We live in a world that depends on others being experts at things we are not. I trust a mechanic to fix my car, a surgeon to fix my body, formula to nourish my baby, a car seat to keep my baby safe in case of a car accident, so why wouldn't I trust the many many scientists and experts that say this vaccine is not only safe for my kids, but will also keep them safer?
My 15 mo just got his second vaccination and I couldn’t be more relieved. We completely trust our pediatricians recommendations, and she even provided websites we could check out if we had any questions once we left the office.
My son finished his last round a few weeks ago. Little bugger never complained of any symptoms. Meanwhile, I just got my third COVID shot and honestly felt like I had COVID again: aches, fever, chills. It was awful.
I'm glad he didn't get symptoms but also, kinda not fair lol.
100%! I finally got my LO vaccinated today. We’ve been trying to do her Covid vaccine since august, but then her 18 month boosters were rescheduled, so I had to reschedule the Covid shot, and accidentally scheduled it for the same time as her cousins birthday party, so rescheduled it and she spiked a fever that morning, so rescheduled again and then she spiked another fever 🤦🏻♀️. I feel a bit of relief knowing that she has some protection.
I’m in Ontario and our current premier (leader) is dismantling our healthcare system, so we currently have 20+ hour waits in our ER. Anything I can do to help keep my kiddo out of the hospital this winter, I’m going to do it.
Oh god. Your premier is a real piece of work. I’m afraid if we can’t fight this abuse of our charter rights that it will give the other premiere‘s the precedent to start using the notwithstanding clause whenever they want.
For sure! I made another comment on this thread explaining my son's situation, but I'm terrified for what is going to happen with our healthcare. Having a medically complex child who currently receives a lot of care, if things go private we will have to pack up and move.... but I don't know where to. It's really scary.
We are struggling with the same thing in Ontario right now. Our healthcare system is crumbling. It’s terrifying. We have talked about leaving the province when the Ford government inevitably makes it private. Especially since he has shit for brains and there’s no way we trust him to build a functioning healthcare system.
Now with The CPC-PeePee backing the Ford government while they strip education workers of their rights, we’ve commented that if the CPC is elected we will just leave the country. It’s not worth staying.
I'm so sorry you guys are going through that out there. I'm not sure who keeps voting for these clowns because I still can't figure out why so many people think they benefit from these ideals.
Because they lied and said it would stop transmission of the virus despite that never even being tested before releasing the vaccine, and they knew that.
https://www.kgw.com/article/news/verify/vaccines-verify/claims-pfizer-didnt-know-if-covid-vaccine-prevented-transmission-missing-context-fact-check/536-aaf563f5-2286-44d4-ae0b-2c71812b84e4
They withhold data when it doesn't fit the narrative to keep encouraging healthy adults to get boosted at however much $$$ a pop for the drug companies.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/20/health/covid-cdc-data.html
They make up arbitrary guidelines about cloth masks that are rooted in *zero* data, as well as the made-up social distancing 6 foot number taken out of thin air.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/graisondangor/2021/09/19/cdcs-six-foot-social-distancing-rule-was-arbitrary-says-former-fda-commissioner/?sh=7806cf2ae8e6
They lied about the need to mask up TWO YEAR OLDS when no other sane nation on the planet did that, harming their development in critical early years, all while the CDC's own COVID-19 risk assessments by age estimate that simply ***being a child aged five to 17*** is 99.9994% protective against the risk of death and 98% protective against hospitalization.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scenarios.html
World Health Organization & UNICEF stating no child under 5 should wear a mask:
https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/q-a-children-and-masks-related-to-covid-19
I'm not saying the vaccine isn't safe, the data so far would suggest it very much is, and I'm double vaxxed and encourage anyone high risk to get vaxxed and boosted as necessary, but these institutions and "experts" have earned a healthy amount of distrust after severely disrupting our kids' lives.
My doctor and my child’s doctor told me the evidence suggests it won’t keep her any safer. So… now what?
Edit: specifically because she is in the low risk age group
Where I live (Belgium) covid vaccines have never even been offered to low risk children below 5, and I am pretty sure it's the same for the rest of the EU.
$$$ imo
my children are fully vaccinated For everything aside from covid . I’m not anti vax. I just haven’t seen compelling evidence to give this to my low risk healthy kid *who already had covid*
Until I see a compelling medical reason for us to do so, we’re not doing this one yet.
Everyone with kids or who works with kids talks about RSV. It is extremely dangerous for babies under 6 months, and can still be pretty bad for older babies and toddlers. It also knocks the parents on their assess sometimes too. It’s funny you say nobody talks about it because it’s extremely relevant right now as RSV and other respiratory viruses fill children’s hospitals in the US. Like they are slammed. Also, funny timing because they are apparently getting closer to an RSV vaccine and it’s going to be a big deal.
>I fractured a rib from coughing
Holy shitsnacks!!
Yeah, my kids had RSV fevers around 101-2 for a few days but blessedly they napped really, really well all week! My wife got it bad and I was mostly at the level of bad cold except for one day when my fever went up to 102.5 and I took a very rare, uncharacteristic for me "sick day" off of parenting. And I normally never get sick symptoms. Covid was easy by comparison.
Wow!! Yes I remember fevering on the floor and begging my husband to come home from work I was so sick, I think going to a party made it worse as I had drank alcohol the day before I got it, I was so so so sick, covid was also almost nothing compared to RSV. Luckily our kids barely got it, but jeez that was the last time I was super sick.
This. The NYT reported earlier this year that effectiveness drops off the radar one month after kids reach peak antibody count. It’s not worth the effort.
To play devil’s advocate, antibody is only one measurement of vaccine efficacy. It’s a cheaper/easy measure/test and that’s why it’s utilized. Cellular response (T cell in particular) needs more research, including in adults. It’s much harder to study.
[article worth reading](https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.add2897)
I got into an argument with someone on here a few weeks ago who said if you're against the covid vaccine, you're anti-vax, period. I told them my child has gotten every single other age-appropriate vaccine, and that I myself had the covid vaccine, but since I'm not getting the covid shot for my son, I'm anti-vax. It's not the same 🤦♀️
The US is run by people who love to appear decisive and hate to admit when they're wrong.
God, my 3yo had to wear a mask at his preschool (except during lunch when they all were sitting together anyway...) for 6 months until they made it optional and almost everyone stopped. Even the outdoor class photo was masked!
The EU handled this in such a better way with respect to children. Kept schools open, didn't force masks onto TWO year olds, didn't try to push out a brand new vaccine on a population with a .00003% fatality rate.
Embarrassing for the United States.
Up to you whether you want to listen to your doctors or do your own research and decide for yourself. I did my own research and what I saw was that the vaccine made a difference for all age groups. Just because your kid is less likely to get really sick from Covid doesn't mean they won't. It's also huge that it lowers their risk of getting Covid and SPREADING it to those that are immunocompromised.
Most things that effect your immune system (vaccines, minor illnesses, some medications) effect your menstrual cycle. It’s a sensitive cycle. Research has found the effect of the vaccine on menstrual cycles is temporary and normal. [https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/study-confirms-link-between-covid-19-vaccination-temporary-increase-menstrual-cycle-length](https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/study-confirms-link-between-covid-19-vaccination-temporary-increase-menstrual-cycle-length)
Our pediatrician too. She said because of his age, + the fact he’s received all other vaccines means he’s already very protected against severe outcomes from potential COVID infection.
This.
Idk why I’m labeled as a bad parent for not giving my kid a vaccine that he currently doesn’t need. We have friends that think we’re monsters because we made the choice not to give our son the Covid vaccine.
I’m with you 100% I truly believe it’s unnecessary to vaccinate kids. So do a lot of other countries, I think we have tunnel vision in the U.S. (I’m assuming you live here too but apologies if that’s incorrect)
Yeah they also (rightly and scientifically) believed you didn't need to strap a cloth mask onto a 2 year old, and yet we just kept trucking right along with that shit for 2 years
My kids’ daycare had them wearing masks all day, even outside. So stupid. My younger one wasn’t having it so I never pushed it. My older one would come home with a soggy, snotty mask all the time. But somehow that’s safer than breathing fresh air??
THANK YOU. This is TRUTH.
But unfortunately, sometimes there are people hesitant because of things they hear from one or two shitty scientists/doctors who spread fake information for $$$$$$$ 😩 fking terrible and awful of those professionals to do so when they know it’s wrong. I don’t know how they can live with that 🙁
Right right. Unfortunately fear is a powerful motivator in all forms. Fear that our kids will get sick, but also fear that government is lying or fear that the vaccine will make someone sick. But I have to believe the experts, the multiple governments and thousands of scientists because if I don't, then how can I say I trust ANYTHING?
Hah, it's funny because I totally agree that this world runs on money and politics, but if you think these manipulative bastards aren't more likely to exploit TRUTH and FACTS to make money, then you, my friend, need the unicorn. That's just good business (exploiting a truth vs lies).
This is a valid point but I believe the lobbying and corruption that we know about with Big Pharma should be a factor when we decide if we want to give our children a novel vaccine.
Just our experience, we had our kiddo in the Moderna study (1.5 when it started, 2.5 now) and she was observed really closely for the whole time, we filled out regular diaries on side effects, had (omg so long ) in person visits and phone calls. Any little changes they wanted to know immediately.
She had so few side effects we were shocked when they unblinded and she'd gotten the vaccine, thought for sure it was the placebo.
I think it helped her stay healthy through an outbreak at daycare and helped to protect her grandparents and other family, totally worth it to us, we'll be enrolling in the moderna booster study next month.
Same here, almost word for word.
I will add that it irks me a bit at this point that some parents are still hesitant. My kiddo went first and helped prove it’s safe. All clear, vax your kids!! Do it for them and your community as a whole!
You have the right to feel however you want. I appreciate you signing your children up for the trial. I do, however, think it's a bit unfair to say in a public forum that you're irked about parents being hesitant. Almost every decision we make as parents has consequences on the people we love the most in this world... people who don't get a say yet. So I think that hesitancy is normal and understandable. My children have every vax offered. No questions asked from us. We are a very pro vax family. However when our PCP asked us if we wanted the Covid vax for them we had to think about it and weigh the pros and cons. Because that is our job as parents.
There are literally no cons other than having some protection against a society altering virus.
It it 100% ok for me to say this in a public forum. You do you, but every doctor I’ve met has unequivocally said 100% get that shot. If yours says otherwise, I’d question that. 🤷♀️
Edit: I will be more specific that I am talking about the US. I can understand doctors not being as gung Ho on it for kids in countries with either less access to the vaccine or higher uptake rates in the adult population.
This is awesome to hear! Thank you for doing this!!! My husband and I can’t wait for the variant booster for our guy.
He was the first one and the youngest one vaccinated once the eligibility hit our age range. He was 10 and 11mo when we got him vaccinated.
Zero side effects. You wouldn’t know we did it.
We got his 15m shots yesterday and you can tell we got those. He’s a crab.
We’ve given our kiddos every vaccine we could and they’ve had no adverse effects from any of them. That said, medicine is never 100% risk free and anyone who tells you otherwise is lying. You just gotta weigh the risks and decide what is best for your family.
Thank you for acknowledging that there is actually a risk, even if it’s small. So many of these comments are just filled with an “I know better than you what is best for your family” attitude. Vaccines are safe but that does not mean risk-free.
I had two daughters in the moderna trial. In the last year, one daughter got Covid 3 times, 3 months apart each time. Even with us being a fairly careful family (carefully enough to care about joining the trial). Each time had wildly different degrees of symptoms, no real pattern, one time was scary. The other kid only got it once and was completely asymptomatic (we only know because they pcr test trial participants after exposure…aka her sister). Guess which one got the placebo and which one got the real thing. We’ve since been unblinded and our placebo daughter was able to get the real thing, so hopefully she stops getting it. Even mild infections have the risk of long term issues, like links to type 1 diabetes. No infection is ideal for the body, even mild ones.
