1. Starting Solids With Your 6 Month Old

This comprehensive guide to starting solids with your baby is a result of my endless research. If you’re wondering what age to start feeding solids, how much food to feed, what foods you can safely make at home, how to store homemade baby food, or anything else about baby food, this post is for you!

2. How to Get Baby To Sleep Through the Night

Getting baby to sleep through the night (8+ hours straight) is the ultimate holy grail of parenting. This post includes 6 strategies for getting your baby to sleep longer at night, but it works best the earlier you start. It can get much harder to sleep train baby after they are 6 months old.

My newest baby, Theo. All three of my children slept through the night around 2.5 months old.

3. Advice For New Parents

I love this post, it reminds me of the piece I did on the most important lesson in parenting. It’s an opinionated piece on what I think your husband or partner’s role should be in caring for a newborn. It’s a great article to share with new parents in your life!

4. Why You Should Vaccinate Your Kids

Another topic I did endless amounts of research, my post on vaccinating your children. Uninformed and misinformed parents are at large these days, making decisions for their children that truly impact public health and safety. Read this post with citations and facts to help you make decisions about immunizations for your children.

5. Things to Include in Your Birth Plan

As one of my most popular posts of all time, it is evident parents have loved my advice for what to include in a birth plan. Some suggestions may include information you have never heard before, so definitely give it a read. Do not be afraid to make an informed decision that goes against what the “norm” is for giving birth.

That whole first year of babyhood can be a rollercoaster trying to navigate the new experiences, big decisions, and growing milestones of your child. I know, I am experiencing it for the third time right now with Theo. Let me know what you think is one of the most important subjects when it comes to raising a baby; I would love to know what you think. I’m sure to be writing some more baby advice posts in the future.

These three babies have given me a lot to talk about!

Thanks for reading!

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So if you are like me, you have all these bags of breast milk floating in a certain corner of your freezer. Whenever it is time to give the baby a bottle, you search for the oldest date written on the bags in order to cycle the frozen supply (you should not feed breastmilk from a fridge freezer that was pumped more than 3 months ago).

To organize these bags in an easy to access manner, grab a simple gift bag.

Then, cut a slit at the bottom with scissors.

Stack your breastmilk bags in the gift bag starting with the oldest at the bottom, its tag coming out of the slit.

When you pump new milk, freeze the breastmilk bag flat, then add it into the top of the gift bag. When accessing the supply for feedings, grab your breastmilk bag from the bottom slit.

It works so easy! No more digging around that packed freezer!

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Do not forget to check below for other great reads I’ve written on breastfeeding! Big thank you to the commenter who shared this genius idea on Facebook. I have enjoyed utilizing this method for breastmilk storage in my home and I know you will, too.

Stop back next week when I share an opinionated article on what it is like to be a young mother. You will not want to miss it!

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Losing baby weight is different for everyone; of course considerations like body type, metabolism, and age come into play when trying to lose weight. I am a young mother with a high metabolism which has probably helped me with losing baby weight more than any of these tips combined. But regardless, I figured I would share some tips and suggestions for how I go about losing baby weight healthfully and fast after pregnancy.

Breastfeed

I have to attribute the majority of my weight loss to breastfeeding. Breastfeeding does wonders for shrinking your stomach and losing weight since you often have to tap into your body’s fat reserves in order to provide for your baby. Women who breastfeed their babies usually have an easier time losing baby weight.

Portion Control

When I was in third trimester pregnancy, I could eat all day. I was always hungry and ate very large portions at each meal. After baby arrived, I found myself continuing to eat a LOT at each meal because it was what I was used to, not because I was hungry for all of it. So I started taking smaller portions on my plate at each meal and eliminating snacks at night. Obviously you need to still get enough to eat and have balanced nutrition–especially if you are breastfeeding–but you probably don’t need to eat like you did when you were 9 months pregnant.

To encourage smaller portion sizes, dish up your meal on a smaller plate.

Exercise

Good old fashioned exercise is an excellent tool for losing baby weight. I don’t work out, but I do work outside. After baby was born, I took the first opportunity I could to pitch in mowing the lawn, digging in my gardens, and preparing for our new shed. As you read when I wrote about postpartum healing, you do have to take it easy exercising during the first six weeks after giving birth. I basically tried to do as much as I could before getting fatigued.

