I had to hold them and listen to each of them scream each time they were poked. poor things :( I wanted to cry with them. I did a little.
So since I've gotten a little crunchy (as Em says) I've been exposed to all sorts of craziness. There's a whole school of thought that says that our children are safer without vaccines. So I started reading and there's some freaky stories out there to make you think so. There's stuff that links vaccines with autism, deafness, diabetes and penile shrinkage. ok. I made that last part up but I wouldn't be surprised if that was next.
Through my research, and talking to my pediatrician, I feel a little more at peace with their shots. There is less harm from their vaccines than the chance of them getting one of the illnesses that they
should have been vaccinated for. Chris says that these people are emotionally driven. And who can blame them? He wasn't there holding his crying, scared child. He's scared to death of needles. I wonder why.
Anyway, by the end of the day they're fine. We all took much needed naps this afternoon and hung out at home the rest of the day. A dinner of French toast and sausages made it a little better.
poor boys.
