How do you feel about vaccinations?

[mlc1982]

How important is it to you that all children are vaccinated before they start in your dayhome?

[playfelt]

I leave it up to the family and their doctor to determine the sequence and timing. I have not yet had to deal with anyone that was adamently against vaccination but if I did I would make it very clear on their contract that if for any reason there was even a hint of an outbreak in the city of a disease they were not immunized from that they would be excluded from care but that fees would still be due since it was the parent's choice to take the risk not mine. I am thinking here of things like measles and whooping cough. The same would apply to a child that had special needs and was not allowed immunizations such as an egg allergy. The same potential exclusion would apply at my discretion.

[Judy Trickett]

My own kids are not vaccinated. I don't really care if the kids in care are vaccinated or not. It's NOT my business and it has absolutely NO impact on my daycare. It wouldn't matter if a child was vaccinated or not - if a "serious" (and I use that term lightly) illness were to crop up I would have informed all parents anyway.

Lots of the kids I have in care are NOT vaccinated and to be honest, this is the healthiest bunch of kids I have EVER had.

[mammamia]

My own kids are not vaccinated. I don't really care if the kids in care are vaccinated or not. It's NOT my business and it has absolutely NO impact on my daycare. It wouldn't matter if a child was vaccinated or not - if a "serious" (and I use that term lightly) illness were to crop up I would have informed all parents anyway.

Lots of the kids I have in care are NOT vaccinated and to be honest, this is the healthiest bunch of kids I have EVER had.

Judy, I know exactly what you mean. I also do not vax my kids. I have 1 other dck that is unvax'd as well, whom has only ever missed ONE day for being ill in the 2yrs he's been in my care. ALL my vaccinated kids I've had have had multiple days off due to illness, on meds constantly, alwasy "sick" with something...so I am with you, if I could have ALL unvaccinated kids in my care I'd be in heaven-and richer as they wouldn't be taking so many days off! lol

[giraffe]

it doesnt matter to me if the children are vaccinated either. But i do like to know either way. for example, In the case of the chicken pox vaccine if it is going around our local playgroup I can then warn the parents.

[fruitloop]

It doesn't matter to me if they're vaccinated or not. My kids are only vaccinated for certain things. Vaccinations aren't 100% anyway.