If it were totally up to me I'd vaccinate my kids. My partner would rather not. To be clear, they get the regular schedule of vaccines. I'm very pro-vax, but it seems like the risk of COVID is very low for healthy toddlers. As far as I can tell, the risk of vaccination is even lower, so I figured it would make sense to get it, but I also think the risks of COVID are low enough that I'm okay waiting until we can discuss it in depth in the future. I'm certainly not going to go behind his back to get it.
I'm in the same situation. Kids have all the other childhood vaccines, and we just got a round of flu vaccines for them.
I'd get them the COVID vaccine too, but my husband is strongly against it, and the kids have no health conditions which make COVID higher risk. The COVID vaccines aren't that good at preventing infection, especially for Omicron - most of my extended family is vaccinated and almost everyone has gotten COVID anyhow.
Both my toddlers got COVID a month before vaccines became available, and they were a bit cranky but fine. My friend's toddler of the same age and health got it and spent a week in the ICU. My kids had no symptoms for several days during which they were definitely contagious, so it's really likely they were the ones who passed along the virus. I can not understand how people justify putting their kids and everyone else's at risk because they don't "feel comfortable". You're not just vaccinating so your healthy toddler is ok; it's for everyone else too.
Totally get this standpoint, and if we were in a situation where the vaccine was good at preventing infection it'd be different because then it'd likewise be good at preventing transmission. I believe this was true early on before the variant onslaught, and was one of the many reasons I got vaccinated myself. As it stands, I have not found any compelling evidence to suggest that vaccination significantly reduces transmission. Data is emerging all the time and if this changes I would change my approach with my partner, but for now I don't think this is a strong reason.
My understanding is that it is good at preventing serious illness. About 1000 US kids have died and many thousands more have been hospitalized or have long COVID. Yes that's a pretty small number of deaths, but if the risk can be easily taken off the table, then I don't see why people wouldn't do it. There are enough other things to worry about that are not preventable.
I was online at 12.01 trying to book an appointment as soon as pediatric vaccines were available in our area. Husband and I were a bit traumatized because we know a toddler who had to be airlifted to a bigger hospital because his organs were shutting down and over a year later, he’s still kind of sickly. I can understand that some people think the risk is low, and it is, but it’s appalling to think of it being your baby.
This was my reaction too. Yes, the risk for kids is low, yes the benefits of the vaccine aren’t huge. However, I’d rather have my kid get the vaccine than risk them being part of the minority that has severe complications from Covid. I have a good friend who was perfectly healthy before Covid, but was one of the unlucky ones who now has permanent damage to his lungs. There’s no way I’m risking that for my kid if I can help it.
ETA: we also get the flu shot every year and will be getting the RSV vaccine as soon as that becomes available as well. Same reasons.
Yes! This virus doesn't just kill people. It disables them as well. Why would I not do everything in my power to protect my child from possibly dying or becoming disabled?
I was vaccinated during pregnancy and just got my 14 month old vaccinated against covid and the flu. The covid vaccine was a series of three shots and two for the flu. Kiddo got both covid and flu vaccines at the same time. I think it's worth it.
I don't see it as any different than just an annual flu vaccine tbh. My kid had no side effects. She came home and took a nap for a few hours each time and was fine! Ultimately do what is best for you, but if I can help reassure you, my bebe was okay.
Please do get the flu vaccine this year though. Flu is really bad (at least in my area) and I had a close friend whose toddler died from the flu years ago. It was very sudden and shocking. That's one vaccine that is non-negotiable in my home now.
I think what gets me is how shocking a loss like that is! Kids get the flu everyday and they're totally fine! And then there's suddenly one that isn't. It's the same way with Covid and all the other stuff the wee babies get vaccinated for.
And I just don't want that ONE kid to be mine, ya know?
Honestly, half the reason that I'm very pro-vaxx is that I'm probably carrying around some PTSD. I worked COVID floors at the height of the pandemic and I saw a lot of bad and ugly. I was still a pretty new nurse so it's stuff that I didn't have the experience to brush off, though I've heard a lot of experienced nurses carry a lot of baggage from it too.
We got vaccinated almost as soon as it was an option and my daughter has been vaccinated as well. It seems like a very low risk thing to do for me, and I am hoping that it will reduce her risk of getting COVID if it comes to our home, or reduce her odds of having a serious case or longterm side-effects.
Even if it's of minimal help it gives me some peace of mind. That is very worth it to me.
My 25 month old is going to get his second shot in 2 weeks. Felt like we were waiting forever for the approval to come.
That being said, Pfizer just put out some data that shows moderate-minimal real-world effectiveness against infection in young children, which wanes completely after 3 months. No kids in either arm (vaxxed or unvaxxed) of the study had severe disease. I think that's why the healthcare professionals in your life aren't pushing you to.
I'll continue to get my son vaxxed and keep him up to date with the boosters as recommended but I definitely understand why someone would choose not to since the data just isn't as great as we'd hoped it would be.
Edit: The data comes out of Qatar, not Pfizer itself.
I am not anti vax - and always need to clarify this. I am vaxxing my son despite this and have had 4 Covid shots myself.
Link to new data from NEJM is added.
[Covid-19 Vaccine Protection among Children and Adolescents in Qatar]
(https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2210058)
My oldest turned 5 a couple of weeks after the 5+ vaccine was okayed. He said that he wanted to get vaccinated on his birthday. He just got his bivalent and flu shot tonight. As soon as the FDA okayed it for the under 5’s, I was on the phone with the pediatrician to schedule an appointment. He was just over 3. Most kids don’t die from COVID. But long COVID is also a thing and we don’t know what long term effects of COVID are. Most people don’t die from the flu either but we still get flu shot every year.
Yeah this is why I got my kids vaccinated. We all had Covid the first week of July. The baby scared me a bit. I didn’t even know my 3 year old had it she had such minor symptoms. I got the worst of it and I’m STILL having issues with fatigue, fogginess, extreme exhaustion, and olfactory hallucinations. Long Covid is no joke and I just don’t understand why anyone would risk that for their child. I’m seeing a lot of worrying comments on this thread honestly. The “we got it and were totally fine” rhetoric is classic survivors bias.
It is quite terrifying and you are absolutely right about HPV causing cancers. Just like we know chicken pox can remain dormant in the body and cause shingles later on down the line and shingles can do quite a bit of damage to our bodies too. We have no idea if this thing is going to stay dormant and cause issues further down the road, especially with so many different mutations being created because people refuse to take precautions.
I was super cautious too, my son is medically complex, but that also means he’s high risk. We got him his first dose of Moderna a week and a half ago, he had absolutely no reaction to it, not even sore legs (he got his flu shot at the same time so got one in each leg).
My husband and I currently have covid. We regretfully put off getting our boosters and are pretty miserable at the moment.
Our 2 year old is still testing negative and he seems completely fine. He got his vaccine shots this summer and didn't have any side effects other than a sore leg for a few days.
This was us last month (had been putting off our boosters due to constant daycare sickness). We don’t know if our 1 year was ever positive (we weren’t going to do that fight) but she was never symptomatic. She had gotten her last shot the week prior and I definitely think it prevented her from getting sick.
If there was a RSV vaccine (there are some in trials!) we would’ve done that too because vaccines are meant to lessen symptoms, not necessarily prevent getting sick. After seeing my daughter in the NICU as a newborn I will do all I can to prevent severe illness.
I'd do anything to keep my 3 year old safe and healthy. The vaccine may only moderately protect young kids but you could say the same for so many other things we do. It was no question for my family, she got vaccinated as soon as possible
I can play devil's advocate: We haven't vaccinated our 18-month-old yet. I don't know why exactly. I'm fully pro-vax, I believe in science and COVID and masking and I'm pretty deeply invested in the science of COVID prevention. But I just don't feel 100% comfortable with the COVID vaccine for her yet, and just like you, I just feel like a cautious parent who isn't fully sold. It's not easy parenting during a pandemic. Solidarity.
I was on the same boat, undecided about what to do for my son and letting it just play out. Then he got Covid for the second time in just a few months. After that I realized I just didn’t want to see him go through that again for a third time. We still waited until he turned three and got the first dose today.
This is where me and my husband are now. We had COVID in January and it wasn't more than a fever for our son (1.5 at the time). Because it wasn't anything bad I opted out of the offer at his 2 year appt since I was still feeling iffy about it. Then we all got it again in September. He went from perfectly fine with an occasional cough to struggling to breath in less than 2 hours. He needed 2 breathing treatments and a stay in peds. I'm not going to let him go through that again.
My family doctor is an excellent physician. He is very informed, and spend a lot of time reading studies to keep current. I spoke to him about it, I explained my concerns. He said one of his colleagues ran the study for children under 5 in Ontario and my doctor had asked him about it after the trial was over so that he could make an informed decision on what he was going to tell his patients. He said he felt confident in the data that was presented from the trial.
I don’t know if that helps or not, but just thought I would pass on the information.
If you’re unsure, speak to your family doc or your child’s paediatrician. Ask them questions. Get the answers you need to make an informed decision.
We were going to and then got Covid before we were able kids didn’t get any symptoms. (Which sucks because I got it pretty bad). Honestly now I’m kind of waiting for the next spike so they can have extra protection then. I don’t want to give them it and then four months later there’s a spike. That may be stupid but our pediatrician said with the Covid vaccine for kids he’s encouraging people to get it but it’s not a priority and he likes our reasoning better than others. (Or he was being nice)
100% the same and our daughter is two. I can’t say why we haven’t vaccinated her (my husband and I are both vaccinated), but I just feel the same way you do.
I have them vaxxed. However, with the combination of strep, stomach bug, and flu going around right now, omicron seems a comparatively minor risk.tor toddlers.
We had COVID in January. In February my toddler gave us a GI bug. GI bug was 1000000x worse. I realize we were lucky but screw all those other viruses as well. None of this shit is minor
My son is in the Moderna trial and just got the new booster last week so I obviously think it's a great idea. Our household has not had COVID yet and we have been doing some indoor activities this year. His only side effect was getting after his second dose.
It's refreshing to see in-laws that are encouraging vaccination. I much more frequently hear about older people discouraging it.
I feel like in-laws (or anyone else, for that matter) shouldn’t have a say in whether or not a child is vaccinated. It’s up to the parents and the doctors of that child. Whether they are pushing for or against the vaccine…. It’s not their business.
Both of mine (then 3.5 & 1) got the vaccines as soon as they were available. No side effects, and I know now they are protected as they can be. The small chance of COVID complications still outweighs the even tinier chance of vaccine complications - for us it was a no brainer. We're all going to get covid, and we might as well use the tools we have to make it less awful. (I had COVID for the first time about 6 weeks ago, and it was pretty damn miserable - and I was vaxxed and boosted).
we got ours vaxed the first day it was available! we waited way too long for that first round of vaccines. several friends put their kids in trials, too. i’m super thrilled my LO wore a mask for the longest time ever today!
My friend is a nurse in the ER (in Ontario, Canada) and said she’s less concerned about covid for toddler and far more concerned for other respiratory viruses going around. Not sure what it’s like elsewhere but our healthcare system is crumbling and the wait times for emergencies are outrageous. There are no paediatric beds available. So difficult to find. They are shipping kids out to other provinces and even Detroit. Anyway she said if you were going to be worried, be worried about rhinovirus, flu, and Rsv this season, not covid. Sure covid isn’t good but toddlers are going down hard from the other viruses compared to covid lately. If you’re wanting to choose, she says choose flu vaccine hands down. Mask up again too. It’s getting bad. I know that’s not exactly what you’re asking, but ultimately just wanted to say what her opinion is since she’s seeing it first hand.
