Probably the smartest thing you ever did, IMO.
Just common sense
There is at least one additional factor I believe every parent, or prospective parent, should consider and that’s the possibility that a Vitamin D3 deficiency could be the underlying cause that triggers an adverse immune response when given a vaccination.
Dr. John Cannell published a paper several years ago in which he explained his reasoning behind his theory that a widespread deficiency of vitamin D3 (commonly referred to as the sunshine vitamin, since that’s where we get most of our D3) could be causing the rising incidence of autism spectrum cases.
In the late 1980’s pediatricians decided to promulgate the advice that pregnant mothers should practice sun avoidance, and that they should also see that their young children weren’t over-exposed to the sun. The result has been a steady increase in the sun blocking feature of sunscreens.
Because pregnant women are generally very attentive to their doctor’s advice, this advice was widely followed. Dr. Cannell explains that the result was a significant increase in vitamin D3 deficiency in both pregnant women and in their babies, and that this led to significant increases in autism spectrum cases. He even has cases where supplementing vitamin D3 directly has reversed autism behavior, but only in some cases. I believe he said about 25% of the cases he’s dealt with have seen a significant reversal in symptoms and 25% didn’t respond, while about half saw some improvement but not a near reversal. To my knowledge he hasn’t done a paper on those results, so they’re strictly anecdotal.
My main point in relating this: If you have a young child, or are pregnant, or are thinking of becoming pregnant, spend some time reading up on Vitamin D3 as well as on spacing out vaccines.
For the record, unless autism clearly runs in the family, vaccine avoidance is probably a mistake for a lot of reasons, in my opinion. I’m not trying to make an anti-vaccination case here, just informing people on one more thing to consider. Below is a link to Dr. Cannell’s article:
http://www.direct-ms.org/pdf/VitDNonAuto/Cannell%20Autism%20Vit%20D.pdf