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I have very strong feelings about a parents right to choose what is the best health choices for their children. I have three kids. I did some vaccinations on my first child, only because it was a constant fight with the father. He got incredibly sick with whooping cough and  it took about eight months for him to recover. Scary sick. I stopped all vaccines after that. My next two had no vaccines. They also never took an antibiotic. They chose to be vaccinated for some things when they started traveling overseas. They continue to be two of the most healthy people that I know. I also choose not to vaccinate the animals in my care. 

This is a conscious educated decision. 

The other part of this decision is responsibility. When my children were sick, I didn't send them to school. I didn't go out in public with them. I also have a great deal of alternative health care knowledge. 

I take full responsibility for the health of my animals. If something happens, I am willing to accept the consequences of my choices. The fact is though,  my animals stay healthy. My kids are healthy.

vaccinate or don't. But make an informed educated choice, accept responsibility for the choice and don't let anyone bully you into a choice that you don't feel comfortable with, in either direction.

Allergies take a lot detective work and diligent label reading and hard work to nail down.  And skin prick tests aren't 100%.  Some things won't show via skin prick (usually "gut" allergies).  That's what my daughter has.  But I think rather than trying a bunch of things on your own, you might save yourself a lot of wasted effort if you talk to a Doctor first.

Hessian said
I would have skipped so many vaccines if I was not on the road.

My recently born boy had no choice but be vaccinated when born at the hospital.

Five months later he still has this nasty lump / with a hard brown top on his shoulder that does not look healthy but the Docs say it is perfectly normal. Apparently everyone who has had the shot has that scar on their shoulder area.

Yes, I have that scar.  Surprisingly, I don't think my kids have had that vaccine (or it's changed).