Shaughna Phillips hits back after being mum-shamed over baby daughter's jabs
Kelly Rose Bradford
Netmums contributorThe former Love Islander was trolled on social media after posting about taking her baby daughter for routine injections
Shaughna Phillips has given anti-vaxxers a piece of her mind after she was mum-shamed for taking her 3-month old daughter Lucia for her baby jabs.
The 2020 Love Island star, 29, revealed she and partner Billy Webb were expecting a baby back in October last year, and has shared her pregnancy, birth, and now new-mum journey with her fans.
Shaughna, who gave birth to Lucia back in April, was trolled on Instagram after she posted a story about Lucia's impending vaccinations.
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The doting mum shared on Wednesday that she was off out to the docs for Lucia's next round of injections.
She captioned the story:
'2nd lot of injections pending. Worst part of this mum game by FAR.'
'Save it for a rainy day'
Shortly after, she was messaged on social media and accused of pumping 'toxic chemicals' into her child.
Shaughna shared the post, in which they'd written:
'Why put these toxic chemicals in the baby. I wonder if parents actually ask to read the labels/ ingredients of these vaccines? Aluminum/ Mercury, formaldehyde etc.
'These amounts are not deemed safe for adults yet we are willingly giving them to babies and then wonder why no-one can explain SIDS.'
But the feisty mum wasted no time in taking them to task, messaging back:
'I can't believe you went out of your day to message me this lol.
'The last time I checked you didn't give birth to my daughter so next time you have an opinion on her health, write it in your notes and save it for a rainy day x'.
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The furious mum then posted another story advising anyone else with an opinion on how she is bringing up her baby to keep it to themselves.
'Morning, just for anyone considering sending me a message about my child, please refer to the above response,' she wrote.
'Also not an aesthetics practitioner telling me about the dangers of vaccines. Do you not inject people with chemicals everyday?'.
What does the NHS say about baby vaccincations?
Baby vaccinations are both 'safe' and 'important' according to the NHS.
They say:
'Vaccines are the most effective way to prevent infectious diseases'.
They also urge people to be aware of anti-vaccine stories, writing:
'Anti-vaccine stories are often spread online through social media. They may not be based on scientific evidence and could put your child at risk of a serious illness.'
They add:
'Vaccination is the most important thing we can do to protect ourselves and our children against ill health. They prevent up to 3 million deaths worldwide every year.
'Since vaccines were introduced in the UK, diseases like smallpox, polio and tetanus that used to kill or disable millions of people are either gone or seen very rarely.
'Other diseases like measles and diphtheria have been reduced by up to 99.9% since their vaccines were introduced.
'However, if people stop having vaccines, it's possible for infectious diseases to quickly spread again.'
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