To Vaccinate or Not to Vaccinate

My four-year-old woke up this morning with a fever and stomach pain.  That led to vomiting a short time later.  Poor thing.  I thought flu season was over with!  I don't think it's anything that needs to be seen by a pediatrician unless she gets worse thankfully. 

I do need to think about whether to get my four-year-old all the vaccines due before kindergarten.  Our state requires chicken pox vaccine now.  I don't think that should be a requirement - it should be optional.  I had chicken pox as a kid as did all my siblings.  Other than a few small scars from itching, it was just an annoyance more than anything. 

I'll have to talk to the pediatrician for all their well-checks this summer.  For the last two years, they've been pushing the Gardasil vaccine every time I am there for my oldest.  I am totally against that vaccine after doing much research (my Healthy Me blog has some information on that).  They have me craning my neck for the exit signs when they get going on that one. I tell them no every time and they bring it up again at each appointment. 

They'll want me to sign a form on my kindergartener's vaccines (my refusal for some of them) but I've already seen their form.  No way will I sign that one.  If you haven't seen it, you should look it up.  My sister sent me a different one to use.