MMR VACCINE

My daughter received her first vaccine of the MMR at three years of age and with her fourth birthday the school sent home a letter requesting the MMR booster be given by January 5th or she would not be allowed to return to school after Christmas Break.

Once again I began my google quest and found a MMR Titer could be done by a blood draw to ensure that her MMR antibodies are still high enough to negate needing a booster shot right now. So, off to the Pediatrician we went.

I am not against vaccines, but given our family history and my daughters chronic battle with infections, I think it's best not to vaccinate unnecessarily. Just recently a friend of mine was about six months pregnant when I had the opportunity to share my personal thoughts on vaccinating infants.

Children are born at all different sizes from approximately five pounds all the way to ten pounds and some ounces is the norm. Why do each of these babies receive the same dosage of a vaccine...wouldn't it make more sense that a baby born at five pounds would receive half the amount that a baby born at ten pounds would receive? I just don't understand how a precious infant body can be prepared to process such a dosage. Now, I'm not a doctor, right now I am a Home Manager, but my child rearing thus far has led me to question these things.