Thank you, Sue. I've bookmarked it.
Dawn ,'Selfless'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Yeah, I'd say what your cousin who is actually the one getting married said counts for more than anyone else's opinions in this case.
I am feeling under the weather, and the actual weather is kind of crappy, so I'm gonna stay in and work on clearing off the DVR most of the weekend. The Meyer sale is going on and I want to tour their new facility, so I'll probably do that tomorrow, and Walter ges to the vet on Sunday, but other than that I plan to be on the couch. I might have to mow the lawn, but I hope to put that off until Monday.
Yay shadow! Good on ya.
Weekend plans. Finishing the last bibs and bobs of Xmas shopping. (Nephew, you are getting socks!) There's a couple of printmaking sales tomorrow and a pet holiday parade that I don't think I can resist.
one variety takes hold around the 18 month mark, where the child loses speech and other symptoms. Right around the time they get a lot of shots these days
Er, actually, no. They don't. I've been working on a childhood vaccination clinical trial for the past two years, and...a lot of clinics don't even have an 18 month required visit. The kids often get about 2 shots at 15 months, and don't come back til 2 years. Or they skip 15 months and get shots at 18 months. But they get a lot more shots (or actual diseases-protection things, even if they're combined into one injection) at 12 months and earlier, each visit (which are more closely spaced, as well). (ETA: and usually one of those two shots at 18 months is something they've gotten before)
Several of the childhood vaccines actually wear off after a while - pertussis is one of them - so even if you are vaccinated, it's possible to get the disease later if you don't get a booster. And more likely you'll get the disease later if there's a large enough pool of non-vaccinators to help harbor it. I gather there is a big push to re-vaccinate adults in contact with infants in CA for pertussis.
Weekend:
Tonight, helping a neighbor become friends with her new vacuum. The technology has her down.
Tomorrow, cleaning in preparation of moving my computer out of my office and into the great room.
Sunday, nutritional meet-up with a friend.d
Interspersed, getting my ever loving act together. I'm growing impatient with myself and something has got to give.
Here's the CDC schedule for vaccinations, which supports meara: 12-15 months are the most shots. [link] (pdf) In my state, 4 year olds get a big shot battery, too (required for PreK/K.)
My brother & SIL just bought a house in Boulder, and my SIL said their realtor was quite proud of the fact that her 7-year-old child had never seen a doctor.
No playdates with that family!
Yeah, I got a DTAP shot in Oct. I hadn't had a tetanus shot since 1995 or so and hadn't had a pertussis shot since I was a child. When I found out the pertussis vaccine I had as a child wasn't forever, I made it a priority to get that taken care of.