
Originally Posted by
Teufelhund
My wife has a Master's in human development and early childhood disorders (everything I know on this subject I learn from her). We have a 3-month old (our first) and have talked at length about this subject. The autism argument has no basis in reality; don't base your decision on fear-mongering. There are several childhood afflictions that were nearly eliminated and are now staging a comeback due to people not vaccinating their kids, such as polio. We allowed our little one to be vaccinated, but not for everything based on what we think is reasonable. We think it highly unlikely he's going to be exposed to hep b, for instance.