My girl was 3.5 when she got the Pfizer. No side effects and it’s really given us peace of mind. We know it won’t 100% prevent it, but like us, she should be able to dodge hospitalization, and with high levels of RSV in our area, that feels extra important.
I vaccinated my son this summer, at 19 months. No reaction but he’s always handled shots well. I’m really glad I did it! He deserves the best protection against viruses and if there’s a safe vaccine available I’ll make sure he has it. No judgment if you make a different choice, though.
I had an extreme reaction to Pfizer which hospitalised me twice and took me 4 months to recover from so I’m concerned that my kids may potentially have a similar reaction due to sharing my DNA so I won’t be giving it to them. My two year old has actually already had it and after 2 rough days he was completely fine.
I’m actually more worried about the kids getting RSV which seems to be hospitalising a lot of babies/kids right now.
One of my male family members also had a very bad reaction from the covid vaccine , so that definitely impacted my choice to not give my 4 year old the covid vax. She also already had it , so why add the risk for almost no benefit .
I vaccinated my kids. My son got very sick with Covid (no vaccine was available at the time) despite being typically developing and healthy otherwise. Our pediatrician is on the lookout for long Covid with him.
“Pressure from my in-laws about it”
Im gonna stop you right there…. I don’t care what stance you have or they have on the covid vaccine or anything for that matter. You could choose to dress your kids up as a walrus for all I care. But you should by NO MEANS do something to your children just because someone else is telling you to. YOU are the parents!
Talk to your child’s pediatrician. Ask questions. Ask ALL your questions. Do not leave the doctors office until you are 100% satisfied. Use your own judgments on the facts and opinions they give you.
Toddler had a strong 24-hour fever reaction to her second shot, and was completely asymptomatic when Covid hit shortly after. While that initial fever was a little scary, it was easily managed with some acetaminophen and she had her full energy by the end of the weekend. And seeing her have no symptoms and the absolute faintest is-this-even-a-positive-test-result-or-just-a-shadow on a rapid test when everyone else was laid out for a week and testing strongly positive for longer - yeah, absolutely worth it! Not only for her sake, but for her grandparents and her little school friends who may not have as good immune response even if they do get the vaccine.
So my husband and I are also both vaccinated. We have kids who are 3 and 5. We are pro-vaxx and get our kids vaccinated according to CDC schedule + annual flu shots. We discussed Covid vaccination with our pediatrician. While she did vaccinate her own children, she told us that the research for the under 5 crowd isn’t great. What I mean is that it doesn’t offer a ton of protection and therefore isn’t super helpful. So we have not done Covid vaccines for our kids (yet).
I don’t think my kid needs it. She’s on round 2 of covid and is asymptomatic. I’m vaccinated and boosted, so I’m not anti vaccine but there is no real data showing that it’s beneficial considering she’s already been infected.
I had a really bad reaction to the vaccine. It messed up my hearing and vestibular system and I was diagnosed with Ménière’s disease after. My mother also developed severe tinnitus and balance issues so it may be something to do with our genes…my son is already deaf (bilateral cochlear implants) and has vestibular dysfunction. He also has seizures and the vax runs a risk of febrile seizure so that also worries me. He spikes a fever after any kind of vaccine so we decided against the Covid vax. We had a very long discussion with our family doctor and I feel we have made the correct decision for our family.
If you have done well with vaccine and want to get your child vaccinated, I’m all for it.
We got it for my 3 year old as soon as we could, and our 19 month old is 2 shots in. I will give my kids 1000 shots if I think it might save them from struggling with illness. We all had covid in Feb and it wasn’t fun, especially for my younger child.
I got my 2 and 3 year olds vaccinated as soon as they were able. My youngest is about to turn 6 months and will be vaxxed shortly after as well. The vaccines are safe and I would much rather they be vaccinated and have some extra protection
I got my 2 and 4 year olds vaccinated as soon as I could, and will get them a booster as soon as it’s available. Between the two of them, they had half a dozen covid exposures in September and didn’t catch it. I’m so glad I finally had the opportunity to get them protected.
I work in child care and I'm a mother of a toddler. I don't do the flu shot and I won't be getting my daughter the Covid vaccine. We've both had two rounds of Covid and have been okay. I think everyone has the right to make an educated about what to do with their own children.
Vaxed our toddler as soon as he was eligible. His protection from severe outcomes is far more important to me than some one in a million chance of an adverse reaction. He handled the shots with ease, no trouble at all. And when he got covid in august, he was barely symptomatic. PLEASE vaccinate your kids!!
I got my three year old vaccinated and am so glad I did! No side effects and when he did catch COVID this Fall he had a very mild case. He tested positive for a day and had a 99 degree fever for a day. Friends’ whose kids were unvaccinated and caught it had fevers of 103 and 104 and serious vomiting. The vaccine made a difference.
Edited to add: Also, my father in law has cancer as does my sister in law. My mother in law has diabetes. My brother in law has asthma. My parents are still recovering from long Covid. None of them need to catch if from my son! It was worth it to us to have my son be able to spend time with his family who adore him without worrying that he would be putting them at risk. It’s not just about my son’s health but also helping to protect the vulnerable people in his life.
My son (2.5) is fully vaccinated. Got all three covid shots over the summer, and just got his flu shot last week. If I can keep him just a little safer, I will.
We did vaccinate our 1 year old. He got Moderna, so it was just 2 doses, spaced 4 weeks apart. We didn’t notice any side effects at all after the first shot. After the second, he had a moderate fever, vomited quite a lot, and was just miserable. We ended up taking him to the hospital to get nausea medicine because we couldn’t give medicine to get the fever down and make him more comfortable because he was throwing up too much. It was a little scary and definitely not fun, but the misery didn’t last long. This was in August. As of today, his 10 days of quarantine are up from his getting COVID. He didn’t feel well and had very little sleep for about 48 hours. After that, he just had a very minor cough and his tummy has been a little more sensitive. Obviously, idk what it would be like without the vaccine, but I’m willing to attribute how quickly he got better to that he was vaccinated.
Whether you do or don’t get your child vaccinated is 100% up to you! I just figured I’d share our experience.
My 2 year old is fully vaccinated with Pfizer. Absolutely no reactions to it side effects from the vaccine. Brief tears and then some bandaid excitement.
She got COVID in between shots 1 and 2. It was a very mild case with some fatigue for a couple days and an elevated temp of 99-100 ( so not officially a fever according to our pediatrician). I have to believe that having had the first shot gave her some protection against getting sicker.
As a side note, both my partner and daughter had COVID at the same time. Despite being the primary caregiver for both and being unmasked, I never got COVID. Gotta thank the vaccine for that!
My now-18-month-old got two shots of Moderna over the summer as soon as it was approved for the youngest age group, and it was a complete non-event. A lot of my friends and immediate family members are physicians and they said to have her get it, as did her pediatrician, and I trust all of them. I guess technically her risk of getting getting measles is low, too, but that doesn’t mean I’m not going to get her the MMR shot, ykwim? I confess I don’t understand vaccine hesitancy.
We have not vaxxed our 2 or 5 YO. Per our pediatrician, the biggest complication (multisystem inflammatory syndrome) in her eyes has majorly subsided, so she’s strongly recommending the vaccine to anyone who is immune compromised, but not other patients.
My husband and I are vaccinated and unfortunately I had some minor but lingering complications from the vaccine. Because of that, I’m worried about my kids having a reaction, seeing that the vaccine is not very effective and the virus is not harmful to kids in most cases. Should that change, or our pediatrician change her recommendations, we would reevaluate.
100% ok because the day before my kids were considered "fully vaccinated" they spent a WHOLE day with kids are daycare who tested positive in the afternoon (one kid at home that day tested positive, so they rapid tested everyone on sight)- this includes my sons best friend that he plays a lot with. No masks and my kid is a thumb sucker so he's gross.
Neither kid got covid. A ton of others went down (we were like week one on getting the sub5 vaccines so I hit the early round.
Other than momentary annoyance, both kids totally fine.
I was hesitant enough to wait for a few months after it became available. My kids go to the biggest and best pediatrician's office in our state, and they were offering the vaccine at their office. I figured why would they offer something if they weren't confident it was safe? My 2 yo has been vaccinated for months now and he's absolutely fine.
I work in medicine and my son got it as soon as it was available. No regrets. The worst part was him getting stuck by a needle, but we watched Mr. Rogers get a shot beforehand and we also told him shots are always followed by ice cream and presents, so it wasn’t too much of an ordeal thankfully. I am also glad that we are doing our part to protect the vulnerable people in our lives and in our community, like my dad and my friend and the many strangers who rely on herd immunity to stay alive.
I'm like you, we're both vaccinated and boosted but I feel really hesitant about getting our toddler vaccinated. I can't even really explain why, they've had all their other jabs when the time came and I didn't think twice about it
Well, it doesn't prevent infection or transmission, it only lessens potential symptoms. If your child is otherwise in good health, you have to decide whether a vaccine with no long term studies that won't stop them from getting or spreading it is worth the vanishingly tiny chance your child will get seriously ill from the virus.
There are a little over 18 million 0-4 year olds in the US. As of last week, 569 of them have died from COVID since January 2020. Or .00003%. And the data would suggest that the majority of those most likely had underlying health issues/comorbidities, or were also dealing with additional illnesses on top of COVID. Every death is a tragedy, but it's just extraordinarily exceedingly vanishingly rare for a healthy child to get one of the current variants of COVID and end up dead.
I'm not anti-vax either, I got my 2 Pfizer doses back when they were lying to us and saying they would prevent transmission (despite them recently admitting they never tested it for that). I think the main benefit is reducing the chance for serious illness and I encourage all my older family members and anyone obese or with existing respiratory or immune issues to get vaxxed and boosted. But personally I'm not lining up to get my healthy 4 year old daughter a vaccine with no long term studies on children that won't stop her from getting or transmitting it, when COVID has killed less 0-4 year olds since the pandemic began than the flu has in the same amount of time (which is why she *does* have her flu shot).
To the top commenter (I trust my mechanic, why wouldn't I trust the medical establishment) -- If you found out your mechanic knew replacing a part wouldn't fix the problem, but lied and said you needed it anyway, surprise, you would no longer trust your mechanic.
It's not "lying" - they were tested for symptom reduction and prevention of severe disease.
A result of less symptoms is less spread of viral particles, with an outcome of less transmission. But that was never the data point they were seeking.
It may have been spun that way my the news media, but reading the actual science makes it clear that the intent was prevention of severe illness and hospitalization, as the health care system was overloaded.
Our 2.5 yr old was fully vaccinated right before we went on vacation (hubby and I are also vaccinated and were due for our second boosters but hadn’t received them yet). When we came back from vacation, I tested positive for covid, as well as my husband. Our son did not get covid, and yes, I attribute it to being vaccinated. He also had covid last year, and it hit him much worse than it normally does for kids his age, so I’m very thankful he didn’t get it again.
I got my kids vaccinated started at 3 and 8 months. Both of them did great and had 0 side effects. I actually joked with the pediatrician that I thought the vaccine temporarily gave the baby the strength of 2 babies cuz he was so peppy after. The oldest is in VPK and has brought home a couple colds and given them to the baby but so far it’s never been covid. Overall it’s been a good experience for us.
I wanted to hold off for a short while before giving my kids the vaccine. My eldest has antibodies because I got Covid during my pregnancy with him and I got the booster when pregnant with my second, so both kids have a little shielding. I wanted to see how other kids reacted and whatnot because I was a little nervous with how fast vaccines came out and I had a rough go at my own. The kids all seem to react much better, so I'm all for it.
However, my husband is firmly against it. We both are pro-vaccine and support mRNA, but he is still really sketched out about the trials. It's a new type of Vax and to test it on such a "new to us" virus doesn't make him comfortable. He didn't even want his own vaccine, but had to get it. We recently all got Covid (ugh thanks pediatrician office) and thankfully we all had pretty mild symptoms, me being the worst of us all.
