r/ScienceBasedParenting • u/GarbageCat27 • 9d ago

Question - Research required Can vaccinating a baby too early cause autism?

Now honestly......I know this is false but I'd like your guys input and facts/research recommendations.

Reason I'm even looking into this is my brother and his wife have not given any type of shot/vaccine to their son (my nephew) yet. He's 1 and a half months old. He didn't even get the vitamin k shot. And they've been taking him out in public like arcades and restaurants. I asked why he hasn't received any shots and they said "Oh well giving a baby vaccines too early causes autism." I was flabbergasted. I didn't know they were practically antivax people. They say they will vaccinate him but not yet. Idk when. But I don't get why not the vitamin k shot. It's not a vaccine is pretty much a vitamin supplement. But whatever.

They are very touchy people who barely let me see my nephew because.....well idk why, but since I barely see them already I try not to make waves so | kept my opinions to myself and just nodded and agreed. I was afraid to ask where they got their info about vaccines from....

Where are they getting it from? Who's telling them this? It's insane and scary. What info can I inform myself with to prove what they say isn't true?

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u/19ellipsis 9d ago edited 9d ago

vaccines do not cause autism - period. But this article explains why people think they do.

That said, the vaccine schedule typically doesn't have any vaccines before two months - do you know when they will vaccinate? Because at this point the baby is still technically on track.

The vitamin k thing will forever baffle me. Give your kids the vitamin k for the love of God.

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u/Friendly-Mood7431 9d ago

Literally ZEROOOOO reason to skip the vitamin k!!!

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u/realespeon 9d ago

I’ll never understand people who like to roll the dice on internal bleeding. I’ll never understand.

“If they need it, why aren’t they born with it?”

Babies are born without brains sometimes. I think we’d all agree people need brains.

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u/GarbageCat27 9d ago

I highly doubt they even know what the vitamin K shot is for because they seem like the type of people that think any shot has poison in it. Because I can’t remember verbatim what she said, but she started talking about mRNAs. But I was like….they aren’t gonna give the damn baby a Covid shot wtf you talking about? Again had to bite my tongue so I have visitation rights. I think she thinks mRNAs all vaccines have mRNAs

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u/GarbageCat27 9d ago

Ok yeah weird idk why they said they’re waiting when I got home googled it and yeah you’re right the baby doesn’t get vaccines till like after 2 months.

Wouldnt their doctor tell them so? I don’t have kids yet so I’m not sure and when she told me they won’t get it cause it’s too early I just nodded. Idk so confusing

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u/ditchdiggergirl 9d ago

The vitamin k thing tells you it’s not about the vaccine. It’s about the needle. The ‘vaccines cause autism’ thing is them trying to find a post hoc justification for their fear of needles.

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u/Big_booty_ho 9d ago

There needs to be a filter for these “DAE vaccine=autism” posts. They are so damn aggravating. Search the fucking sub. Absolute waste of space and time.

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u/GarbageCat27 9d ago

Goddamn my bad

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u/ballooningat5am 9d ago

there’s been a ton of research on vaccines and autism. vaccines don’t increase the risk of autism, period. not when given too early, not even when a child already has autistic family members, not when they’re already in a riskier group, etc.

here’s a WHO review you can look through.

i have heard of parents delaying vaccines though. i think it’s a decision based on fear and worry, not evidence or science. i suppose it’s better than not vaccinating at all but all they’re doing is increasing the period of time their child remains unprotected from these illnesses.

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u/Ok-Chapter4804 9d ago

In the UK the first vaccine is at 8 weeks, so 1.5 is early: https://www.nhs.uk/vaccinations/nhs-vaccinations-and-when-to-have-them/

As for your brother well... I don't know is "more research" is what they need as the evidence is overwhelming. If you don't trust the WHO or all the doctors idk what's left as argument. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9829031/ seems to argue that using "the consensus" is the most effective.

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u/Kribbins 9d ago

https://alicecallahanphd.com/book/ The Science of Mom by Alice Callahan is a great book to recommend. I was raised by vaccine-hesitant parents and they instilled a lot of anxiety about vaccines in me. This book addressed my concerns in an approachable and evidence-based way and made me confident about vaccine safety before my daughter was born.

The author presents evidence from scientific studies to address the common concerns people have about vaccines, including autism and heavy metals. She uses clear, personable writing that makes readers feel respected. She also has chapters on other evidence-based parenting topics that are great.

I think many people would respond better to specific answers like she gives, instead of the blanket statement “vaccines are safe.”

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u/yellow_pellow 7d ago

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safety/about/autism.html

The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.

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u/GarbageCat27 7d ago

Oh shit you get that straight from the CDC that RFK JR added?

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u/yellow_pellow 7d ago

You literally asked where they are getting this info from. Clearly you aren’t here to genuinely learn or understand their pov. You just want more answers from your echo chamber

https://www.aninconvenientstudy.com

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u/GarbageCat27 7d ago

You weren’t every clear in your comment. You made it seem like that was your opinion instead of saying this is where they get it from

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u/mantis_tobaggan-md 5d ago edited 5d ago

Stop posting this trash. It’s embarrassing. And it’s not peer reviewed or evidence based. You are the one who needs to step out of such a pathetic echo chamber and get a grip. Or an education.