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    worried about being confrontational about my baby

    @sallyburns I think I tend to just say things in a way that doesn't invite debate. Not in a hostile way, just like I'm announcing the time. "Okay, time to eat." Tbh this is how I say most things. People either don't argue with me much or I don't notice it. Course I'm Irish and people here are...
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    Driving 5/ 6 hours (without counting breaks) for Thanksgiving with a 2 month old. Would you do it?

    @jjgodman Some, but not as many. Unfortunately they don't give vaccines as freely either though.
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    Driving 5/ 6 hours (without counting breaks) for Thanksgiving with a 2 month old. Would you do it?

    @josephjurg Here that would be considered to be bad for the parents' mental health. Pregnant women do get the TDAP in pregnancy to provide some pertussis protection for newborns. It is also not quite as widespread here for some reason.
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    Driving 5/ 6 hours (without counting breaks) for Thanksgiving with a 2 month old. Would you do it?

    @jjgodman It would be considered pretty odd in my country in Western Europe to skip out on Christmas for fear of germs (we don't have Thanksgiving), or at least not unless the baby was a week old or medically fragile or something. In general we don't really do the seclusion thing, beyond what...
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