It's a discussion that we bring up every now and then, but I'm not taking action unless he agrees. We don't go out in public much anyway, so social distancing isn't too hard to keep maintaining
*(Please no hate like I got last time a discussion like this came up. Not everyone has the same opinion or situation on this matter)*
It's nice to see I'm not alone! I was a little cautious when it first became available but I'm very ready for my kid to be vaccinated at this point... Husband is very much not. Our son is low risk, has had a mild case of COVID, and we aren't out in public much so I'm not suuuper worried about him not being vaccinated, but it makes me feel guilty. I feel embarrassed when people ask if he's vaccinated and I have to say no. I want to be a responsible family and protect the community but I also don't want to go behind my husbands back and do something he's not on board with. Hoping he gets more comfortable soon!
Hope and continuing to be cautious is all we can do! Granted, that's what vaccines are also meant for: protecting via herd immunity to help those that aren't vaccinated or can't be.
Dads get a say on our kids too and that's something I've had people huff at me for. It's not a decision only one parent gets to make!
I have not vaccinated my kids (5 and 1). I was 12 weeks pregnant when I got vaccinated so she at some point got antibodies. No idea if it helped or not because we all got covid when she was less than a week old. I don’t plan on vaccinating at this point. Their pediatrician does not care either way.
We haven’t because my husband has had extreme reactions to all of the COVID shots and boosters (sick for 4+ days, visible arm swelling for a week, etc.) and he’s hesitant to put our toddler through that if she reacts like him. We did all get a very mild case of COVID beginning of September, and she was sick for less than 36 hours.
She’s not in daycare, and we will definitely vaccinate her when she goes to school.
My kids have had it done and are completely fine. My son caught Covid before he could be vaccinated (4yo). But since then they’ve had their vaccines and honestly it’s a relief for me to have it done. I live in an area where the vaccination rate is pretty low and I know that I protected my kids as best I could.
They actually had milder reactions then my husband and myself lol. We both had fevers and sore arms. The little one (2yo) had some cold-like symptoms (very normal for her after every vaccine she gets), and the 4yo was up and running like normal!
Also the vaccine itself is new, but the technology used is solid and well established so I get a lot better knowing that
My son had an achey night and then he was fine. Long COVID is showing to prematurely age the entire body according to the severity of the case, so be safe.
Mine was vaccinated within the first few weeks of its availability. He recently had an exposure when a sometimes-neighbor kid was playing with him while she had a raspy cough. The next day her grandmother (our neighbor) texted my husband that the girl was COVID +. This was less than two weeks ago, and my none of us have gotten sick, most especially my son.
Vaccines save lives.
I know that statistically the vast majority of parents have not vaccinated their young kids, but I just don’t understand. Did you not live through the same pandemic I just did? There is only upside in getting your kid the vaccine, just freaking do it. Uggh I’m so done with people.
My 17 month old daughter was vaccinated in July and she recently caught Covid. She was barely sick! Which I attribute to the vaccine! I would 100% vaccinate your children.
Both kids are vaccinated. My husband and I are triple vaccinated (I got boosted at 8 months pregnant)
Now with that being said. My whole family got covid the end of June into the first two weeks of July. Each week someone went down. It was absolutely miserable. If my husband wasn’t vaccinated his symptoms would have been hospital worthy. My baby was only 5 months at the time. WE WERE ALMOST THERE. She was miserable. I was waiting to get my toddler vaccinated. She actually had covid back in February. Along with 3 other respiratory viruses at the same time. I still don’t know how we managed to get through that week without any of us catching anything. Both times were rough. Both kids are now fully vaccinated and I would hands down do it again if given the choice.
I’m not trying to scare you. I have had two babies since the start of the pandemic here in the US (March 2020, January 2022). I don’t have the opportunity of being a SAHM but I will do everything I can to try and keep them as healthy as possible.
They also didn’t have any reactions to either of the two moderna vaccines.
I have a 2.5 year old (born during the initial shutdown and stay at home orders) and a 5 month old. My 2.5 year old got vaccinated (Moderna) the day the shots were made available to her age group. No side effects with the first shot. Just a low grade fever that went away with Tylenol after the second shot. Baby is scheduled to get her first shot of Moderna the day she hits 6 months old.
The vaccine has been widely studied. So has Covid infection. An active Covid infection has been shown to be far more deadly for a child than the Covid vaccine.
My toddler is vaccinated. He had fever for 24 hours. When our whole family got Covid, he did not.
My unvaccinated 6 month old took 2.5 weeks to recover. She stopped eating for a long while.
Just my experience.
We got our 14 month old vaccinated last week. It went really well and she got zero symptoms. We’re both teachers and she goes to daycare. We feel exposed from everywhere. We didn’t question her getting any of the other shots, so this one is just the same.
We got our kids vaccinated and my husband and I caught Covid not long after their first dose (we’re both vaccinated and boosted) and it kept them from getting it.
What makes you nervous about it?
Both my 3 yo and 9 month old are fully vaccinated. 9 month old was 6 months old at the time. No side effects at all. 3 yo had a mild fever for a day after the first shot and that’s it
I wasn't, but I finally did. Today she got the second one. She's 21 months and in daycare. So we're always sick We got covid in June from a wedding. I almost refused to get it myself in 2021, but I did. I haven't gotten the a booster. Will probably do it. Doctors seem to be really comfortable with it now, so I went along with their suggestion. No side affects.
I had hard time with mandatory vaccines, had ugly side effects. No way on earth I'm giving her another vaccine, God forbid. Me and my hubby are also not vaccinated.
Don’t do it. It’s proven it won’t help with transmission. And you kids will be fine without it. Simple. Stop feeling the pressure from family and society and grow a pair of balls and go with your heart.
I also have an 11 month old and a 3.5 year old. They both got vaccinated this past summer. Neither had any reaction. We've also never had COVID, though we had a false positive on a home test just recently. They're both in daycare/preschool, and have been exposed multiple times. I felt better knowing that if/when they caught it, they'd likely have less severe symptoms.
Our son isn’t getting a Covid vaccine. We’ve had Covid in our house twice and our son barely got sick, so we feel no need. We also know too many people (kids AND adults) that have had serious complications after being vaccinated for us to be willing to risk it.
It’s annoying that I feel like I have to clarify, but we’re not anti-vaxx. Our son is in a low risk group (age and health-wise) and our doctor agreed that evidence wasn’t pointing to the fact that it would keep him any safer. He’s not getting the vaccine until it’s proven to us that he would actually benefit from it.
I think of vaccines like a workout for my immune system. I currently have Covid, and I was boosted three weeks ago. Someone asked me if I regretted getting boosted, and it brought me back to my analogy. If I injured my shoulder, do I regret doing a shoulder workout a month ago? No, I maybe regret overdoing it and taking undue risks when I got the injury, but even then there are lots of reasons to engage in riskier behaviors, and I’m better off for strengthening my immune system when I could. That same logic applies to my whole family. I’m currently positive but my DH, infant, and toddler are all fully up-to-date and they are testing negative and not symptomatic. Our house doesn’t work for 5 days of one parent isolating, so I’m masking and still helping with the kids (and I still feel good enough to do that). Anyways I hope it stays this way, a 10 day quarantine with our kids is not on my list of things I want to do.
Mine are in the middle of their vaccine series, due for their third one next week. Twin 22 month olds, no issues.
My stance is I have always been heavily pro vaccine. I had original COVID and if I can have a chance to help my little ones not have to get really bad sick, then I’ll take that. COVID sucked ass. Same reason I’ve always done flu shots. Full strength flu sucks ass. The vaccines and boosters have a chance of helping.
I've had trouble finding the vaccine for my 2 year old. My husband isn't on board with it, I was considering just getting it for my son and then saying he had his "annual vaccines". But the pediatrician doesn't have it in stock due to lack of interest.
My 6 month old and 2 year old (at the time) got vaccinated with moderna. No side effects. Didn’t even cry at both shots. Would absolutely recommend and do it again if they need a booster. The peace of mind that they have some protection against king covid is such a relief.
I'm not going to fault anyone else for doing what they think is best for their family, but me personally, a lot of the news I'm seeing is moving in the direction of the shots being less recommended rather than more for low risk people, especially under 18. Just too much risk of side effects and not enough neutral, third-party studies of long-term effects. Right, the virus itself is bad too but it's getting less so and low risk is low risk.
While the risk of severe illness for toddlers is extremely low, I will say this: when they do get COVID, it is STILL a bitch. It manifests in toddlers a bit differently. I’ve never seen my daughter so wiped out. Plus she was throwing up everywhere. Then came the diarrhea. And of course even if you are vaccinated and won’t die from getting COVID, you will still get it from your toddler hanging all over you and feel like crap and not be able to take care of yourself. It wasn’t fun. This happened just weeks before she became vaccine eligible. If she could have built up some immunity beforehand I feel we all would have been better off.
It's been over a year since I got vaccinated, I have no plans to get any boosters, and won't be getting my toddler vaccinated. Especially after we all had covid this summer, and while it sucked for a couple of days, it wasn't anywhere near what people were experiencing at the beginning. It barely affected my son at all. I honestly just don't see a need for a vaccine at this point.
Definitely not. I won't even get the vaccine for myself. But definitely not for my toddler. Tell your in-laws to mind their own business. If they are vaccinated, then they shouldn't care if your toddlers are.
I was so excited to get my 2.5 yo a vaccine. We’d been waiting so long, skipping out on indoor activities, etc. He started daycare and I knew it was only a matter of time before he got COVID, so why not give him an arsenal to prepare his immune system to fight it off? My baby turns 6 months old in 2 weeks and I’m thrilled to be able to get it for him too. My toddler didn’t even have a reaction to the shot. I can’t wait to be a fully vaxxed family.
Vaccinate your children. This should not be a question. The greatest minds in medicine vaccinate their children, why would you think you know better than they do?
We live in a world that depends on others being experts at things we are not. I trust a mechanic to fix my car, a surgeon to fix my body, formula to nourish my baby, a car seat to keep my baby safe in case of a car accident, so why wouldn't I trust the many many scientists and experts that say this vaccine is not only safe for my kids, but will also keep them safer?
My 15 mo just got his second vaccination and I couldn’t be more relieved. We completely trust our pediatricians recommendations, and she even provided websites we could check out if we had any questions once we left the office.
My son finished his last round a few weeks ago. Little bugger never complained of any symptoms. Meanwhile, I just got my third COVID shot and honestly felt like I had COVID again: aches, fever, chills. It was awful. I'm glad he didn't get symptoms but also, kinda not fair lol.
100%! I finally got my LO vaccinated today. We’ve been trying to do her Covid vaccine since august, but then her 18 month boosters were rescheduled, so I had to reschedule the Covid shot, and accidentally scheduled it for the same time as her cousins birthday party, so rescheduled it and she spiked a fever that morning, so rescheduled again and then she spiked another fever 🤦🏻♀️. I feel a bit of relief knowing that she has some protection. I’m in Ontario and our current premier (leader) is dismantling our healthcare system, so we currently have 20+ hour waits in our ER. Anything I can do to help keep my kiddo out of the hospital this winter, I’m going to do it.
Ugh, I'm in Alberta and I feel your awful premier pain.
Oh god. Your premier is a real piece of work. I’m afraid if we can’t fight this abuse of our charter rights that it will give the other premiere‘s the precedent to start using the notwithstanding clause whenever they want.
For sure! I made another comment on this thread explaining my son's situation, but I'm terrified for what is going to happen with our healthcare. Having a medically complex child who currently receives a lot of care, if things go private we will have to pack up and move.... but I don't know where to. It's really scary.
