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Looking for information on delayed vaccination schedule-pros and cons?
I would love to know your reasoning and where you got your research.
**Please no drama**
Im having a hard time finding information that's not biased.
TIA!!
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Re: Looking for information on delayed vaccination schedule-pros and cons?
My MIL thinks I am crazy and should "go with your gut", but if I am in doubt I always check what the AAP says.
https://www.aap.org/en-us/search/pages/results.aspx?k=delayed immunization
Look at all those articles about risks of delayed vaccination schedules. No legitimate healthcare professional I know thinks Dr. Sears delivers good health advice.
Pretty much this.
Also, I always laugh at the word buffoon. I don't know why it's so funny to me.
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I would ditto all of this, and I suggest you discuss this in-depth with your pediatrician. If they practice an alternative schedule, they should be very comfortable explaining to you the rationale behind their schedule.
Also, if you have a specific reason for considering an alternative schedule (like family history), be sure you let your pediatrician know that, so they can advise you on the best way to address your concern.
I understand why you're looking for more info, as I am a big reader too, but unfortunately, this is not an issue that you're going to find much productive dialogue about on the internet. It's more suited fora private conversation between you and your doctor. Best of luck!
We start the shots at 4 months instead of 2 (here Hep B is not given until at least grade 5 so 2 months is the recommended start date for vaccinations) and then just run a modified schedule where they only get 1 or 2 shots a visit every month until they are caught up at 8 months. But because the Canadian schedule is different then the States schedule it would look vastly different then any kind of schedule the CDC gives but is not really different then the Canadian one, it's just 2 months longer.
The Canada Health schedule has DTaP - Hib - IPV & menno & pneumo at 2, 4 & 6 months (menno & pneumo is only 2 & 4 months) and we do DTaP - Hib - IPV at 4, 6 & 8 months and menno & pneumo 5 & 7 months. Then the Canada Health puts MMR, chicken pox, menno & pneumo at 12 months and DTaP-Hib - IPV at 18 months. We do them at 14/15 & 20 months. So really we aren't doing much different, just later and the health clinic is completely fine with that, as is our doctor.
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LOL at your pedi. "agreeing" with you that the vaccines recommended by the AAP and CDC might overwhelm your delicate snowflake's system. No, he did not actually agree with you. Instead, he figured that if he acted like he understood your position, at least he could talk you into a very short delay and still ensure that your child was as protected from potentially-fatal diseases as you would let him be.
No reputable pediatrician actually believes that getting the recommended dosages of vaccines "overwhelms" your child's immune system.
In 1960, kids were vaccinated against 5 illnesses. In total, those vaccines were packed with 3,000+ separate antigens designed to stimulate the child's immune system and create immunity to those 5 illnesses.
Currently, kids are vaccinated against 11 illnesses. In total, these vaccines contain ONLY 123 antigens to create immunity to those 11 illnesses.
In the past 50 years, scientists have greatly improved the method of creating immunity with using the very minimum number of antigens possible. In other terms, in 1960, scientists had to essentially use a shotgun full of all sorts of potential weapons to target the illnesses they wanted to create immunity against. Thanks to science, modern vaccines are like the equivalent of a sniper rifle--with only a very select, small group of antigens that are super targeted on creating maximum immunity with minimum undesirable side effects.
Seriously--how could we have gone from injecting our kids (for the most part very safely) with 3,000+ antigens to now only injecting about 125 antigens in the sum total of all vaccines, and only now are people blaming vaccines for "overwhelming their kids' immune systems" and leading to a wide range of childhood problems. If their logic was even remotely reasonable, then these kids of the 1960s and 1980s (pretty much all of us!) should have had far more problems and far more serious problems than kids of today. But that is absolutely not true--and thus, the great majority of anti-vaccine people are simply uneducated as to the above information.
It is my opinion that the CDC is completely unbiased on this subject. Their sole purpose is to promote the public health and public good.
If you follow the delayed vaccination schedule, your child ends up getting more shots in total. This actually means that they actually get more preservatives shot into their veins than they would otherwise. Also, sadly not every doctor is perfect at preserving their vaccines. The conventional TDAP vaccine has a lot higher turnover rates than the goofball single dose ones. The best comparison I can make would be 2 liter bottles of regular coke and some goofy strawberry flavored soda. The strawberry soda is much more likely to collect dust and go bad because it's just not being turned over as quickly as the product that's being bought frequently.
But you know what? As long as you actually get the vaccines in your kid, I don't care what schedule you use. I think you'd be punishing yourself with extra doctor's visits and giving your LO extra shots, but I respect those are your decision to make.
Where did you learn this? I am not saying I doubt you, but I'd love to read more.
https://www2.aap.org/immunization/families/overwhelm.pdf
This link explains everything I discussed in greater detail.
I was interested in a delayed schedule for a hot minute when I was pregnant, but I decided that a) there was not enough reputable, compelling information out there to challenge the CDC schedule and b) I did not want to have to take DD to the doctor as often as you have to to keep up.
She didn't get Hep B at birth because, I don't know, I just didn't feel like it. She was so 'lil and I didn't feel like there was any reason why it couldn't wait until her first round of shots. She ended up getting it at 2 weeks. Everything else has been on schedule.
I considered not giving her the flu shot because she's allergic to eggs. However, she's never had a reaction worse than hives, and I'd rather she have hives for a few hours than the flu.
Thanks! I haven't read it yet, but it is bookmarked. Not that I know any non vaccers in real life, but it is nice to have. Plus my science background makes me want to read everything myself.
We have done a delayed vaccination schedule with our children, but not without medical necessity. My daughter is allergic to the pertussis vaccination - so our subsequent children received 1-2 shots per visit for their first year and delayed their MMR by 6 months to ensure we weren't going to have issues. Our pediatrician felt that the delay was worth it because he was certain we would comply with full vaccination and the risk of seizure and brain damage was high enough with DD that we needed to be careful with our other children.
Still. The important portion of that conversation was "medical necessity" and "Our pediatrician felt". Given the opportunity to do it over, I'd comply with a standard schedule with my non-reactive kiddos. It's easier and less worrisome.
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