The Mommy Pooch

Getting rid of that flabby mommy pooch is usually the last thing to lose. Mine still isn’t completely gone, but typically I engage in regular exercises like crunches and yoga to flatten my stomach after postpartum healing is over. BE CAREFUL that you are giving your body time to heal before trying to flatten your stomach. You could have a condition caused by pregnancy called diastasis recti which makes your mom pooch particularly difficult to get rid of and causes normal stomach exercises like crunches to actually make the pooch worse. Learn about diastasis recti in this helpful article.

Losing Baby Weight

Losing baby weight can be difficult, oftentimes you meet moms who complain about never getting their body back after having a baby. While it is true you will never look the same, it IS important you get your body back to a place that is healthy and that you are proud of. I hope these tips help you in losing baby weight after your pregnancy! Let me know if you have any other methods or advice to share!

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I didn’t know what postpartum healing would look like with my first baby because it isn’t something people usually talk about. Most ask the mom, “How are you feeling?” after baby is born, but they don’t necessarily want to hear the details of your inflamed privates. To me, the first week was the hardest. Not only are you adjusting to life with a new baby, but your body is still in a lot of pain. Here’s some physical discomforts you will likely battle the weeks after giving vaginal birth:

Engorgement

Your breast milk will come in around Day 3 or 4 after birth and for the next several days you will be extremely uncomfortable. Some people don’t get too engorged, but others have a supply which causes their breast size to swell from about an A cup to a DD. Your boobs will ache and you will probably get stretch marks there. The ways to combat engorgement are similar to the ways to decrease your milk supply when weaning. Be sure not to pump all your milk out like I did with my first born. Then your engorgement can last even longer!

Sore/Cracked Nipples

By Day 2 after birth, your nipples will start to be very sore if breastfeeding. It will get worse to the point you wince every time your baby latches. This will go away, usually by the end of Week 2, but in the mean time you can rub breast milk on your nipples after every feeding to help them heal. Some women use lanolin cream but I’ve found breast milk to work just as well (plus it’s free!).

Infections

It is very common to get urinary tract infections and vaginal infections after giving birth. Ways to prevent this include soaking your bum in the bath 4-6 times a day, using a squeeze bottle to squirt your privates with water immediately after peeing, and changing your pad often. You can also get infections in your breasts like mastitis from incorrect latch or other breastfeeding practices. To prevent mastitis, consult a lactation consultant early on when baby is learning to breast feed and be sure to always let your breasts leak milk when they need to.

Blood loss

You will continue bleeding for sure through the whole first week after giving birth. You will go through a lot of pads. Often you will bleed when you poop as well, sometimes experiencing hemorrhoids. To avoid this, be sure you eat lots of fiber and drink 3 times the normal amount of water!

Contractions

You might think contractions only happen in labor, but they actually continue on until your uterus is back to its normal size, sometimes for more than a week after birth. The first week you will experience contractions each time baby breastfeeds and sometimes when doing mild exercise. Contractions usually are not that painful with your first child but become more painful with each birth. My postpartum contractions with my third baby were very painful and some were as difficult as labor pains to get through.

Leaking everywhere

Your breasts will leak milk a lot as your body tries to regulate the right amount of supply. Your urethra will leak pee often because it is weakened after giving birth. Your vagina will leak all kinds of you don’t want to know what. You’ll be leaking everywhere so expect to do lots of laundry.

Depression

Usually signs of postpartum depression start to become evident between weeks 2-4. If you feel resentment towards your baby, anger about your birth experience, or just so much fatigue and stress that you can’t get out of bed, you need to reach out for help. If you experience postpartum depression, it does not mean you are a bad mom and you should not feel guilty. It is okay, you should tell someone how you feel. As I learned from sharing Theo’s birth story, just talking through hard feelings makes you feel so much better. If you seek help from family, friends, and professionals, it will pass.

This list makes postpartum healing seem like it is a feat to conquer. But what you can’t categorize or prepare for is the incredible rush of endorphins every time you hold your baby, smell their sweet newborn scent, and gaze into their little eyes. The emotional high you feel after giving birth does subside, but while it’s around, those endorphins are wonderful for helping a new mom get past physical discomforts and enjoy their baby.