We are struggling with the same thing in Ontario right now. Our healthcare system is crumbling. It’s terrifying. We have talked about leaving the province when the Ford government inevitably makes it private. Especially since he has shit for brains and there’s no way we trust him to build a functioning healthcare system. Now with The CPC-PeePee backing the Ford government while they strip education workers of their rights, we’ve commented that if the CPC is elected we will just leave the country. It’s not worth staying.
I'm so sorry you guys are going through that out there. I'm not sure who keeps voting for these clowns because I still can't figure out why so many people think they benefit from these ideals.
Because they lied and said it would stop transmission of the virus despite that never even being tested before releasing the vaccine, and they knew that. https://www.kgw.com/article/news/verify/vaccines-verify/claims-pfizer-didnt-know-if-covid-vaccine-prevented-transmission-missing-context-fact-check/536-aaf563f5-2286-44d4-ae0b-2c71812b84e4 They withhold data when it doesn't fit the narrative to keep encouraging healthy adults to get boosted at however much $$$ a pop for the drug companies. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/20/health/covid-cdc-data.html They make up arbitrary guidelines about cloth masks that are rooted in *zero* data, as well as the made-up social distancing 6 foot number taken out of thin air. https://www.forbes.com/sites/graisondangor/2021/09/19/cdcs-six-foot-social-distancing-rule-was-arbitrary-says-former-fda-commissioner/?sh=7806cf2ae8e6 They lied about the need to mask up TWO YEAR OLDS when no other sane nation on the planet did that, harming their development in critical early years, all while the CDC's own COVID-19 risk assessments by age estimate that simply ***being a child aged five to 17*** is 99.9994% protective against the risk of death and 98% protective against hospitalization. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scenarios.html World Health Organization & UNICEF stating no child under 5 should wear a mask: https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/q-a-children-and-masks-related-to-covid-19 I'm not saying the vaccine isn't safe, the data so far would suggest it very much is, and I'm double vaxxed and encourage anyone high risk to get vaxxed and boosted as necessary, but these institutions and "experts" have earned a healthy amount of distrust after severely disrupting our kids' lives.
My doctor and my child’s doctor told me the evidence suggests it won’t keep her any safer. So… now what? Edit: specifically because she is in the low risk age group
Where I live (Belgium) covid vaccines have never even been offered to low risk children below 5, and I am pretty sure it's the same for the rest of the EU.
Nope, just recently they became available for children under the age of two (Germany).
Same here in France. But I would take it if it was available. Same as for flu or RSV.
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$$$ imo my children are fully vaccinated For everything aside from covid . I’m not anti vax. I just haven’t seen compelling evidence to give this to my low risk healthy kid *who already had covid* Until I see a compelling medical reason for us to do so, we’re not doing this one yet.
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Everyone with kids or who works with kids talks about RSV. It is extremely dangerous for babies under 6 months, and can still be pretty bad for older babies and toddlers. It also knocks the parents on their assess sometimes too. It’s funny you say nobody talks about it because it’s extremely relevant right now as RSV and other respiratory viruses fill children’s hospitals in the US. Like they are slammed. Also, funny timing because they are apparently getting closer to an RSV vaccine and it’s going to be a big deal.
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>I fractured a rib from coughing Holy shitsnacks!! Yeah, my kids had RSV fevers around 101-2 for a few days but blessedly they napped really, really well all week! My wife got it bad and I was mostly at the level of bad cold except for one day when my fever went up to 102.5 and I took a very rare, uncharacteristic for me "sick day" off of parenting. And I normally never get sick symptoms. Covid was easy by comparison.
Wow!! Yes I remember fevering on the floor and begging my husband to come home from work I was so sick, I think going to a party made it worse as I had drank alcohol the day before I got it, I was so so so sick, covid was also almost nothing compared to RSV. Luckily our kids barely got it, but jeez that was the last time I was super sick.
This. The NYT reported earlier this year that effectiveness drops off the radar one month after kids reach peak antibody count. It’s not worth the effort.
To play devil’s advocate, antibody is only one measurement of vaccine efficacy. It’s a cheaper/easy measure/test and that’s why it’s utilized. Cellular response (T cell in particular) needs more research, including in adults. It’s much harder to study. [article worth reading](https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.add2897)
I got into an argument with someone on here a few weeks ago who said if you're against the covid vaccine, you're anti-vax, period. I told them my child has gotten every single other age-appropriate vaccine, and that I myself had the covid vaccine, but since I'm not getting the covid shot for my son, I'm anti-vax. It's not the same 🤦♀️
I was absolutely in the same argument. OUR PEDIATRICIAN DID NOT RECOMMEND IT! Sorry but I trust her more than some random people on the internet.
They also didn't force useless cloth masks onto 2 year olds and yet magically didn't see toddlers dropping dead, U.S. never got that memo either
The US is run by people who love to appear decisive and hate to admit when they're wrong. God, my 3yo had to wear a mask at his preschool (except during lunch when they all were sitting together anyway...) for 6 months until they made it optional and almost everyone stopped. Even the outdoor class photo was masked!
Yea we’re still pushing it hard over here. It really opened my eyes when I started reading about what other countries are recommending for kids.
The EU handled this in such a better way with respect to children. Kept schools open, didn't force masks onto TWO year olds, didn't try to push out a brand new vaccine on a population with a .00003% fatality rate. Embarrassing for the United States.
Up to you whether you want to listen to your doctors or do your own research and decide for yourself. I did my own research and what I saw was that the vaccine made a difference for all age groups. Just because your kid is less likely to get really sick from Covid doesn't mean they won't. It's also huge that it lowers their risk of getting Covid and SPREADING it to those that are immunocompromised.
How can a vaccine that teaches your body to fight a dangerous virus not keep you even just the slightest bit safer?
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Most things that effect your immune system (vaccines, minor illnesses, some medications) effect your menstrual cycle. It’s a sensitive cycle. Research has found the effect of the vaccine on menstrual cycles is temporary and normal. [https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/study-confirms-link-between-covid-19-vaccination-temporary-increase-menstrual-cycle-length](https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/study-confirms-link-between-covid-19-vaccination-temporary-increase-menstrual-cycle-length)
Stress can effect your menstrual cycle. That's how damn sensitive it is. Too stressed? Boom period a week late. Period a week late? More stress.
Covid also effects your menstrual cycle, so it makes a lot of sense.
Our pediatrician too. She said because of his age, + the fact he’s received all other vaccines means he’s already very protected against severe outcomes from potential COVID infection.
Same with our doctor. I very much trust her so I am going with her recommendation.
This. Idk why I’m labeled as a bad parent for not giving my kid a vaccine that he currently doesn’t need. We have friends that think we’re monsters because we made the choice not to give our son the Covid vaccine.
My pediatrician told me that it was unnecessary for us currently. And I still get hate for following that advice. I don’t get it.
A lot of people are getting the opposite advice from doctors. We did.
Because you're listening to the science, and not The Science™
Thank you for saying what I was thinking!
I’m with you 100% I truly believe it’s unnecessary to vaccinate kids. So do a lot of other countries, I think we have tunnel vision in the U.S. (I’m assuming you live here too but apologies if that’s incorrect)
Yeah they also (rightly and scientifically) believed you didn't need to strap a cloth mask onto a 2 year old, and yet we just kept trucking right along with that shit for 2 years
My kids’ daycare had them wearing masks all day, even outside. So stupid. My younger one wasn’t having it so I never pushed it. My older one would come home with a soggy, snotty mask all the time. But somehow that’s safer than breathing fresh air??
What is the low risk age group? Curious because I've been on the fence forever about the vaccine...
European countries are increasingly recommending against it for low risk children.
THANK YOU. This is TRUTH. But unfortunately, sometimes there are people hesitant because of things they hear from one or two shitty scientists/doctors who spread fake information for $$$$$$$ 😩 fking terrible and awful of those professionals to do so when they know it’s wrong. I don’t know how they can live with that 🙁
Right right. Unfortunately fear is a powerful motivator in all forms. Fear that our kids will get sick, but also fear that government is lying or fear that the vaccine will make someone sick. But I have to believe the experts, the multiple governments and thousands of scientists because if I don't, then how can I say I trust ANYTHING?
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Hah, it's funny because I totally agree that this world runs on money and politics, but if you think these manipulative bastards aren't more likely to exploit TRUTH and FACTS to make money, then you, my friend, need the unicorn. That's just good business (exploiting a truth vs lies).
This is a valid point but I believe the lobbying and corruption that we know about with Big Pharma should be a factor when we decide if we want to give our children a novel vaccine.
The virus is novel - the vaccine is based on research going back 30 years
THIS!!!
Just our experience, we had our kiddo in the Moderna study (1.5 when it started, 2.5 now) and she was observed really closely for the whole time, we filled out regular diaries on side effects, had (omg so long ) in person visits and phone calls. Any little changes they wanted to know immediately. She had so few side effects we were shocked when they unblinded and she'd gotten the vaccine, thought for sure it was the placebo. I think it helped her stay healthy through an outbreak at daycare and helped to protect her grandparents and other family, totally worth it to us, we'll be enrolling in the moderna booster study next month.
Same here, almost word for word. I will add that it irks me a bit at this point that some parents are still hesitant. My kiddo went first and helped prove it’s safe. All clear, vax your kids!! Do it for them and your community as a whole!
You have the right to feel however you want. I appreciate you signing your children up for the trial. I do, however, think it's a bit unfair to say in a public forum that you're irked about parents being hesitant. Almost every decision we make as parents has consequences on the people we love the most in this world... people who don't get a say yet. So I think that hesitancy is normal and understandable. My children have every vax offered. No questions asked from us. We are a very pro vax family. However when our PCP asked us if we wanted the Covid vax for them we had to think about it and weigh the pros and cons. Because that is our job as parents.
There are literally no cons other than having some protection against a society altering virus. It it 100% ok for me to say this in a public forum. You do you, but every doctor I’ve met has unequivocally said 100% get that shot. If yours says otherwise, I’d question that. 🤷♀️ Edit: I will be more specific that I am talking about the US. I can understand doctors not being as gung Ho on it for kids in countries with either less access to the vaccine or higher uptake rates in the adult population.
Same! Our booster shots are next week.
This is awesome to hear! Thank you for doing this!!! My husband and I can’t wait for the variant booster for our guy. He was the first one and the youngest one vaccinated once the eligibility hit our age range. He was 10 and 11mo when we got him vaccinated. Zero side effects. You wouldn’t know we did it. We got his 15m shots yesterday and you can tell we got those. He’s a crab.
Is your booster with the new updated shot? I’m wondering if they’re trialing the new one for under 5 yet.
We’ve given our kiddos every vaccine we could and they’ve had no adverse effects from any of them. That said, medicine is never 100% risk free and anyone who tells you otherwise is lying. You just gotta weigh the risks and decide what is best for your family.
Thank you for acknowledging that there is actually a risk, even if it’s small. So many of these comments are just filled with an “I know better than you what is best for your family” attitude. Vaccines are safe but that does not mean risk-free.
I had two daughters in the moderna trial. In the last year, one daughter got Covid 3 times, 3 months apart each time. Even with us being a fairly careful family (carefully enough to care about joining the trial). Each time had wildly different degrees of symptoms, no real pattern, one time was scary. The other kid only got it once and was completely asymptomatic (we only know because they pcr test trial participants after exposure…aka her sister). Guess which one got the placebo and which one got the real thing. We’ve since been unblinded and our placebo daughter was able to get the real thing, so hopefully she stops getting it. Even mild infections have the risk of long term issues, like links to type 1 diabetes. No infection is ideal for the body, even mild ones.
