To know, or not to know

Sometimes I have to thank the cosmic playwright that I am the last in my family to have a child. The benefits of this are that everyone close to me has already gone through every decision-making process there is; from circumcision to vaccinations to discipline.

I was troubled to find that many of the vaccinations currently given to infants are simply unnecessary, at least for me. The Hep B shot is designed to protect inner city kids from infections. Such a locale is where parents might not be monogamous and needle drug use is prevalent. Autism, perhaps the single greatest affliction for the modern generation of children began its meteoric rise roughly concurrent with the advocacy of infant vaccinations.

There are times I want/need to be informed and others when I wish I were a caveman.

My sister Maria talked to me at length about not cutting lil' Elias' foreskin. She and Aaron W are they only two to be so vocally against it. Most other folks are either indifferent or at the very least less passionate. This could be a by-product of many things; respect for it being a personal choice, a general apathy, who knows? My brother Jason simply said he decided against it for a myriad of reasons but among them the fact that he would be taking from his son something he could never return. This position resonated with me. I can't explain why.

So still, no decision. Leslee favors it and she has her reasons. I'm still riding the fence like a coward.



My son is adorable. I'll post more pictures soon.