Postpartum healing can sometimes feel complete after 4 weeks and sometimes feel far from completion even at 6 weeks after birth. Everyone is different. It’s important to give your body time to feel back to normal and your emotions to adjust to a new normal with the baby around. I hope this list helped prepare you for what is to come if you are expecting your first child. Please share with anyone you think could benefit from this bit of knowledge!

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Weaning Baby Gradually

Some things in parenting are better done cold turkey, like potty training. Others are better done gradually, like weaning. Weaning done gradually will benefit you because your milk supply will taper off instead of cause you pain from engorgement. Weaning gradually will benefit baby because they will not feel a sudden lack of physical connection to mom. I think it’s most important to wean your baby from breastfeeding at night. A lot of times the reason moms can’t wean breastfeeding babies is because that child is still using the breast as a vehicle to sooth themselves to sleep. Their moms say baby is completely weaned except for one feeding before bed. This feeding should not be the last to go, it should be the first.

After removing night feedings, start offering milk (whatever you choose to give them, most pediatricians suggest whole milk) in a cup or sippy at meal times. This will get your baby accustom to the taste before you start replacing feedings.

Tip: Offer breastmilk in a sippy so your baby gets used to drinking from a cup before transitioning to milk. Then, you can even mix breastmilk with milk to gradually get baby accustom to the new taste.

The last step in this gradual plan is to increase food offerings and start removing feedings. However often your baby would nurse is now how often they should eat. Most children need something every 3 hours, so plan consistent meal times and snacks, offering milk in a cup at every one. I would say you could replace feedings with snacks/meals at a rate of one per two weeks to be nice and gradual.

How to Dry Up Your Supply

For some moms, their supply is abundant and can cause problems when they try to wean. Weaning gradually will help your body regulate, but there are some other things you can do to help your milk dry up. Remember that breastfeeding is all about supply and demand: if you need more, nurse more, if you need less, nurse less. DO NOT pump out your milk because you are engorged. Instead, combat engorgement with a few of these suggestions:

• Take a hot shower
• Cuddle your baby skin to skin
• Massage your breasts

These actions will initiate milk letdown and relieve pressure/pain you feel from engorgement without turning the faucet on full force.

A few natural remedies that help your body dry up milk supply:

• Sage tea (according to wikihow, “Sage contains a natural estrogen that is reputed to dry up your milk supply.”)
• Cabbage (applying cabbage leaves to your breasts reduces swelling as the natural enzymes in cabbage decrease tissue congestion by dilating local capillaries (small blood vessels) improving the blood flow in the area)
• Herbs like red sage, periwinkle, garden mint, and herb robert (according to breastfeeding-problems.com).

If you are feeling swollen and sore but don’t like the letdown heat gives you, cold packs help relieve discomfort and reduce swelling as well. It’s up to you if you prefer cold or hot. I found applying cold cabbage leaves to my breast to be the most helpful in weaning discomfort.

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Give Extra Attention

Be sure to give extra attention to both baby and yourself during the weaning process. Baby will have a hard time losing out on that skin to skin cuddle time with mom. They will need physical reassurance in the form of cuddles and lots of hugs.

Also give extra attention to yourself during this time. It is normal for moms to become a little depressed and feel inadequate during weaning. For some, it may feel liberating, but for others, it may feel like you no longer serve as important of a purpose in your baby’s life.

Weaning should give you a chance to refocus on yourself and remind yourself you are more than a milk machine.

I like to do something special like schedule a massage or pedicure, get my hair done, or shop for flattering clothes. These things I don’t do for myself often and they help me feel like I am reclaiming my body.

The process of weaning baby from breastfeeding can be difficult on you and your child. The most important thing you can do is take it slowly. Most women’s supply dries up in about 2 months, but it is normal for women to sometimes take up to two years for their breasts to completely stop producing milk. If you have any thoughts or questions about weaning your baby, please leave a comment below!

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For Baby:

• Onesies–the ones provided at the hospital are often HUGE-like meant for a 6 month old. I bring clothes for a boy or a girl.

