Posted on 02/23/2026 8:50:11 PM PST by DoodleBob
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 younger kids to do — my niece is 3. Abby, we vaccinated our young children (3 and 5) at the time when our niece was born, as part of what my sister requested.
I am already stressed about this situation and do not want to talk it to death with my family, and I have grown resentful because of it. In the past, I have set boundaries with my family, and most of them have not been understood or received well. Can you offer me some guidance? — EXPECTING IN WASHINGTON
DEAR EXPECTING: I am happy to try. When your baby arrives, the responsibility for its welfare will rest mostly on you, the mother. Follow your doctor’s medical advice to protect your child. If family members don’t want to respect your wishes and do what they must to avoid endangering your baby (as you did for them), realize you can’t change their minds, and keep your distance for the first three months.
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Yeah, imagine what he could accomplish with the support of so-called Republicans. They are feckless and happy to block advances for Americans. Be well!
....................... “ Everybody’s different; genes are interesting things, and we share the same genes through our moms. Our moms all lived into their 90s. “
Interesting. My mother died at 89, same age I am today. But she had Korsakov’s Syndrome, which means that her brain was fried on alcohol. My MD says I’ll live to be 100. Going for it with organic everythng, no saturated fats, only a rare glass of chardonnay, months between glasses. Weigh 112.
Need more exercise though. I think that’s the key to longevity..
“Need more exercise though. I think that’s the key to longevity.”
Mom NEVER exercised. Diet was same as when a farm girl — meat, potatoes, desserts after every meal, snacks/sweets etc.
OTOH, her sister, who was a year younger was sanctimoniously and annoyingly rigid about exercise and eating healthy. She died five years before Mom.
Both were preachers wives; no alcohol as passed their lips ... ever.
Mom had a lot of interests and was a political wonk. She always wanted to learn new stuff. She accompanied the school choirs on piano (difficult music) until she was 90, and still played for church when she was 99.
Her sister’s only interest was reading, and she derided people who discussed politics.
Their sister, also a preacher’s wife, was two years younger than Mom, and lived life similar to Mom. She had brain cancer when she was 80 and died that way.
It’s a crap shoot, right?
Yes indeed, a crap shoot.
But I’m loading the dice every way I can. Just saw report of woman who lived to be 107. As I recall, she wasn’t a health nut either.
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