Which are you following?
I'm leaning toward Dr. Sears' schedule because they are more spread out, yet still thoroughly covered.
There are always people on here that have done more research than I have, so opinions are welcome.
FTR, I'm not interested in skipping any vaccinations, and I did allow the hep shot at the hospital. It's the big clusters of shots I'm concerned about.
Re: Dr. Sears vs. CDC vax schedule
This.
I can understand spreading them out if your LO has a bad reaction to them, but I don't know why you would do it "just because". I would rather my kids have 1 crummy night than get a horrible preventable illness or give someone else a horrible preventable illness.
As someone who totally respects science I have to say I don't always trust doctors. After being misdiagnosed, and given completely wrong info by doctors I don't always believe what they say verbatim. I have been put on many medications for things that can be fixed on diet. And told I was basically crazy when a medication the doc prescribed was causing me to me malnourished and basically have my body shut down. They said "it wasn't the meds," yet when I stopped them I got better. So when it comes to pharmaceuticals I don't always follow every word the doc says.
It would be one thing if it was 1 dr saying stick to the regular sched, and a whole bunch of them saying spread them out. But Dr Sears is one Dr, why trust him?
Do the research on this guy. The CDC doesnt even agree with him. And their Drs are highly trained.
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H has very strong reactions to vaccines. His immune system goes into overdrive, his lymph nodes swell, he gets a fever, etc.
That makes me nervous. I guess more for the first cluster. I just want to tread carefully. And then if he handles them well, I'm good to go for the rest.
I'm just a nervous nelly, and like A PP said, I've had bad experiences with my medical care, so I'm not quite as trusting.
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I really had no idea who Dr Sears is or that he recommended this. I just like the idea of not injecting numerous substances at once. My pedi said that while they recommend the CDC schedule, his own daughter has chosen to spread shots out for her son. He said he has no problem with it.
H is going to that appt. He can explain his reaction, and then the pedi can decide if it warrants a cautious approach to the first round or not.
I think with your husband's history it makes you a very smart momma to question the best way to do this. Like I said before- I plan to go with whatever the pedi says, but if I had something in my history like you guys do, I'd definitely be bringing it up. For instance- when DD#1 was a baby, the recommendation was to start solids between 4-6 months. But because my brother has a ton of food allergies, I brought it up to the pediatrician and he recommended we wait at least 6, if not 8 months because of our history. So sometimes it's really based on the individual history.