Emer is much better today

[ailbhe]

She stayed in bed until almost 11, because she's tired and slightly hurting, but she asked me more about my time with measles and whooping cough and then gleefully said "I won't get those, because I had the majection."

So she's coming to accept it, though last night she also said in a very reassuring tone "I am always ok when you hurt me," which was, well, brilliant. Yay. I would have laughed at that except I was too busy being punched in the gut.

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[baratron.livejournal.com]

I'm glad that Emer got to the acceptance stage far more quickly than I predicted.

Obviously, your past experiences have made you extremely sensitive to possible abuse of your children. So perhaps you need to ask yourself "Would the majority of people on my friends list consider this abuse?".

It's clear that there is a horribly difficult line when it comes to health-related things, and a person can't wave away the pain inflicted on a child with the answer "but it may save her life". But there are two possible ways to abuse the child: hurt her through the injection, or expose her to the illness without prior immunity; and certainly the former is over much more quickly.

I hope you're feeling much better now.

[ailbhe]

I had someone almost suggest I not vaccinate Astrid, on Friday. I felt MUCH more like that person was threatening harm to my child than I've ever felt I was myself.