• 1 going home outfit–the rest of the time the baby will likely be swaddled or nursing so won’t need many clothes. I’m a sucker for the little sister/little brother outfits.

It’s great to have shirts with the built-in mittens because newborns have incredibly sharp nails they often scratch themselves with. Otherwise, just put socks on your baby’s fists.

Find more advice about baby clothes in this article. I packaged each gender’s outfits in plastic bags and I’ll pull out one or the other when we finally know the gender.

• Pacifier–I didn’t use this with either of my children because I didn’t want to initiate nipple confusion. However, our neighbor in the next room when we had Lily had a colicky baby who cried night and day. If I am so unfortunate, I want one of these along.
• Swaddling blankets
• Warm blanket for car seat–Remember those fleece covers that attach to your car seat are not legal because they didn’t come with your car seat manufacturer and were not tested for safety. A warm blanket for on top of baby is a better choice.

For Breastfeeding:

• Lanolin nipple cream–Apply this before the baby comes for a couple weeks to help prevent cracked nipples.
• Boppy–This also functions as my pillow. I LOVE Boppy pillows!
• Hooter hider–I probably won’t use this, but sometimes you have guests who are awkward about you breastfeeding in front of them.
• Hot/cold breast pads–These are heated packs to help me with milk let-down when I begin a feeding.
• Leak pads

• Nursing bra
• Paperclip–for attaching to my bra to keep track of which side I fed from last. You want to alternate and keep things even, but it is hard to remember when you’re functioning on a couple hours sleep. Learn more breastfeeding tips here!

In case breastfeeding goes poorly:

• Hand pump
• Compression bottle–These bottles are meant to mimic breastfeeding.
• Nipple shield–The hospital supplies these if you need one, too.

For me:

• Boy short underwear–the underwear they give you are so odd fitting and weird. They work fine, though, if you don’t have any large boy shorts you don’t mind getting bloody.
• No skid socks–It is hard enough to walk after labor, let alone on hospital slippery floors. If you don’t have any no skid socks, just add little dots of hot glue to the bottom of a normal pair of socks.
• Robe
• Sports bra–Sometimes I found this more comfortable than a nursing bra.

• Electric heating pad–For back pain and discomfort.
• 1 going home outfit
• Hair products
• Shampoo/conditioner–They provide this if you’re not particular about your hair.
• Shaver–It is recommended you take 4-6 baths during the day after birth, and I remember wishing I had a shaver a couple times, although it seems silly.
• Straightener–I like to straighten my hair/do my makeup at at least one point during my hospital stay to help myself feel more normal & look less bloated.
• Make-up
• Head bands/hair ties/bobby pins
• Vaseline–This is something I will make sure to have. Those deep breaths you have to take during labor made my lips so chapped they peeled and turned white.

Other:

• Cell phone
• Charger
• Camera
• Purse
• Book
• Laptop
• Pregnancy binder
• Useful info
• Drinks and snacks–Our hospital does have a snack cart, but it doesn’t come around as often as it should.

As you can see, most of my hospital bag packing list is for breastfeeding. When I had Lily, we successfully breastfed without any pads, packs, shields, or tools (I didn’t even own a pump!). However, at first it takes a lot of patience and it’s nice to have things that help. If you are not planning to breastfeed, a lot of this list won’t pertain to you. Basically, all you really NEED to provide for your baby is your body. The hospital gives you and baby clothing, diapers, wipes, everything you NEED, so don’t worry. This list is just niceties I like to have along so I don’t have to send my husband home to fetch stuff for me.

I hope reading my hospital bag packing list helped you figure out what you need to include in yours. Be sure to check out my other posts about preparing for a new baby:

Breastfeeding
What to Include in Your Birth Plan
Tips for Buying Baby Clothes
Registries
Postpartum Care
Sleep Training Your Infant

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Isn’t he precious!?

Of course I’ve been launched into baby fever again. So today I figured I’d share more advice for newly expecting parents, particularly moms. Here’s some of my advice for breastfeeding.

