10/6/13

Responsibility, what's that?

This is something I can't post on facebook - too divisive - but i'm trying to figure out what to do for Penelope's vaccine schedule as she is now two months old and i really need to take her in for a checkup. I A) firmly believe in vaccinating my children (nothing like going to Uganda and seeing kids crippled by polio to convince me!). B) am no longer convinced that the mega-dose of aluminum given to babies in combination vaccines is *necessarily* safe (because it really hasn't been extensively tested)...but how do i really know what to believe? Sometimes parenting calls for more wisdom than I feel like i have. But what i think it comes down to, wherever you fall on the vaccines issue (and i make no judgements!), is being able to trust that your kids will be ok. Their health and happiness is not 100% guaranteed by any decision i make and although it would be very, very hard to forgive myself for a seriously wrong choice, there are plenty of issues where i have to just make the wisest choice i can and then not worry about it. After all, i believe that God loves my kids even more than i do; let him be their guarantor, as they "belong with all (their) body and soul to their savior, Jesus Christ."

(I still need to make a decision here about what to when, though.)

PS - Penelope is wearing things Kaylen wore at 4-5 months. What?! I'm guessing at least 80th percentile for height. Enjoy it while it lasts, kid!

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