Vaccines... what is your plan? (POLL)

je2161 · August 2011

I decided to split up DD's 2-month vaccines, so she got them in two separate visits. I am somewhat on the fence as to whether I will continue to split up future vaccines as per Dr. Sears' recommendations, or just follow the traditional vaccination schedule as per AAP guidelines.

I am just wondering what other May mamas' plans are. Feel free to elaborate below on the reasons you have for your decision.

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kck329 · August 2011

I voted the first one but we are a bit of a SS. C had all her shots about 2 weeks late because she didnt' weigh enough to have them on schedule. Since we were in the NICU, we split her 2 month shots over three days. Since those went well, we didn't split her 4 months and had no problems. We won't be splitting her 6 month shots either.

Oh and she got rotovirus on a weird schedule because they don't give that one at the hospital.

SFBayMrs · August 2011

Standard schedule.

miesl · August 2011

I trust my doctor. I didn't get a pedi - we go to see my family practice doctor. I see him, and so do my parents. I asked him at our 2 mo appt if he would recommend delaying/staggering vaccines - knowing that he would be honest with me.

We are vaccinating on schedule. The only one we skipped was the Hep B birth dose.

KadensMama · August 2011

Standard schedule for both my boys.

darmca · August 2011

SS: Standard schedule but not AAP because we're in Canada

carissa_danielle · August 2011

Standard schedule for my girls. I trust what my FNP and doctor recommend. They know more than I do.

kacelle · August 2011

We're following AAP guidelines except for the chicken pox vaccine, which we're delaying.

Just so you know, Dr. Sears doesn't really recommend delaying vaccinations. He just offers an alternate schedule so that parents thinking about not vaccinating will reconsider. He actually supports the AAP schedule.

je2161 · August 2011

kacelle:

We're following AAP guidelines except for the chicken pox vaccine, which we're delaying.

Just so you know, Dr. Sears doesn't really recommend delaying vaccinations. He just offers an alternate schedule so that parents thinking about not vaccinating will reconsider. He actually supports the AAP schedule.

His alternate schedule is not just for parents thinking about not vaccinating their children at all. His schedule is also for parents concerned about the following: chemical overload of many vaccines at once, multiple aluminum-containing vaccines at once, multiple live-virus components, etc. If you read his website, you will see that he does advocate delaying some vaccines...

"The main difference in my suggested alternative vaccine schedule is it spreads the infant vaccines out over the first few years of life, instead of bunching them all up in the first 18 months. It gives fewer vaccines at a time, gives the most important vaccines first, and slightly delays the less important vaccines. But ultimately the end result is the same - a fully vaccinated child."

He defiintely supports his alternative vaccine schedules. He wrote about them in numerous books. And he gives many reasons why his suggested schedule is superior to the AAP schedule. Whether those reasons are legitimate is another issue. I am still on the fence about that...

kacelle · August 2011

je2161:
kacelle:

We're following AAP guidelines except for the chicken pox vaccine, which we're delaying.
Just so you know, Dr. Sears doesn't really recommend delaying vaccinations. He just offers an alternate schedule so that parents thinking about not vaccinating will reconsider. He actually supports the AAP schedule.
His alternate schedule is not just for parents thinking about not vaccinating their children at all. His schedule is also for parents concerned about the following: chemical overload of many vaccines at once, multiple aluminum-containing vaccines at once, multiple live-virus components, etc. If you read his website, you will see that he does advocate delaying some vaccines...
"The main difference in my suggested alternative vaccine schedule is it spreads the infant vaccines out over the first few years of life, instead of bunching them all up in the first 18 months. It gives fewer vaccines at a time, gives the most important vaccines first, and slightly delays the less important vaccines. But ultimately the end result is the same - a fully vaccinated child."
He defiintely supports his alternative vaccine schedules. He wrote about them in numerous books. And he gives many reasons why his suggested schedule is superior to the AAP schedule. Whether those reasons are legitimate is another issue. I am still on the fence about that...

This to me doesn't suggest that he necessarily advocates delaying vaccinations, just that he recommends full vaccination and is offering wary parents another option. I don't have the link to where I read that he agreed with the AAP schedule though, so maybe I'm misremembering something.

