How to Schedule Delayed Immunization

Allowing doctors and nurses to give your newborn baby their childhood immunizations can be scary. There are also risk factors that many parents prefer not to deal with at such as young age, but they still want their child to be protected against some of these horrible diseases. For these parents, determining their own schedule for their child's immunizations is a perfect solution. Read on to learn more.

Instructions

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  Determine which immunizations you want your child to have. You should research each vaccine, what it is for, what the success rate is and what the associated risks are. This will help you weigh the pros and cons of getting each shot for your child, as some have more benefits than others. For example, many feel that protecting their child against polio is essential, while protecting their child from the chicken pox may not be.

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  Decide when you want your child to begin receiving vaccines. Some parents vaccines are best delayed until after their first birthday and that their child is naturally protected through breast milk, which helps carry the mother's immunities to the child. The norm is to start vaccines while still in the hospital after birth, with the Hepatitis B shot.

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  Come up with a schedule for all of your child's vaccinations. You will also need to decide how many shots you are willing to let your child have at once and how much time you would prefer to have in between. Another issue will be separating the normally combined shots (such as the MMR vaccine).

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  Give the schedule of delayed immunizations to your pediatrician for his approval. He may suggest some changes, which you can take into consideration, but you are the ultimate authority on how many and what type of shots your child receives and when your child receives them.