Vaccine Information

In summary, this is a vaccination schedule that I would recommend:

1. No vaccinations until a child is two years old.
2. No vaccines that contain thimerosal (mercury).
3. No live virus vaccines (except for smallpox, should it recur).
4. These vaccines, to be given one at a time, every six months, beginning at age 2:

1. Pertussis (acellular, not whole cell)
2. Diphtheria
3. Tetanus
4. Polio (the Salk vaccine, cultured in human cells

American children are the most highly vaccinated kids in the world. This schedule is an alternative to the one that rules our "vaccine nation" (as the Village Voice terms it). In contrast to the CDC’s immunization schedule, it is user-friendly.

Source: Donald W. Miller, Jr., MD

4 Months - HIB and Polio
5 Months - DTaP
6 Months - HIB and Polio
7 Months - DTaP
8 Months - HIB
9 Months - DTaP
15 Months - Measles
17 Months - HIB and Polio
18 Months - DTaP
24 Months - Hep B
25 Months - Hep B
27 Months - Rubella
28 Months - Hep B
39 Months - Mumps

Source: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Children's Vaccinations by Stephanie Cave MD

2 Months - DTaP and Rotavirus
3 Months - Pc and HIB
4 Months - DTaP and Rotavirus
5 Months - Pc and HIB
6 Months - DTaP and Rotavirus
7 Months - Pc and HIB
15 Months - Pc and HIB
5 Years - Tetanus Booster
10 Years - Blood tests for Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Chickenpox, and HepA immunity. Consider vaccinating if not immune. Also consider a 3-dose Polio if traveling to Africa or Asia is a possibility.
11 Years - HPV (3 doses, girls only).
12 Years - HepB (3 doses).

Source: The Vaccine Book by Dr. Robert Sears