US EditionDear Abby: Expectant Mom Wants to Ensure Her Newborn Will Be Safe
The mother plans to enforce vaccines including Tdap, flu, COVID-19, and RSV to protect her newborn amid family resistance to vaccination.
- Expectant mother due in five months decided to follow her doctor's guidance on visitor vaccinations during the newborn's first three months.
- Some relatives are resisting the plan, preferring testing or masks over vaccines despite past boundary-setting disputes.
- Doctor recommended visitors be up to date on Tdap, flu, COVID and RSV for age 60-plus and noted younger children like her 3-year-old niece would struggle to comply.
- She says she is already stressed and resentful and will keep relatives at a distance for the first three months if they refuse to comply.
- Column-first: Dear Abby advised readers to follow their doctor's medical advice to protect newborns, as published in the widely syndicated 'EXPECTING' column.
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Dear Abby: Our family is hesitant to get shots that could keep our newborn safe
DEAR ABBY: I am having a baby in five months. My doctor is recommending that anyone who visits the baby in the first three months be up to date on vaccines (Tdap, flu, COVID and RSV, if age 60-plus). We have decided to follow our doctor’s recommendations. Some of my family members are resistant to getting these vaccines and want us to consider other options, like testing and wearing a mask, which is not as safe. Also, it would be hard for younge…
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Dear Abby: Mom wants to ensure her newborn will be safe, but her relatives aren’t onboard
DEAR ABBY: I am having a baby in five months. My doctor is recommending that anyone who visits the baby in the first three months be up to date on vaccines (Tdap, flu, COVID and RSV, if age 60-plus). We have decided to follow our doctor’s recommendations.
Dear Abby: I’m resentful that my family opposes the rules about my baby
DEAR ABBY: I am having a baby in five months. My doctor is recommending that anyone who visits the baby in the first three months be up to date on vaccines (Tdap, flu, COVID and, for age 60-plus, RSV). We have decided to follow our doctor’s recommendations. Related Articles Dear Abby: I wet my pants because of my thoughtless sister-in-law. Was I wrong to be angry? Dear Abby: If I give my child a French name, must I…
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Dear Abby: Expectant mom wants to ensure her newborn will be safe
My doctor is recommending that anyone who visits the baby in the first three months be up to date on vaccines.
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