You already know that I don’t judge if you choose to breastfeed or formula feed, each situation is different. But a lot of moms WANT to breastfeed and fail. Sometimes they fail because it is a medical issue, sometimes it is a time commitment, sometimes it is improper technique that causes larger problems. Did you know that 77% of US babies are exclusively breastfed at birth, but only 38% are exclusively breastfed just three months later? I’m hoping my advice will encourage moms not to give up and help moms get off to the right start so they can successfully breastfeed their babies as long as they want to. I struggled with breastfeeding my first born and then had wild success with my second in part because I learned these tips.

1. Educate

Educate yourself about breastfeeding as much as you can before having a baby. I was so naive when I had my first kid. I felt breastfeeding would come naturally to me, it wouldn’t be a problem. But it was a big problem. My daughter didn’t latch well and I was stubborn when the nurses in the hospital tried to correct the latch. Then came the cracked and sore nipples. Then my child developed jaundice (partially due to not breastfeeding enough) and she was so sleepy she never wanted to nurse. Before I knew it, I was up all night crying, trying to force my newborn to nurse on my painful breasts, and blaming myself for her BiliBed. It is really important to understand HOW to breastfeed your baby so they suck in enough milk and don’t make your nipples hurt.

2. Latch on

The moment your baby is born, you’ll hopefully have some immediate skin to skin contact.  You will be encouraged to try breast feeding for the first time and let me tell you, this is important. The first time breastfeeding is a REALLY important time. Your newborn has practiced sucking and naturally understands most of what to do. But they have never connected with your breast before, and the latch, their first latch, is the one that they will mimic over and over. This is why my advice would be to unlatch your newborn repeatedly until you get a perfect latch. It’s okay if it takes you seven times, that newborn will be hungry after going through labor. I can tell you it’s easier for your baby to continue trying to latch the first time than it is on day 3 when you realize the latch is wrong and needs correction. Day 3 baby will give up and cry and wail and get frustrated after being unlatched seven times. This is what a correct latch looks like:

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Read about proper latch and positioning here. The most important thing I would say is that both of baby’s lips are out and not tucked in. You also want their suck to be strong enough it moves baby’s ear as they gulp.

3. Seek Help

Most hospitals will have a lactation consultant visit you during your hospital stay to facilitate breastfeeding. Unfortunately, sometimes it is not until day 2 and some bad habits could have already formed. By my daughter’s 2nd day alive she was already pretty jaundice and only willing to eat every 4-5 hours (not good). The sooner you have a professional checking on your breastfeeding technique, the better. We are talking about preventing problems that could arise months from when you leave the hospital. Talk with the lactation consultant about how to deal with engorgement (DO NOT PUMP IT ALL OUT LIKE I DID), talk about how to increase your supply when need be, talk about how to prevent mastitis. The more you know, the more you’ll be able to overcome hurdles that hit you when trying to successfully breastfeed your child.

4. Always feed from both breasts

Each feeding you want your infant to suck from both of your breasts. Read this from breastmilkcounts.com:

“Your milk changes as your baby feeds. When your baby first begins a nursing session, he gets foremilk. Foremilk is lower in fat and higher in lactose, a milk sugar that is important for development. The foremilk quenches your baby’s thirst. As the feeding progresses, your milk transitions to hindmilk. Hindmilk is higher in fat, so it helps your baby feel full longer. During a feeding, it’s important not to switch breasts until your baby has had a chance to get the hindmilk from the first breast.”

I read this and assumed it meant I should not unlatch my baby off the breast until baby decided to. What inevitably happened is that my baby ate off just one breast until they were full because I had enough supply. Then one of my boobs hurt so bad until the next feeding and I had a lopsided chest. With my second baby, I learned to unlatch after a certain time and latch them onto the other breast. I usually give baby about 10-15 minutes per breast when they are just born. If you unlatch and then they seem disinterested in latching to the other one, try again in ten minutes. Make a note that next time you should shorten the length of time you let them feed on the first breast. Your boobs might not be empty, but pretty soon your supply will even out to what the baby eats. If you don’t start this routine from the beginning and you let your baby suck on one breast until they are full and content, unlatching will start signaling to them they are done feeding. Oh and another thing – be sure to alternate which breast you start the feeding on each time. I use a paper clip on my bra strap so I can remember.

