Jummabella Pinkwater, Madame Ovary ([info]caracola) wrote,
@ 2008-06-23 16:14:00
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Delayed & Selective Vaccination Schedule
This schedule mostly follows Dr. Sears' as set out in "The Vaccine Book". I credit VeggieMommy for the original schedule. We may be tweaking it a bit more...

DTaP - 2,6,12,18 months (booster at 4 years). (Only Daptecel brand with no cow extract and a smaller dose of the pertussis component.) If he has any reaction stronger than a mild fever after any of those, we will stop after whichever shot that caused it.

Prevnar and HIB - 9,12,18,24 months. Same thing as above if he has a reaction...

IPV - 9,12,24 months (booster at 4 years) if we do it. Same thing about a reaction...

Mumps - 12 months (by itself)

Rubella - 2 years (by itself)

Measles - 3 years (by itself)

(boosters at 5 for MMR after titers have been checked)

Hep B (and possibly A)- probably start at 2 1/2

Varicella/Chickenpox - not doing until grade school or older if he doesn't get them on his own

Rotavirus - not doing at all

Flu shot - not doing at all

We will also make sure he is completely healthy before allowing him to have any shots and we will also up his vitamin intake for a few days before and after each one to help give his immune system a boost.

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[info]scene_stealer
2008-06-24 08:08 pm UTC (link)
i did all the shots i was told to do and connor is fine. just so you know. :) never had any issues at all. should you give babies vitamins? i've never heard that much about it. obviously if they are lacking in something but in general i never thought about it.

i also refuse the flu shot. all we are doing is creating a bigger scarier virus with things like that. i understand for the weak, ill, and/or older people but i think the average person does not need one. all i ever hear are people that got really sick because they inflicted themself with it.

connor turns 11 soon and has not had chickenpox yet and it worries me. i know the older they get the worse it can be.

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[info]caracola
2008-06-24 09:18 pm UTC (link)
I know there are a lot of kids that get them all at once and are totally fine. There are some that get really sick, though. If X is going to be one of the "sick" ones (hopefully not!), I feel better about him being a little older. Also, he was so cranky after the first shot we gave him, that I'd rather space it out a little!

The flu shot is almost always stabilized in thimerisol, which has mercury in it. I really don't want to put heavy metals in my kid. And they can only guess on which strain of flu is going to hit the public that year, so very often the flu shot is ineffective because it was for a different strain!

Are you getting Connor the shot for chicken pox? I rememeber having it at 8 and it sucked but wasn't really that big a deal... I hear if you're an adult it can be really horrible.

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[info]scene_stealer
2008-06-24 10:16 pm UTC (link)
wouldn't you be cranky after getting poked at?!??! :)

ya know, it's been a long time since connor has had a regular doctor check up. he hasn't needed any shots for a while. pretty much once he got in to school he was good. i know there are some that need to be updated but i don't know if he needs any yet. i think maybe around 12-ish.
as for the chicken pox i'm not sure at what age i should consider a vaccine for him. i would have to check into it, ask a doctor, etc, etc.

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