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armymom (813.5 days ago)
i agree with most of these comments. I would never ask anyone to get any type of vaccine just because of MY baby.. if I was really paranoid and afraid of my baby getting h1n1 then I would keep him/her in a bubble at home and never leave. It`s not your place to ask and especially with the vaccine being so controversial it`s their choice, not yours. Why are you not getting the vac while your pregnant if you claim its the `safe` version (if there is such a thing)? That would eliminate most of your worries and not force others to feel they have to get something they may not want.
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SunshineBaby1 (813.5 days ago)
Wow - these comments are quite interesting! I will keep my researched opinions to myself, but I will say this. You have every right to say they can`t visit unless they have been vaccinated! The gut-wrenching truth is that a newborn cannot handle getting the flu, period, so keeping people away is absolutely within your rights. With my son, he was hospitalized when he was 3 weeks old with a fever and we were told by the infectious disease pediatrician to not allow him contact with anyone for at least 3 weeks! Their little bodies do not have the ability to contain infection and it spreads like wildfire! We`re due with Baby #2 in February, and I`ve already been warning people... they will not get to be around with symptoms of anything! So yes, it is your sister`s and mother`s choice, but you have every right to flat out tell them that without it... they might not get to see your baby!
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corypritch (813.6 days ago)
When my twin girls came home from the hospital I would not let anyone come over for the first week. Granted, they had been in the NICU for a month since they were two months early. But for the next year I dramatically limited people`s (family included) access to them. If my MIL kept them she was not allowed to have her whole crew over (she has hundreds of friends). You have every right to take precautions when it comes to your child`s health and you can set up as many boundaries as you like in terms of who has contact with them and under what circumstances. While you can not tell them they have to get the vaccine you can say that without they can not visit unless they have had it. That is absolutely within your rights. Regardless of what others feel about the vaccine this is your child and you have complete control in that department.
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nutnut (813.7 days ago)
not really your decision to make. the only thing you can do is take precautions when having visitors (making them use sanitizer, etc. etc.) and limit the time spent with your LO. other than that you cant insist grown adults do anything if they dont want to.
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RobinG (813.7 days ago)
While I respect your concern it is wrong for you to insist they get it ~ its their choice and only their choice. Sorry ~
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Lou-Li-Ro (813.8 days ago)
I think you shouldn`t make too much of an issue about it, it is their choice, but if either of them has even the SLIGHTEST sniffle, steer clear of them and make them steer clear of the baby. You are within your rights to do that, but not to try and get them to get the vaccine. I am biased though because I don`t like vaccines and won`t be getting it and won`t be giving it to my kids. Also, a friend of mine's son (two years old) had the vaccine and had TERRIBLE reactions to it. She thought he was going to die it was that bad. I just don't want to risk doing that to my kids!
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