Have any of you done delayed or staggered vaccinations for your LO? If so, did your pediatrician make up a schedule or is there one that exsists that you followed? I am NOT trying to start a debate on this. We will be getting all vaccinations but DH's side of the family has a history of bad reactions to vaccinations as babies so we want to spread them out a bit. Thanks ladies!!
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Re: Delayed vaccinations
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We do.
We follow Dr. Cave's Schedule. I read her book while I was pg with my first. You can find it all over the internet. Here is one link: https://childrenshealthchoices.org/cave.html
Our ped has been totally supportive and if a shot is needed and it's not when we have a well baby check up scheduled we just come in, a nurse quick does it and we're on our way. It has never been a big deal.
We did Pc and Hib at 2, 4, and 6. We did not want to do DTaP at the same time as Pc, and our pedi felt that it was more important to get Pc earlier. So we did DTaP on its own at 3, 5, 7.
We did not do Rotavirus at all -- our pedi won't even give it to his patients because he feels the risks from the vaccine outweigh the risk of the illness.
We did her first polio shot at 9 months because we were there anyway and it's supposed to be one of the milder vaccines (although, in retrospect, I'm really glad we didn't do it earlier because it turns out this is the only one DD has had a reaction to!)
We'll do the 4th Pc at her 12 month, and do the 4th DTaP at the recommended time (I can't remember if it's 15 or 18 months), and the 2nd polio at the other one of those times.
I haven't figured out when we'll finish the polio series or when to do MMR, Varicella, or Hep B. I wouldn't even do Hep B except it's required for enrollment in school here, so we'll have to do it before then. I'm most worried about MMR because there is a history of autoimmune disorders in DH's family (even though the autism study has been de-bunked, it was already established and acknowledged that other auto-immune issues can be triggered by MMR in a small number of kids). I plan to talk to the pedi about the best timing of it when we go in for DD's 12 month appointment.
We thought about delaying using Dr. Sears' alternative vaccine schedule. We ultimately decided to stick with AAP, but it's out there in the Google-verse. Good luck! You will need to make sure your pediatrician is on board. Most pediatric practices here will not accept patients who wish to delay.
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I read Dr Sears vaccination book. I'm using the full alternative vaccination schedule. My pedi is familiar with the schedule and at least at their office it is an acknowledged and respected alternate schedule.
I would call and ask what their recommend alt vac schedule is so you can read up. Good luck!
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