family keeps pushing vaccines🙃

hi mamas! i’m a first time mom to a 6 week old baby boy. my parents keep asking me about vaccines every time they come over and keep explaining how important measles and mumps vaccines are and explained the measles outbreak that’s happening now here where i live apparently. I feel super anxious, i know my research and where i stand but their fear mongering is getting under my skin and they know the 2 month appointment coming up next month is where they usually do the first jab so i know they’ll speak about it again and i would like to know how to defend myself more. did anyone else get push back from their family? any reassurance would help me a ton! they’re also super upset about my decision not to circumcise and my mom told her whole side of the family about my choice not to vaccinate or circumcise and they were all shocked and talking about it, it upset me so much because his body is none of their business 😒

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i get push back every day from family, friends, doctors, etc. i was stressed about it originally but now i dare someone approach me and tell me how to raise MY child.
i know what’s best.
as a mother YOU know what’s best. let them hear you.

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also, wellness visits are recommended but not always necessary. i fired my pediatrician. we only see a chiropractor and old school pediatrician who doesn’t push. they’re out there.

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thank you! yeah exactly, i wish i would’ve said it’s none of their business as soon as they asked because i hate lying but i didn’t know she was gonna tell literally everyone so definitely lost all trust for them at this point

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thank you!! it helps to know you got over that stress from them pushing you. how often do you see your pediatrician?

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2 months. once i realized the wellness visits where mostly used to push shots and keep track of get height and weight, i stopped taking my boys and just monitor them myself.
my kids were healthy, are healthy. never had any issues.
you can dm me if you want. ❤️

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hi! my baby is 9 months now & i got
tons of push from my family to vaccinate! but she is healthy & growing well! dont let fear make a decision for you. look into a book called the vaccine friendly plan! as far as a rebuttal, i tell my family what i have learned, & tell them im using my intuition to parent which has always served me best

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I got pushback from my father big time. He thinks I’m insane (typical baby boomer who trust big pharm), I would show them a series called “shot in the dark” it’s goes through all the vaccines including mmr. Try and educate them. It got to the point that I told my father I would rather you take me out of the will than jab my baby. He’s 3.5 months old, has a home birth, zero jabs including vit k. He has been amazing and healthy. My son is also not circumcised- they also cover this in “shot in the dark” series. If they aren’t open to it or think it’s propaganda just bloody lie to them. None of their damn business :)

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