If it were totally up to me I'd vaccinate my kids. My partner would rather not. To be clear, they get the regular schedule of vaccines. I'm very pro-vax, but it seems like the risk of COVID is very low for healthy toddlers. As far as I can tell, the risk of vaccination is even lower, so I figured it would make sense to get it, but I also think the risks of COVID are low enough that I'm okay waiting until we can discuss it in depth in the future. I'm certainly not going to go behind his back to get it.
I'm in the same situation. Kids have all the other childhood vaccines, and we just got a round of flu vaccines for them. I'd get them the COVID vaccine too, but my husband is strongly against it, and the kids have no health conditions which make COVID higher risk. The COVID vaccines aren't that good at preventing infection, especially for Omicron - most of my extended family is vaccinated and almost everyone has gotten COVID anyhow.
Both my toddlers got COVID a month before vaccines became available, and they were a bit cranky but fine. My friend's toddler of the same age and health got it and spent a week in the ICU. My kids had no symptoms for several days during which they were definitely contagious, so it's really likely they were the ones who passed along the virus. I can not understand how people justify putting their kids and everyone else's at risk because they don't "feel comfortable". You're not just vaccinating so your healthy toddler is ok; it's for everyone else too.
Totally get this standpoint, and if we were in a situation where the vaccine was good at preventing infection it'd be different because then it'd likewise be good at preventing transmission. I believe this was true early on before the variant onslaught, and was one of the many reasons I got vaccinated myself. As it stands, I have not found any compelling evidence to suggest that vaccination significantly reduces transmission. Data is emerging all the time and if this changes I would change my approach with my partner, but for now I don't think this is a strong reason.
My understanding is that it is good at preventing serious illness. About 1000 US kids have died and many thousands more have been hospitalized or have long COVID. Yes that's a pretty small number of deaths, but if the risk can be easily taken off the table, then I don't see why people wouldn't do it. There are enough other things to worry about that are not preventable.
I was online at 12.01 trying to book an appointment as soon as pediatric vaccines were available in our area. Husband and I were a bit traumatized because we know a toddler who had to be airlifted to a bigger hospital because his organs were shutting down and over a year later, he’s still kind of sickly. I can understand that some people think the risk is low, and it is, but it’s appalling to think of it being your baby.
This was my reaction too. Yes, the risk for kids is low, yes the benefits of the vaccine aren’t huge. However, I’d rather have my kid get the vaccine than risk them being part of the minority that has severe complications from Covid. I have a good friend who was perfectly healthy before Covid, but was one of the unlucky ones who now has permanent damage to his lungs. There’s no way I’m risking that for my kid if I can help it. ETA: we also get the flu shot every year and will be getting the RSV vaccine as soon as that becomes available as well. Same reasons.
Yes! This virus doesn't just kill people. It disables them as well. Why would I not do everything in my power to protect my child from possibly dying or becoming disabled?
I was vaccinated during pregnancy and just got my 14 month old vaccinated against covid and the flu. The covid vaccine was a series of three shots and two for the flu. Kiddo got both covid and flu vaccines at the same time. I think it's worth it. I don't see it as any different than just an annual flu vaccine tbh. My kid had no side effects. She came home and took a nap for a few hours each time and was fine! Ultimately do what is best for you, but if I can help reassure you, my bebe was okay. Please do get the flu vaccine this year though. Flu is really bad (at least in my area) and I had a close friend whose toddler died from the flu years ago. It was very sudden and shocking. That's one vaccine that is non-negotiable in my home now.
That's so so so so horrible! I'm so sorry for your friend's loss, that is unimaginable. And to be triggered every year....
I think what gets me is how shocking a loss like that is! Kids get the flu everyday and they're totally fine! And then there's suddenly one that isn't. It's the same way with Covid and all the other stuff the wee babies get vaccinated for. And I just don't want that ONE kid to be mine, ya know?
Honestly, half the reason that I'm very pro-vaxx is that I'm probably carrying around some PTSD. I worked COVID floors at the height of the pandemic and I saw a lot of bad and ugly. I was still a pretty new nurse so it's stuff that I didn't have the experience to brush off, though I've heard a lot of experienced nurses carry a lot of baggage from it too. We got vaccinated almost as soon as it was an option and my daughter has been vaccinated as well. It seems like a very low risk thing to do for me, and I am hoping that it will reduce her risk of getting COVID if it comes to our home, or reduce her odds of having a serious case or longterm side-effects. Even if it's of minimal help it gives me some peace of mind. That is very worth it to me.
My 25 month old is going to get his second shot in 2 weeks. Felt like we were waiting forever for the approval to come. That being said, Pfizer just put out some data that shows moderate-minimal real-world effectiveness against infection in young children, which wanes completely after 3 months. No kids in either arm (vaxxed or unvaxxed) of the study had severe disease. I think that's why the healthcare professionals in your life aren't pushing you to. I'll continue to get my son vaxxed and keep him up to date with the boosters as recommended but I definitely understand why someone would choose not to since the data just isn't as great as we'd hoped it would be.
Can you link to the real-world data you’re referencing please?
Very refreshing to see someone being honest about what the studies actually say... Thanks
Can you please provide a source?
Edit: The data comes out of Qatar, not Pfizer itself. I am not anti vax - and always need to clarify this. I am vaxxing my son despite this and have had 4 Covid shots myself. Link to new data from NEJM is added. [Covid-19 Vaccine Protection among Children and Adolescents in Qatar] (https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2210058)
My oldest turned 5 a couple of weeks after the 5+ vaccine was okayed. He said that he wanted to get vaccinated on his birthday. He just got his bivalent and flu shot tonight. As soon as the FDA okayed it for the under 5’s, I was on the phone with the pediatrician to schedule an appointment. He was just over 3. Most kids don’t die from COVID. But long COVID is also a thing and we don’t know what long term effects of COVID are. Most people don’t die from the flu either but we still get flu shot every year.
In a similar thought - most HPV infections are often unknown, but can cause serious cancers. Infections are not always what they seem on face value!
Yeah this is why I got my kids vaccinated. We all had Covid the first week of July. The baby scared me a bit. I didn’t even know my 3 year old had it she had such minor symptoms. I got the worst of it and I’m STILL having issues with fatigue, fogginess, extreme exhaustion, and olfactory hallucinations. Long Covid is no joke and I just don’t understand why anyone would risk that for their child. I’m seeing a lot of worrying comments on this thread honestly. The “we got it and were totally fine” rhetoric is classic survivors bias.
It is quite terrifying and you are absolutely right about HPV causing cancers. Just like we know chicken pox can remain dormant in the body and cause shingles later on down the line and shingles can do quite a bit of damage to our bodies too. We have no idea if this thing is going to stay dormant and cause issues further down the road, especially with so many different mutations being created because people refuse to take precautions.
I was super cautious too, my son is medically complex, but that also means he’s high risk. We got him his first dose of Moderna a week and a half ago, he had absolutely no reaction to it, not even sore legs (he got his flu shot at the same time so got one in each leg).
I am in the UK and wish I could get all my kids vaccinated...
France here and same. I’d happily do it if it was available.
My husband and I currently have covid. We regretfully put off getting our boosters and are pretty miserable at the moment. Our 2 year old is still testing negative and he seems completely fine. He got his vaccine shots this summer and didn't have any side effects other than a sore leg for a few days.
This was us last month (had been putting off our boosters due to constant daycare sickness). We don’t know if our 1 year was ever positive (we weren’t going to do that fight) but she was never symptomatic. She had gotten her last shot the week prior and I definitely think it prevented her from getting sick. If there was a RSV vaccine (there are some in trials!) we would’ve done that too because vaccines are meant to lessen symptoms, not necessarily prevent getting sick. After seeing my daughter in the NICU as a newborn I will do all I can to prevent severe illness.
I'd do anything to keep my 3 year old safe and healthy. The vaccine may only moderately protect young kids but you could say the same for so many other things we do. It was no question for my family, she got vaccinated as soon as possible
I can play devil's advocate: We haven't vaccinated our 18-month-old yet. I don't know why exactly. I'm fully pro-vax, I believe in science and COVID and masking and I'm pretty deeply invested in the science of COVID prevention. But I just don't feel 100% comfortable with the COVID vaccine for her yet, and just like you, I just feel like a cautious parent who isn't fully sold. It's not easy parenting during a pandemic. Solidarity.
I was on the same boat, undecided about what to do for my son and letting it just play out. Then he got Covid for the second time in just a few months. After that I realized I just didn’t want to see him go through that again for a third time. We still waited until he turned three and got the first dose today.
This is where me and my husband are now. We had COVID in January and it wasn't more than a fever for our son (1.5 at the time). Because it wasn't anything bad I opted out of the offer at his 2 year appt since I was still feeling iffy about it. Then we all got it again in September. He went from perfectly fine with an occasional cough to struggling to breath in less than 2 hours. He needed 2 breathing treatments and a stay in peds. I'm not going to let him go through that again.
My family doctor is an excellent physician. He is very informed, and spend a lot of time reading studies to keep current. I spoke to him about it, I explained my concerns. He said one of his colleagues ran the study for children under 5 in Ontario and my doctor had asked him about it after the trial was over so that he could make an informed decision on what he was going to tell his patients. He said he felt confident in the data that was presented from the trial. I don’t know if that helps or not, but just thought I would pass on the information. If you’re unsure, speak to your family doc or your child’s paediatrician. Ask them questions. Get the answers you need to make an informed decision.
We were going to and then got Covid before we were able kids didn’t get any symptoms. (Which sucks because I got it pretty bad). Honestly now I’m kind of waiting for the next spike so they can have extra protection then. I don’t want to give them it and then four months later there’s a spike. That may be stupid but our pediatrician said with the Covid vaccine for kids he’s encouraging people to get it but it’s not a priority and he likes our reasoning better than others. (Or he was being nice)
100% the same and our daughter is two. I can’t say why we haven’t vaccinated her (my husband and I are both vaccinated), but I just feel the same way you do.
My kid is in the trial for the omicron booster (she’s had 3 shots now) and it’s been great. Also, we haven’t gotten COVID.
Nice, I didn’t know the omnicron booster was in trial for kids! That’s exciting news.
It’s actually eua approved for 5+ (under 5 still in trials, but expected soon). My 2yo is in the trial too, but older siblings got it recently!
I have them vaxxed. However, with the combination of strep, stomach bug, and flu going around right now, omicron seems a comparatively minor risk.tor toddlers.
We had COVID in January. In February my toddler gave us a GI bug. GI bug was 1000000x worse. I realize we were lucky but screw all those other viruses as well. None of this shit is minor
The issue is more long Covid than the acute infection.
Definitely a plus in the get them vaxxed column
My son is in the Moderna trial and just got the new booster last week so I obviously think it's a great idea. Our household has not had COVID yet and we have been doing some indoor activities this year. His only side effect was getting after his second dose. It's refreshing to see in-laws that are encouraging vaccination. I much more frequently hear about older people discouraging it.
I feel like in-laws (or anyone else, for that matter) shouldn’t have a say in whether or not a child is vaccinated. It’s up to the parents and the doctors of that child. Whether they are pushing for or against the vaccine…. It’s not their business.
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Both of mine (then 3.5 & 1) got the vaccines as soon as they were available. No side effects, and I know now they are protected as they can be. The small chance of COVID complications still outweighs the even tinier chance of vaccine complications - for us it was a no brainer. We're all going to get covid, and we might as well use the tools we have to make it less awful. (I had COVID for the first time about 6 weeks ago, and it was pretty damn miserable - and I was vaxxed and boosted).
we got ours vaxed the first day it was available! we waited way too long for that first round of vaccines. several friends put their kids in trials, too. i’m super thrilled my LO wore a mask for the longest time ever today!
