My kids always get the flu shot. This past year 2 of them still got the flu and 1 didn't. My husband and I didn't get the shot. I got the flu; he didn't. Last year they said the shot protected against the wrong strain since the flu shot is just a guessing game, but my kids will still continue to get it. This is the first year any of them got the flu.

I'm pro vaxx but I never got the flu shot for my son either. I got mine but my DH refuses bc he got really sick from it years ago.

Thank you Kmacc I'm lazy today. I ♡ u!

Me and my two kids got it this past year and we still got the flu. They said it wasn't effective aginst this year's strain. So I don't believe we will be getting the flu shots anymore. Jmo

I refuse the flu shot. They can push it on me as much as they want but no! Every time someone I know gets the shot they get the flu then end up in the hospital. Every time I've had the flu I got over it in a week and don't end up in the hospital.

We vaccinate, but don't so the flu shot. Most of the time the shot doesn't even protect against the strain of flu that's going around.

Why is it not necessary Kmacc?

My husband and I argue about this, I don't believe they are necessary.

I've never had one and the first time I've had a flu was last year, he gave it to me. Typically I only get sick once a year.

My husband gets the shot every year and he's sick all the time.

Not perfect logic but it doesn't make me feel better about giving my baby a shot that may not help prevent anything.

I have been getting it every year since I had my son. He is 5 now. He has sickle cell disease and no spleen so we do not want to be sick around him. He can catch it easily.

No one in my family gets the flu shot, including my children. I get grief from my pediatrician every year, but it's a decision my husband and I stick to. If you don't want the shot, don't get it.

How exactly does the flu shot lower the immune system? Oo

Getting a flu shot lowers the your natural immune system for up to 6 month's before it goes back to normal. So then you have a sick child all time getting every cold out there.

My older son is in school and has reactive airway disease that is triggered when he gets sick, so we get the flu shot for him, but always make sure to get him the mercury free shot. I don't plan on getting the shot for our baby, though.

My pedi was the same way we tried it once and never again she reacted horribly to it.

No. And my pedi is the same way. Convinced my husband somehow, and then I gave in with my 3 year old. I said ABSOLUTELY NOT about my 6 months old. I wouldn't get it again. No negative side effects from it honestly, but I've heard way too many negative about the flu shot. It's the only vaccine we don't do. I've never had one in my life.