This weekend we're throwing a little holiday shindig on Sunday night, so mostly we'll be cleaning and baking and preparing for that. Maybe finally watching ep 3 of Sherlock. Oh, and reading! And buying Christmas presents and plane tickets, and rehearsing for my choir's concert next week, and backing up my computer, and figuring out why iTunes won't sync with my iPod any longer...

Assuming one's own child is vaccinated and there are no family members who have related health issues or are infants, I'd be more comfortable having playdates with non-vaccinators

I'd question leaving my child in the care of someone who is proud of never having brought their kid in for a check up. Not my kind of common sense.

I gather there is a big push to re-vaccinate adults in contact with infants in CA for pertussis.

When I started teaching, my doc re-vaccinated me for it. Hanging out with germy kids all day long and everything.

flea, because even if you've gotten your vaccines, you may not have had enough reaction to fight off the disease. Not everyone responds perfectly to all vaccinations--it's one of the things they do in the initial clinical trials, take blood samples after injections to see how people respond, to decide dosages.

What meara said, and also I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to remain civil to the other parents for more than about 5 minutes once the subject came up. So it wouldn't be much of a playdate anyway. (There's also the fact that committed anti-vaxxers tend to believe in a lot of other pseudoscientific crap that I wouldn't want my kids exposed to.)

a link between vaccinations and autism was not only thoroughly discredited

Agreed. I just did the natural "wtf-could-I-have-prevented-this" guilt thing for awhile since Reed's symptoms began skyrocketing when I was pregnant with Sarah. I recall even wondering if my daily consumption of grapefruit while pregnant was the culprit. Thankfully, I am over all that mommy guilt now.

Weekend plans? Fondue party tonight with some close friends which I desperately need. Typical stuff otherwise. Laundry, cleaning house, groceries.

There's also the fact that committed anti-vaxxers tend to believe in a lot of other pseudoscientific crap that I wouldn't want my kids exposed to.

Yeah, I have to admit my eyebrows went up, not just at the lack of vaccinations, but at the implication the child had never had an ear infection or a fever or any kind of accident or illness requiring medical attention. Maybe just lucky? Or maybe the parents are using a whole bunch of woo to treat their children.

Yay, I love fondue parties! And good for you for getting out with folks who can support you.

This weekend we are traveling up to SLO for the MiL's 70th birthday. There is some drama involved, as we usually stay with the SiL whichis awesome as rhey have horses and donkeys and we all get along like gangbusters. The OTHER Sister stays at a hotel with her husband, which is because, unbeknownst to her, Bro--in-Law can't stand the Other Sister's husband, but she thinks it's because we are taking advantage. So, we are staying in a hotel and they are staying in the house. Other Sister herself is a lovely person, so we are all sucking it up because she is beloved, even if she married a deeply annoying blowhard.

I was really nervous about travelling in October without an up to date TDAP (DTAP? pertussis tetanus diptheria, in whatever order the acronym is) but my doctor's office wasn't vaccinating pregnant women unless we were going to the West Coast. You can be damn sure I'm getting that shot as soon as this baby's born, though. Before I leave the hospital if possible.