To vaccinate or not????

Many of you know that we stopped vaccinating our kids. We get a lot of people who either disagree or ask questions about it and then their doctor makes them feel bad or guilty and end up giving in and vaccinating their children. I'm writing this post to give you our personal reasons for not vaccinating our children. We respect whatever you decide to do and we know that it is a very tough decision.

We stopped vaccinating our children at first because Luke was diagnosed with PDD at age 2. PDD is on the Autism spectrum and it's symptoms are:
difficulty using and understanding language,
difficulty relating to people, objects, and events; for example, lack of eye contact or pointing behavior, unusual play with toys and other objects, difficulty with changes in routine or familiar surroundings, & repetitive body movements or behavior patterns. Our precious baby boy had all of these symptoms plus more. We were told by a professional that this all could have been caused from vaccinations. From that point on we stopped vaccinating, took him to speech therapy, occupational therapy, feeding group, and also had him on a very strict Chiropractic schedule. That next year I think I cried every single day.... it was awful! After all the intensive treatment he was undiagnosed at age 3. The psychologist was amazed by his improvement and could not believe how far he had come. We were, and are, so proud of him also.

As I researched vaccinations, I found out more and more reasons why they are not safe and actually cause more harm than good. Here are some books I would recommend to read:

What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Children's Vaccinations

by: Stephanie Cave

A Shot in the Dark

by: H. Coulter

Evidence of Harm: Mercury in Vaccines and the Autism Epidemic: A Medical Controversy

by: David Kirby

Also here are some links to take a look at:

Dr. Mercola: http://www.mercola.com/article/vaccines/statistics.htm

Jon Rappoport- This guy is an ex-vaccine researcher who is being interviewed:

http://www.whale.to/v/rapp.htlm

This link will inform you all about vaccines: http://www.icpa4kids.org/research/children/vac_info.htm

Sids and Vaccines: http://www.thinktwice.com/sids.htm

This site was really helpful for me: http://www.kidchiropractic.com/index.php?file=vaccines.htm

This site contains a lot of information on the MMR and Autism:

http://www.drclaudiaanrig.com/main_free_mmr.html

I want you to know that whatever you decide is up to you and we respect your decision. We know that it is a very hard decision and that the medical community looks down upon non-vaccinating parents. We pray that God will lead you in wisdom, to decide what is best for your child. At this time we are confident in our decision. YES, it is very hard to take our kids to their annual pediatrician appointment and YES our medical doctor makes me feel awful as she uses scare tactics every time! YES, she does make me 2nd guess myself, but we have decided for now that not vaccinating is the safest thing for our kids. If the medical community can prove that they are safe and effective then we will reconsider. Please feel free to ask any questions you may have.