NothingLikeBarbie · August 2011

After a lot of research, I am fully vaccinating my child on the standard schedule.
I don't like the delayed schedule, because that means the child basically has to get shots every month.

There are a LOT of kids in my area that are not vaccinated, and that scares me.

If I were going to split any of them up, it'd be the MMR one.

je2161 · August 2011

NothingLikeBarbie:

After a lot of research, I am fully vaccinating my child on the standard schedule.
I don't like the delayed schedule, because that means the child basically has to get shots every month.

There are a LOT of kids in my area that are not vaccinated, and that scares me.

If I were going to split any of them up, it'd be the MMR one.

Agreed. My impression is that the manufacturer no longer offers the components of the MMR as separate vaccines, but I'm not positive.

tokenhoser · August 2011

Delaying vaccines delays immunity. I don't want to leave my baby vulnerable because... oh, wait, I haven't seen any rreal reason to delay shots. We're just sticking to the usual schedule.

KMHC79 · August 2011

darmca:
SS: Standard schedule but not AAP because we're in Canada

This

MrsK09 · August 2011

We are doing the regular schedule except for the Hep B. We didn't get it in the hospital because I was still on the fence about vaccines. Our pedi helped us decide to do it after talking with us about his experiences living with the effects of polio b/c his parents didn't vaccinate him (he didn't grow up when polio was common either, he's in his late 20's/early 30's). But he said that he wasn't worried about hep b for Will, he said we can do it later, he likely won't be out having unprotected sex or shooting up drugs any time soon! I am still on the fence about giving him the chicken pox vaccine when he's older, I'm not convinced it works. I teach public school and every year gazillions of kids get it and the parents all say, "I don't get it, they had the shot..."

pinkflipflops44 · August 2011

We are waiting on the Hep B for now and probably waiting on the chicken pox.

croberts22 · August 2011

MrsK09:
We are doing the regular schedule except for the Hep B. We didn't get it in the hospital because I was still on the fence about vaccines. Our pedi helped us decide to do it after talking with us about his experiences living with the effects of polio b/c his parents didn't vaccinate him (he didn't grow up when polio was common either, he's in his late 20's/early 30's). But he said that he wasn't worried about hep b for Will, he said we can do it later, he likely won't be out having unprotected sex or shooting up drugs any time soon! I am still on the fence about giving him the chicken pox vaccine when he's older, I'm not convinced it works. I teach public school and every year gazillions of kids get it and the parents all say, "I don't get it, they had the shot..."

I've had the shot and never had chicken pox. And I have been exposed to them.

NothingLikeBarbie · August 2011

I'm pissed that my mom gave me the chicken pox shot when I was younger. It only works for 10 years. I've never had chicken pox and I am no longer immune to it. Scary!

Lisa Frank · August 2011

Both of my kids are on the standard schedule.

EJensify · August 2011

tokenhoser:
Delaying vaccines delays immunity. I don't want to leave my baby vulnerable because... oh, wait, I haven't seen any rreal reason to delay shots. We're just sticking to the usual schedule.

Huzzah! This exactly.

I have three germy elementary schoolers sharing the house with us (I love my kids, really) and that pretty much sums up 99% of why we're immunizing on schedule.

MarJo03 · August 2011

We're doing the standard schedule. Because as a Veterinary Technician I strongly advocate preventative care, and because I don't trust other peoples dirty kids, that could possibly not be vaccinated.

amandabrooke81 · August 2011

I've never read that Sears supports AAP schedule. In The Vaccine Book he offers both a delayed and a selective schedule. The delayed includes all AAP vaccs. But if Sears were a full advocate of complete vaccinations/AAP schedule then he wouldn't offer or even suggest the selective schedule which doesn't include SEVERAL of the vaccs and also eliminates some boosters.

Merck is supposed to be making the separate MMR again, but I don't think it's out yet???

We delayed the Hep B at birth but that's it and it's only by a couple of months off, not the Sears schedule. We'll still be doing everything else on AAP schedule to the "T"--- MMR, chicken pox and all.

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