That’s all for now. What are some of your favorite tips for successful breastfeeding? How did breastfeeding go for you? Did you breastfeed your baby as long as you wanted to or were there obstacles in your way? I’d love to hear from you!

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Recently, my husband and I revisited the topic of vaccinating our children with the CDC’s recommended immunization schedule. It was sparked by a documentary I watched by Jeff Hays entitled, “Bought.” It is a really compelling argument against vaccinations. It pretends to be objective, but it doesn’t present one positive thing about getting your child vaccinated, so I would say it is not. After watching the film, it initiated a lot of questions and doubts in my mind. I’ve always been on the fence about vaccinating my kids, mostly because a few of my close family members are “anti-vaxxers” and I believe them to be trustworthy, smart people. My husband, on the other hand, has always been in favor of getting our children vaccinated. Just before my daughter Lily was born three years ago, I began my research into immunizations.

I felt frightened when I would hear that VAERS and theFederal Department of Health and Human Services are incompetent at helping or funding families who have had a documented adverse reaction to a vaccine. Or when I read about the Merck company falsifying the efficacy of their mumps vaccine in clinical trials. What I am searching for is evidence based care for my kids, the same as when I wrote up my birth plan. I want research backed results to help me conclude the best decision for my children. And guess what? After all this time I’ve spent carefully crossing my t’s and dotting my i’s, I’ve come to the same conclusion the CDC has. It is safe and effective and necessary to vaccinate your children on the recommended immunization schedule. Since I don’t pretend to be an expert on the facts, I want to compile a list of reasons to vaccinate using reputable sources and people who ARE experts in the realm of immunizations.

1. The Likelihood Your Child Will Contract A Preventable Illness Is Much Greater Than The Likelihood They Will Experience An Adverse Reaction To Vaccinations.

On the other hand, the overall incidence rate of severe allergic reaction to vaccines is usually placed around one case for every one or two million injections. So, your chances of contracting a preventable disease are significantly higher than complications from a vaccination. I think most take for granted how few people die from measles, mumps, diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, and all those illnesses that used to be common.

2. Baby’s Immune System CAN Handle MORE Than the Current Vaccination Schedule

I found this information from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia interesting,“Children are exposed to fewer immunologic components (like proteins and sugars [polysaccharides]) in vaccines today than in the past. The table below summarizes the number of proteins and polysaccharides contained in routinely recommended vaccines administered over the past 100 years (click for the table). Although we now give children more vaccines, the actual number of immunologic components in vaccines has declined.”

Publichealth.org says, “Based on the number of antibodies present in the blood, a baby would theoretically have the ability to respond to around 10,000 vaccines at one time. Even if all 14 scheduled vaccines were given at once, it would only use up slightly more than 0.1% of a baby’s immune capacity.”

3. Herd Immunity Is Everything – Especially For The Flu Vaccine

Dr. Walt Orenstein, professor at Emory University and former director of the CDC’s National Immunization Program from 1988-2004, explains it best here:

“There is evidence that influenza vaccination can induce herd immunity, or community protection. What does that mean? It turns out that mathematical modelers can estimate the actual number of transmissions an infectious person with influenza could transmit to if all they came in contact with were susceptible people. Influenza, most estimates, are one and a half to two people. What this means is if I have influenza, and all I come into contact with are susceptible people, I will, on average, transmit to two people, who will in turn each transmit to two people, etc.If we reach an immunity level of 50% in our population, then of my two contacts, one is likely to be immune, and one susceptible. Thus, I would transmit to one person, and instead of growing transmission, it would be flat. If the immunity level goes above 50%, on average, I will transmit to less than one person and transmission will then die out. Since influenza vaccine on average is about 60% effective, and if the herd immunity threshold is 50%, then if we can achieve about an 83-84% vaccine coverage level in most seasons, we can essentially stop influenza transmission. Thus, for influenza, for those of us who are vaccinated, it is particularly important that we advocate with people we come in contact with that they also be vaccinated, since in most influenza seasons, those of us who are vaccinated would have a 40% chance of being vaccinated. Thus, herd immunity, or community protection, is very important to minimize the impact of influenza-caused disease.”

This explanation helped me to understand why getting a flu vaccine has a purpose for everyone, not just those susceptible to complications from the flu (very young & very old).

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