[blparent] immunizing.

[Amber Boggs]

You mean they did not push the Vit K on you?
Amber Boggs

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 6:04 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] immunizing.


> Hi.  When Sarah was born eleven months ago, the only immunization that was 
> offered right after her birth was hepatitis B.  Her dad and I waited 
> instead of having that injection given right then in the hospital.  The 
> regular immunization schedule started at eight weeks of age.
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> "Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds 
> water."--Swedish proverb
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tammy, Paul and Colyn" <tcl189 at rogers.com>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 8:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] immunizing.
>
>
>> HI,
>>
>> I don't know what it's like in the US, but in Canada babies get their 
>> first shots at 2 months of age, not when they're first born.  Also, if a 
>> parent waits until the baby's older to give shots, the child has more of 
>> a chance of contracting the disease the shot is trying to prevent.
>>
>> Tammy
>
>
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