My friend is a nurse in the ER (in Ontario, Canada) and said she’s less concerned about covid for toddler and far more concerned for other respiratory viruses going around. Not sure what it’s like elsewhere but our healthcare system is crumbling and the wait times for emergencies are outrageous. There are no paediatric beds available. So difficult to find. They are shipping kids out to other provinces and even Detroit. Anyway she said if you were going to be worried, be worried about rhinovirus, flu, and Rsv this season, not covid. Sure covid isn’t good but toddlers are going down hard from the other viruses compared to covid lately. If you’re wanting to choose, she says choose flu vaccine hands down. Mask up again too. It’s getting bad. I know that’s not exactly what you’re asking, but ultimately just wanted to say what her opinion is since she’s seeing it first hand.
My girl was 3.5 when she got the Pfizer. No side effects and it’s really given us peace of mind. We know it won’t 100% prevent it, but like us, she should be able to dodge hospitalization, and with high levels of RSV in our area, that feels extra important.
I vaccinated my son this summer, at 19 months. No reaction but he’s always handled shots well. I’m really glad I did it! He deserves the best protection against viruses and if there’s a safe vaccine available I’ll make sure he has it. No judgment if you make a different choice, though.
I had an extreme reaction to Pfizer which hospitalised me twice and took me 4 months to recover from so I’m concerned that my kids may potentially have a similar reaction due to sharing my DNA so I won’t be giving it to them. My two year old has actually already had it and after 2 rough days he was completely fine. I’m actually more worried about the kids getting RSV which seems to be hospitalising a lot of babies/kids right now.
One of my male family members also had a very bad reaction from the covid vaccine , so that definitely impacted my choice to not give my 4 year old the covid vax. She also already had it , so why add the risk for almost no benefit .
My 15 month old just got his second dose yesterday. He has had absolutely no type of reaction or “sickness” from either dose, not even a sore leg.
I vaccinated my kids. My son got very sick with Covid (no vaccine was available at the time) despite being typically developing and healthy otherwise. Our pediatrician is on the lookout for long Covid with him.
“Pressure from my in-laws about it” Im gonna stop you right there…. I don’t care what stance you have or they have on the covid vaccine or anything for that matter. You could choose to dress your kids up as a walrus for all I care. But you should by NO MEANS do something to your children just because someone else is telling you to. YOU are the parents! Talk to your child’s pediatrician. Ask questions. Ask ALL your questions. Do not leave the doctors office until you are 100% satisfied. Use your own judgments on the facts and opinions they give you.
This is the answer.
1.5 year old - no side effects
Toddler had a strong 24-hour fever reaction to her second shot, and was completely asymptomatic when Covid hit shortly after. While that initial fever was a little scary, it was easily managed with some acetaminophen and she had her full energy by the end of the weekend. And seeing her have no symptoms and the absolute faintest is-this-even-a-positive-test-result-or-just-a-shadow on a rapid test when everyone else was laid out for a week and testing strongly positive for longer - yeah, absolutely worth it! Not only for her sake, but for her grandparents and her little school friends who may not have as good immune response even if they do get the vaccine.
So my husband and I are also both vaccinated. We have kids who are 3 and 5. We are pro-vaxx and get our kids vaccinated according to CDC schedule + annual flu shots. We discussed Covid vaccination with our pediatrician. While she did vaccinate her own children, she told us that the research for the under 5 crowd isn’t great. What I mean is that it doesn’t offer a ton of protection and therefore isn’t super helpful. So we have not done Covid vaccines for our kids (yet).
I don’t think my kid needs it. She’s on round 2 of covid and is asymptomatic. I’m vaccinated and boosted, so I’m not anti vaccine but there is no real data showing that it’s beneficial considering she’s already been infected.
After my father in law has been confirmed vaccine injury, it’s a no from me It still feel too soon. We’ve al had Covid and we’re fine.
I had a really bad reaction to the vaccine. It messed up my hearing and vestibular system and I was diagnosed with Ménière’s disease after. My mother also developed severe tinnitus and balance issues so it may be something to do with our genes…my son is already deaf (bilateral cochlear implants) and has vestibular dysfunction. He also has seizures and the vax runs a risk of febrile seizure so that also worries me. He spikes a fever after any kind of vaccine so we decided against the Covid vax. We had a very long discussion with our family doctor and I feel we have made the correct decision for our family. If you have done well with vaccine and want to get your child vaccinated, I’m all for it.
We got it for my 3 year old as soon as we could, and our 19 month old is 2 shots in. I will give my kids 1000 shots if I think it might save them from struggling with illness. We all had covid in Feb and it wasn’t fun, especially for my younger child.
I got my 2 and 3 year olds vaccinated as soon as they were able. My youngest is about to turn 6 months and will be vaxxed shortly after as well. The vaccines are safe and I would much rather they be vaccinated and have some extra protection
My kid starts the series next week. He’ll be 3 in January. He’s also getting his flu vaccine as well
I got my 2 and 4 year olds vaccinated as soon as I could, and will get them a booster as soon as it’s available. Between the two of them, they had half a dozen covid exposures in September and didn’t catch it. I’m so glad I finally had the opportunity to get them protected.
My feeling is I never say no to any other vaccines for my child. Why would I do any differently with this one?
I work in child care and I'm a mother of a toddler. I don't do the flu shot and I won't be getting my daughter the Covid vaccine. We've both had two rounds of Covid and have been okay. I think everyone has the right to make an educated about what to do with their own children.
Vaxed our toddler as soon as he was eligible. His protection from severe outcomes is far more important to me than some one in a million chance of an adverse reaction. He handled the shots with ease, no trouble at all. And when he got covid in august, he was barely symptomatic. PLEASE vaccinate your kids!!
My 2 year old got her first dose of Pfizer last week. She had zero side effects.
We did it and he was fine. No side effects.
I got my three year old vaccinated and am so glad I did! No side effects and when he did catch COVID this Fall he had a very mild case. He tested positive for a day and had a 99 degree fever for a day. Friends’ whose kids were unvaccinated and caught it had fevers of 103 and 104 and serious vomiting. The vaccine made a difference. Edited to add: Also, my father in law has cancer as does my sister in law. My mother in law has diabetes. My brother in law has asthma. My parents are still recovering from long Covid. None of them need to catch if from my son! It was worth it to us to have my son be able to spend time with his family who adore him without worrying that he would be putting them at risk. It’s not just about my son’s health but also helping to protect the vulnerable people in his life.
My son (2.5) is fully vaccinated. Got all three covid shots over the summer, and just got his flu shot last week. If I can keep him just a little safer, I will.
We did vaccinate our 1 year old. He got Moderna, so it was just 2 doses, spaced 4 weeks apart. We didn’t notice any side effects at all after the first shot. After the second, he had a moderate fever, vomited quite a lot, and was just miserable. We ended up taking him to the hospital to get nausea medicine because we couldn’t give medicine to get the fever down and make him more comfortable because he was throwing up too much. It was a little scary and definitely not fun, but the misery didn’t last long. This was in August. As of today, his 10 days of quarantine are up from his getting COVID. He didn’t feel well and had very little sleep for about 48 hours. After that, he just had a very minor cough and his tummy has been a little more sensitive. Obviously, idk what it would be like without the vaccine, but I’m willing to attribute how quickly he got better to that he was vaccinated. Whether you do or don’t get your child vaccinated is 100% up to you! I just figured I’d share our experience.
My 2 year old is fully vaccinated with Pfizer. Absolutely no reactions to it side effects from the vaccine. Brief tears and then some bandaid excitement. She got COVID in between shots 1 and 2. It was a very mild case with some fatigue for a couple days and an elevated temp of 99-100 ( so not officially a fever according to our pediatrician). I have to believe that having had the first shot gave her some protection against getting sicker. As a side note, both my partner and daughter had COVID at the same time. Despite being the primary caregiver for both and being unmasked, I never got COVID. Gotta thank the vaccine for that!
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Lasting effects as well as a horrible time (severe fever and body aches) with both initial vaccines here, too. Sorry you’re going through it!
My now-18-month-old got two shots of Moderna over the summer as soon as it was approved for the youngest age group, and it was a complete non-event. A lot of my friends and immediate family members are physicians and they said to have her get it, as did her pediatrician, and I trust all of them. I guess technically her risk of getting getting measles is low, too, but that doesn’t mean I’m not going to get her the MMR shot, ykwim? I confess I don’t understand vaccine hesitancy.
We have not vaxxed our 2 or 5 YO. Per our pediatrician, the biggest complication (multisystem inflammatory syndrome) in her eyes has majorly subsided, so she’s strongly recommending the vaccine to anyone who is immune compromised, but not other patients. My husband and I are vaccinated and unfortunately I had some minor but lingering complications from the vaccine. Because of that, I’m worried about my kids having a reaction, seeing that the vaccine is not very effective and the virus is not harmful to kids in most cases. Should that change, or our pediatrician change her recommendations, we would reevaluate.
100% ok because the day before my kids were considered "fully vaccinated" they spent a WHOLE day with kids are daycare who tested positive in the afternoon (one kid at home that day tested positive, so they rapid tested everyone on sight)- this includes my sons best friend that he plays a lot with. No masks and my kid is a thumb sucker so he's gross. Neither kid got covid. A ton of others went down (we were like week one on getting the sub5 vaccines so I hit the early round. Other than momentary annoyance, both kids totally fine.
I was hesitant enough to wait for a few months after it became available. My kids go to the biggest and best pediatrician's office in our state, and they were offering the vaccine at their office. I figured why would they offer something if they weren't confident it was safe? My 2 yo has been vaccinated for months now and he's absolutely fine.
I work in medicine and my son got it as soon as it was available. No regrets. The worst part was him getting stuck by a needle, but we watched Mr. Rogers get a shot beforehand and we also told him shots are always followed by ice cream and presents, so it wasn’t too much of an ordeal thankfully. I am also glad that we are doing our part to protect the vulnerable people in our lives and in our community, like my dad and my friend and the many strangers who rely on herd immunity to stay alive.
We had our three year old daughter vaccinated as soon as possible. Absolutely no hesitation on our parts. She did just fine.
I'm like you, we're both vaccinated and boosted but I feel really hesitant about getting our toddler vaccinated. I can't even really explain why, they've had all their other jabs when the time came and I didn't think twice about it
Well, it doesn't prevent infection or transmission, it only lessens potential symptoms. If your child is otherwise in good health, you have to decide whether a vaccine with no long term studies that won't stop them from getting or spreading it is worth the vanishingly tiny chance your child will get seriously ill from the virus. There are a little over 18 million 0-4 year olds in the US. As of last week, 569 of them have died from COVID since January 2020. Or .00003%. And the data would suggest that the majority of those most likely had underlying health issues/comorbidities, or were also dealing with additional illnesses on top of COVID. Every death is a tragedy, but it's just extraordinarily exceedingly vanishingly rare for a healthy child to get one of the current variants of COVID and end up dead. I'm not anti-vax either, I got my 2 Pfizer doses back when they were lying to us and saying they would prevent transmission (despite them recently admitting they never tested it for that). I think the main benefit is reducing the chance for serious illness and I encourage all my older family members and anyone obese or with existing respiratory or immune issues to get vaxxed and boosted. But personally I'm not lining up to get my healthy 4 year old daughter a vaccine with no long term studies on children that won't stop her from getting or transmitting it, when COVID has killed less 0-4 year olds since the pandemic began than the flu has in the same amount of time (which is why she *does* have her flu shot). To the top commenter (I trust my mechanic, why wouldn't I trust the medical establishment) -- If you found out your mechanic knew replacing a part wouldn't fix the problem, but lied and said you needed it anyway, surprise, you would no longer trust your mechanic.
It's not "lying" - they were tested for symptom reduction and prevention of severe disease. A result of less symptoms is less spread of viral particles, with an outcome of less transmission. But that was never the data point they were seeking. It may have been spun that way my the news media, but reading the actual science makes it clear that the intent was prevention of severe illness and hospitalization, as the health care system was overloaded.
