I'm not sure what the laws are where you live, but I'd just advise checking into it just in case -- there are some states (like mine) that require you by law to have your child vaccinated against certain illnesses/diseases if you want to enroll them in school/daycare/preschool/etc.
I'm not necessarily going to follow this schedule, I am making a list of four different ones (including the US recommended standard) as a reference for myself, my sister, and my friend (we are all pregnant at the same time and are doing a bit of division-of-labor wrt finding this info out and laying it out in a nice way). I just want my spreadsheet to have the right information regarding his suggestions.
Ahh, gotchya. Well, just wanted to give ya a heads up anyways -- I just realized this because I'm looking into have a family day care and my child, along with every one I take in, has to be vaccinated against certain things by a certain point in time; it would just suck to make a plan to delay until a certain time and then find out that you've run into trouble with it.
And you're so freakin' lucky -- you, your friend and your sister are all pregnant at the same time!? Not fair! lol
Here's a link; there's sure to be others with more information.
Basically, rotavirus is an extremely common viral infection that is the leading cause of severe, dehydrating diarrhea in kids under five, and leads to 55,000 hospitalizations for dehydration a year.
It's an oral vax, not a shot; don't know if this makes a difference for those in the comm who are working on delayed shot schedules for their kids. My toddler's never gotten this particular vax; perhaps the recommendation started after he got older.
I do know that diarrhea in little kids can be a huge problem. My boy had severe diarrhea for nearly a month before we were able to get him to a pediatric GI specialist who could help better than his ped. He never got dehydrated, in part because he loves pedialyte as much as juice, and I have been very careful to make sure he gets plenty of fluid until he's completely better. But it could have been a lot worse. Poor kid was producing mass quantities of pungent goo several times a day for a while.
Re: Rotavirussmldada9801June 26 2008, 02:43:10 UTC
It was on the market for a few years. Then pulled for a few years because the old vaccine was causing telescoping of the intestines in some children. It was recently put back on the market in a "new and improved" version.
If it's not started by 12 weeks, you don't get the vaccines. I can't remember the statistic off the top of my head, but the vast majority of children will get rota at some point before age 5. The vaccine may lessen the severity of it.
Rotavirus is a gastro-intestinal illness, easily transmittable and, with access to good medical care, generally easily treatable. You know the nasty green poo? That's rotavirus. The idea is that it can cause dehydration, and so the rotavirus can prevent that. Neither of my kids have it, and I won't get it. They've both been in daycares, but we choose daycares with excellent sanitation procedures to limit the risk. In addition, all kids, with the vaccine or not, are going to have poo-fests. It's important to make certain that they're intaking liquids (food isn't important) and to take them to the doctor if they are not for fluids to be pushed.
It also bothers me that the first vaccine had fairly high rates of intussusception, which is a bowel obstruction that can be fatal. Supposedly this version does not have those risks, but it was introduced in quick form after the other without a whole lot of research done in between, so that bugs me.
but we choose daycares with excellent sanitation procedures to limit the risk.
Oo, be really, really careful about that one -- I've worked in several daycare facilities, and while the procedures they SAY they employ are excellent, the workers don't always follow them (some didn't follow them at all.) Obviously every center is different, but I just wanted to warn you :)
We are particularly meticulous with choosing the facilities (daycare, school, camp, or otherwise) our children attend and, while I'm quite sure there have been slip-ups, we check up on them enough (unannounced) that it would be difficult for them to be lax without us knowing.
I think if parents DID check up more on facilities, the facilities would learn to be more responsible. Hell, I do drop-in checks (plural) before my kid even walks into the facility to look at it. It might annoy some places, but not the ones I'm choosing and, if it did, they're not getting my child or my money.
Good to hear -- that's how it should be! As a former daycare worker, I'm always warning people about daycares, lol. I wish more parents were like you and would really look into their daycares (although I don't think everyone knows what to look for.)
I'm not putting my baby into daycare, but if I did, I'd avoid a large center like the plague and opt for a smaller place -- I worked at a huge center, and while I tried my hardest to abide by all of the rules, the large centers tend to overwhelm their teachers by maxing out their rooms (twenty little three year olds should NEVER be dumped onto two adults -- it is messed up) and it makes it near impossible to always be on top of things. I loved my job, but I do NOT miss the chaos and exhaustion of trying to keep up with all of those kids! Ten on my own I can handle -- twenty? Ugh.
i don't know how well the rotavirus vax even is. at the daycare i worked at for 8 years it would swoop through the daycare like crazy, tons of kids still would get it.
WOW you guys in the US certinally get alot more vaccinations than we do here in canada our kids get 4 shots a 2 months 4 months and 6 months, 3 shots at a year, and two at 18 months. Then they get shots the august before they go to kindergarten.
oh I'm totally coming to see you... don't kid yourself. and if you ever wanted to come see me, we could -- go to the reids dairy at the corner and get milkshakes? yes. that'll work.
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I'm not sure what the laws are where you live, but I'd just advise checking into it just in case -- there are some states (like mine) that require you by law to have your child vaccinated against certain illnesses/diseases if you want to enroll them in school/daycare/preschool/etc.
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And you're so freakin' lucky -- you, your friend and your sister are all pregnant at the same time!? Not fair! lol
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Basically, rotavirus is an extremely common viral infection that is the leading cause of severe, dehydrating diarrhea in kids under five, and leads to 55,000 hospitalizations for dehydration a year.
It's an oral vax, not a shot; don't know if this makes a difference for those in the comm who are working on delayed shot schedules for their kids. My toddler's never gotten this particular vax; perhaps the recommendation started after he got older.
I do know that diarrhea in little kids can be a huge problem. My boy had severe diarrhea for nearly a month before we were able to get him to a pediatric GI specialist who could help better than his ped. He never got dehydrated, in part because he loves pedialyte as much as juice, and I have been very careful to make sure he gets plenty of fluid until he's completely better. But it could have been a lot worse. Poor kid was producing mass quantities of pungent goo several times a day for a while.
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If it's not started by 12 weeks, you don't get the vaccines. I can't remember the statistic off the top of my head, but the vast majority of children will get rota at some point before age 5. The vaccine may lessen the severity of it.
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It also bothers me that the first vaccine had fairly high rates of intussusception, which is a bowel obstruction that can be fatal. Supposedly this version does not have those risks, but it was introduced in quick form after the other without a whole lot of research done in between, so that bugs me.
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Oo, be really, really careful about that one -- I've worked in several daycare facilities, and while the procedures they SAY they employ are excellent, the workers don't always follow them (some didn't follow them at all.) Obviously every center is different, but I just wanted to warn you :)
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I think if parents DID check up more on facilities, the facilities would learn to be more responsible. Hell, I do drop-in checks (plural) before my kid even walks into the facility to look at it. It might annoy some places, but not the ones I'm choosing and, if it did, they're not getting my child or my money.
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I'm not putting my baby into daycare, but if I did, I'd avoid a large center like the plague and opt for a smaller place -- I worked at a huge center, and while I tried my hardest to abide by all of the rules, the large centers tend to overwhelm their teachers by maxing out their rooms (twenty little three year olds should NEVER be dumped onto two adults -- it is messed up) and it makes it near impossible to always be on top of things. I loved my job, but I do NOT miss the chaos and exhaustion of trying to keep up with all of those kids! Ten on my own I can handle -- twenty? Ugh.
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If you ever wanted to come see me, *hint* - I could show you.
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and if you ever wanted to come see me, we could -- go to the reids dairy at the corner and get milkshakes? yes. that'll work.
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