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 party that’s making its rounds: the H1N1 party.

That’s right, some parents are deliberately exposing their children to the H1N1 virus, the so-called swine flu, in the hopes that they make their children resistant to it when it makes its rounds in the schools in the fall. Unfortunately, there are some serious flaws to that way of thinking.

1- There are no guarantees that the flu virus won’t mutate, making itself into a totally new virus. Thus, you’ll have made your child sick for nothing.

2- The most important flaw is: Influenza can make your child VERY ill and it can also cause death.

Some people are getting a false sense of security with the H1N1 virus because it does seem milder than the seasonal flus that make the rounds. But that doesn’t take away that some people – including children – have died as a result of complicaitons from the H1N1 virus. Do you seriously want to take that risk? What if it is your child who is that one in so many who becomes seriously ill? Would you want to live with knowing that you deliberately made your child ill?

That’s not a chance I would take nor is it one that doctors recommend, including doctors like Canada’s chief public health officer, Dr. David Butler-Jones.

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Parents: H1N1 Parties Not A Good Idea

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) I do want him vaccinated, as his immune system is too low to enter a school without his vaccines.

I’m on high alert right now for any sort of reaction. He had the infamous MMR, HepB, Polio, and the Pox vaccines. I know he had the chicken pox when he was two months old and we drew titers, which were positive, but our ped. wanted to play it safe.

He was certainly not happy to see four needles come at him but a lollipop helped calm him quickly.  We’ll see how he sleeps tonight.

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Getting Physical