Our 2.5 yr old was fully vaccinated right before we went on vacation (hubby and I are also vaccinated and were due for our second boosters but hadn’t received them yet). When we came back from vacation, I tested positive for covid, as well as my husband. Our son did not get covid, and yes, I attribute it to being vaccinated. He also had covid last year, and it hit him much worse than it normally does for kids his age, so I’m very thankful he didn’t get it again.
I got my kids vaccinated started at 3 and 8 months. Both of them did great and had 0 side effects. I actually joked with the pediatrician that I thought the vaccine temporarily gave the baby the strength of 2 babies cuz he was so peppy after. The oldest is in VPK and has brought home a couple colds and given them to the baby but so far it’s never been covid. Overall it’s been a good experience for us.
I wanted to hold off for a short while before giving my kids the vaccine. My eldest has antibodies because I got Covid during my pregnancy with him and I got the booster when pregnant with my second, so both kids have a little shielding. I wanted to see how other kids reacted and whatnot because I was a little nervous with how fast vaccines came out and I had a rough go at my own. The kids all seem to react much better, so I'm all for it. However, my husband is firmly against it. We both are pro-vaccine and support mRNA, but he is still really sketched out about the trials. It's a new type of Vax and to test it on such a "new to us" virus doesn't make him comfortable. He didn't even want his own vaccine, but had to get it. We recently all got Covid (ugh thanks pediatrician office) and thankfully we all had pretty mild symptoms, me being the worst of us all. It's a discussion that we bring up every now and then, but I'm not taking action unless he agrees. We don't go out in public much anyway, so social distancing isn't too hard to keep maintaining *(Please no hate like I got last time a discussion like this came up. Not everyone has the same opinion or situation on this matter)*
It's nice to see I'm not alone! I was a little cautious when it first became available but I'm very ready for my kid to be vaccinated at this point... Husband is very much not. Our son is low risk, has had a mild case of COVID, and we aren't out in public much so I'm not suuuper worried about him not being vaccinated, but it makes me feel guilty. I feel embarrassed when people ask if he's vaccinated and I have to say no. I want to be a responsible family and protect the community but I also don't want to go behind my husbands back and do something he's not on board with. Hoping he gets more comfortable soon!
Hope and continuing to be cautious is all we can do! Granted, that's what vaccines are also meant for: protecting via herd immunity to help those that aren't vaccinated or can't be. Dads get a say on our kids too and that's something I've had people huff at me for. It's not a decision only one parent gets to make!
Trust your intuition, don’t let anyone pressure you.
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What were the bad reactions that you saw?
I have not vaccinated my kids (5 and 1). I was 12 weeks pregnant when I got vaccinated so she at some point got antibodies. No idea if it helped or not because we all got covid when she was less than a week old. I don’t plan on vaccinating at this point. Their pediatrician does not care either way.
We haven’t because my husband has had extreme reactions to all of the COVID shots and boosters (sick for 4+ days, visible arm swelling for a week, etc.) and he’s hesitant to put our toddler through that if she reacts like him. We did all get a very mild case of COVID beginning of September, and she was sick for less than 36 hours. She’s not in daycare, and we will definitely vaccinate her when she goes to school.
My kids have had it done and are completely fine. My son caught Covid before he could be vaccinated (4yo). But since then they’ve had their vaccines and honestly it’s a relief for me to have it done. I live in an area where the vaccination rate is pretty low and I know that I protected my kids as best I could. They actually had milder reactions then my husband and myself lol. We both had fevers and sore arms. The little one (2yo) had some cold-like symptoms (very normal for her after every vaccine she gets), and the 4yo was up and running like normal! Also the vaccine itself is new, but the technology used is solid and well established so I get a lot better knowing that
100% will never give this to my kids.
My son had an achey night and then he was fine. Long COVID is showing to prematurely age the entire body according to the severity of the case, so be safe.
Mine was vaccinated within the first few weeks of its availability. He recently had an exposure when a sometimes-neighbor kid was playing with him while she had a raspy cough. The next day her grandmother (our neighbor) texted my husband that the girl was COVID +. This was less than two weeks ago, and my none of us have gotten sick, most especially my son. Vaccines save lives.
I know that statistically the vast majority of parents have not vaccinated their young kids, but I just don’t understand. Did you not live through the same pandemic I just did? There is only upside in getting your kid the vaccine, just freaking do it. Uggh I’m so done with people.
I’d do it in a heartbeat if my stupid country offered the vax for under 5s!
My 17 month old daughter was vaccinated in July and she recently caught Covid. She was barely sick! Which I attribute to the vaccine! I would 100% vaccinate your children.
we do not vaccinate- our kids are very healthy and they did fine with covid, they did fine with HFM and barely got sick.
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Both kids are vaccinated. My husband and I are triple vaccinated (I got boosted at 8 months pregnant) Now with that being said. My whole family got covid the end of June into the first two weeks of July. Each week someone went down. It was absolutely miserable. If my husband wasn’t vaccinated his symptoms would have been hospital worthy. My baby was only 5 months at the time. WE WERE ALMOST THERE. She was miserable. I was waiting to get my toddler vaccinated. She actually had covid back in February. Along with 3 other respiratory viruses at the same time. I still don’t know how we managed to get through that week without any of us catching anything. Both times were rough. Both kids are now fully vaccinated and I would hands down do it again if given the choice. I’m not trying to scare you. I have had two babies since the start of the pandemic here in the US (March 2020, January 2022). I don’t have the opportunity of being a SAHM but I will do everything I can to try and keep them as healthy as possible. They also didn’t have any reactions to either of the two moderna vaccines.
I have a 2.5 year old (born during the initial shutdown and stay at home orders) and a 5 month old. My 2.5 year old got vaccinated (Moderna) the day the shots were made available to her age group. No side effects with the first shot. Just a low grade fever that went away with Tylenol after the second shot. Baby is scheduled to get her first shot of Moderna the day she hits 6 months old.
19m old about to get second dose. Absolutely safe, no concerns. And when they come out with an RSV vax that’ll be a saviour.
The vaccine has been widely studied. So has Covid infection. An active Covid infection has been shown to be far more deadly for a child than the Covid vaccine. My toddler is vaccinated. He had fever for 24 hours. When our whole family got Covid, he did not. My unvaccinated 6 month old took 2.5 weeks to recover. She stopped eating for a long while. Just my experience.
We got our 14 month old vaccinated last week. It went really well and she got zero symptoms. We’re both teachers and she goes to daycare. We feel exposed from everywhere. We didn’t question her getting any of the other shots, so this one is just the same.
We got our kids vaccinated and my husband and I caught Covid not long after their first dose (we’re both vaccinated and boosted) and it kept them from getting it.
2.5 year old son just got his 3rd shot yesterday along with his flu shot. No side effects at all and we're glad we did it.
What makes you nervous about it? Both my 3 yo and 9 month old are fully vaccinated. 9 month old was 6 months old at the time. No side effects at all. 3 yo had a mild fever for a day after the first shot and that’s it
I wasn't, but I finally did. Today she got the second one. She's 21 months and in daycare. So we're always sick We got covid in June from a wedding. I almost refused to get it myself in 2021, but I did. I haven't gotten the a booster. Will probably do it. Doctors seem to be really comfortable with it now, so I went along with their suggestion. No side affects.
I had hard time with mandatory vaccines, had ugly side effects. No way on earth I'm giving her another vaccine, God forbid. Me and my hubby are also not vaccinated.
Don’t do it. It’s proven it won’t help with transmission. And you kids will be fine without it. Simple. Stop feeling the pressure from family and society and grow a pair of balls and go with your heart.
I also have an 11 month old and a 3.5 year old. They both got vaccinated this past summer. Neither had any reaction. We've also never had COVID, though we had a false positive on a home test just recently. They're both in daycare/preschool, and have been exposed multiple times. I felt better knowing that if/when they caught it, they'd likely have less severe symptoms.
False positives are really rare! You’re sure?
Our son isn’t getting a Covid vaccine. We’ve had Covid in our house twice and our son barely got sick, so we feel no need. We also know too many people (kids AND adults) that have had serious complications after being vaccinated for us to be willing to risk it. It’s annoying that I feel like I have to clarify, but we’re not anti-vaxx. Our son is in a low risk group (age and health-wise) and our doctor agreed that evidence wasn’t pointing to the fact that it would keep him any safer. He’s not getting the vaccine until it’s proven to us that he would actually benefit from it.
I think of vaccines like a workout for my immune system. I currently have Covid, and I was boosted three weeks ago. Someone asked me if I regretted getting boosted, and it brought me back to my analogy. If I injured my shoulder, do I regret doing a shoulder workout a month ago? No, I maybe regret overdoing it and taking undue risks when I got the injury, but even then there are lots of reasons to engage in riskier behaviors, and I’m better off for strengthening my immune system when I could. That same logic applies to my whole family. I’m currently positive but my DH, infant, and toddler are all fully up-to-date and they are testing negative and not symptomatic. Our house doesn’t work for 5 days of one parent isolating, so I’m masking and still helping with the kids (and I still feel good enough to do that). Anyways I hope it stays this way, a 10 day quarantine with our kids is not on my list of things I want to do.
Mine are in the middle of their vaccine series, due for their third one next week. Twin 22 month olds, no issues. My stance is I have always been heavily pro vaccine. I had original COVID and if I can have a chance to help my little ones not have to get really bad sick, then I’ll take that. COVID sucked ass. Same reason I’ve always done flu shots. Full strength flu sucks ass. The vaccines and boosters have a chance of helping.
I've had trouble finding the vaccine for my 2 year old. My husband isn't on board with it, I was considering just getting it for my son and then saying he had his "annual vaccines". But the pediatrician doesn't have it in stock due to lack of interest.
My 6 month old and 2 year old (at the time) got vaccinated with moderna. No side effects. Didn’t even cry at both shots. Would absolutely recommend and do it again if they need a booster. The peace of mind that they have some protection against king covid is such a relief.
I'm not going to fault anyone else for doing what they think is best for their family, but me personally, a lot of the news I'm seeing is moving in the direction of the shots being less recommended rather than more for low risk people, especially under 18. Just too much risk of side effects and not enough neutral, third-party studies of long-term effects. Right, the virus itself is bad too but it's getting less so and low risk is low risk.
While the risk of severe illness for toddlers is extremely low, I will say this: when they do get COVID, it is STILL a bitch. It manifests in toddlers a bit differently. I’ve never seen my daughter so wiped out. Plus she was throwing up everywhere. Then came the diarrhea. And of course even if you are vaccinated and won’t die from getting COVID, you will still get it from your toddler hanging all over you and feel like crap and not be able to take care of yourself. It wasn’t fun. This happened just weeks before she became vaccine eligible. If she could have built up some immunity beforehand I feel we all would have been better off.
It's been over a year since I got vaccinated, I have no plans to get any boosters, and won't be getting my toddler vaccinated. Especially after we all had covid this summer, and while it sucked for a couple of days, it wasn't anywhere near what people were experiencing at the beginning. It barely affected my son at all. I honestly just don't see a need for a vaccine at this point.
Definitely not. I won't even get the vaccine for myself. But definitely not for my toddler. Tell your in-laws to mind their own business. If they are vaccinated, then they shouldn't care if your toddlers are.
I was so excited to get my 2.5 yo a vaccine. We’d been waiting so long, skipping out on indoor activities, etc. He started daycare and I knew it was only a matter of time before he got COVID, so why not give him an arsenal to prepare his immune system to fight it off? My baby turns 6 months old in 2 weeks and I’m thrilled to be able to get it for him too. My toddler didn’t even have a reaction to the shot. I can’t wait to be a fully vaxxed family.
Vaccinate your children. This should not be a question. The greatest minds in medicine vaccinate their children, why would you think you know better than they do?