Years ago, there were mothers who would throw chicken pox parties. If they found that one of their friends had chicken pox in the house, they’d deliberately expose them to the virus so they could control (so to speak) when their children would get sick. I think the idea seemed to make sense to some people, but the idea of deliberately exposing children to illness that could develop into something quite serious, seems a bit misguided.
Now that the chicken pox has a vaccine, the chicken pox parties seem to be on the wain. But now, there’s a new type of …read more

Four vaccinations, a lollipop, and 20 jumping jacks and we were done. He’s tired, a  little grumpy, and of course I am the one who needs the nap.
We rented his favorite movie, Alvin and the Chipmunks, and rested on the couch for the afternoon…if you call throwing cars at the ceiling resting.
I have to say that I am not that excited that I gave him the vaccinations but I did it for two reasons; 1) our insurance would not pay for them to be spread out and we don’t have the money to pay for separate office visits and 2) …read more