My son is going for his 12 month check-up and the nurse informed me at his last visit that this one would be alot of shots. He's up to date with all of his other vaccines so how many would he get?
There are a lot of vaccines given at once. My daughter chose to space them out. She thought getting all of them at once was too much of an impact on her baby"s system.
Talk to the pediatrician about exactly what "a lot" means, and whether they can be spaced out a bit. Sometimes staff try to prepare new parents for more than one needle and a bit of a cranky baby, so you don't really know what she meant. Call and leave a message for the doctor to call you back after patient hours. Most doctors have a block of time for non-emergency patient info calls.
I agree there are problems with movements toward non-vaccines, and I think that's a huge problem. That's very different than spreading out vaccines if you feel that's important (once you get specific info). There are certainly pockets of the country where we are seeing outbreaks and epidemics. I disagree with the comment below that this is because of immigrants! In fact, I have many friends who have immigrated, and they had to get all the necessary vaccinations (if they didn't already have them, which most did) before they could get visas and passports.
We have plenty of native born Americans who are reading ridiculous and flawed social media posts or debunked studies, and refusing vaccinations. Now we're even seeing a backlash, with teens looking to be emancipated, at least medically, so they can get vaccinated against their parents' wishes.
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It's been almost 18 years since my son did his 1 year shots!! I worked with our pediatrician to break the shots up and not get them all at once. I don't remember how many he got, but I remember making 2 or 3 trips for the vaccinations. Same with my younger son.
Talk with your pediatrician and find out what your son needs. Due to immigrants not being screened, we are seeing a rise in mumps and measles here in the USA and Typhus is hitting Los Angeles. Now is the time to ensure your vaccinations are current!
I read ahead. I'm like others. My kids are older and it's been a long time. You really need to talk with your pediatrician and see what shots are needed.
If you aren't comfortable with them all at once? Ask your pediatrician if you can space them out. Many pediatricians will work with you
From what I recall (been a while) we had 2 shots, but vaccines were combined into those 2 shots. I don't remember "a lot" being a term used - ever. That seems kind of excessive - I would go with what the pediatrician says over the nurse, maybe she just meant that a number of things are covered at that time.
The number of vaccines your child gets at any appointment doesn't reflect the number of shots he will get, because often several vaccines are combined. Your best bet is to simply call your pediatrician's office and ask.
When he had his 12 month checkup our son got his vaccines and they were combined into 3 shots.
We followed the regular schedule.
While he didn't like getting the shots it was over quickly and he had no issues.
"Your baby will receive the Hib, pneumococcal, chicken pox (varicella), MMR, and hepatitis A vaccines (combined into two or three shots). Also: hepatitis B, and polio (if she hasn't had the third doses yet)."
https://www.babycenter.com/0_doctor-visit-the-12-month-ch...
it's been so long that it wouldn't be relevant to you, but don't feel bad about asking your pediatrician to spread them out. the anti-vaxxers and pro-all-vaccine vaxxers like to frame this discussion as if it's just that black and white, but there's plenty of nuance. you do want your baby to have all the proven vaccines with a long record of efficacy and safety, and it's also okay to wait on some of the ones that are new.
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They will follow the CDC guidelines. Many Pediatricians have their own or similar schedule so no more than 3 injections sometimes 4 at each vaccination or Well Check appointment unless the child is very behind with immunizations. They will usually catch up by the 15 month Well Check. You can always ask the doctor ahead of time but either way, the Pediatrician will go over everything with you.
As the others have mentioned, your best bet is to ask. Over the years with my kids there were many changes in what was given and when, which were combined or not, etc. If you're wary of too many vaccines given at once (even if they combine them into a few shots) then talk to your doctor about spacing them out or giving uncombined shots where available if that's something that interests you.
Please make sure he has actually had his birthday before having the shots. My son has to have an extra MMR in 8th grade because all those years before, he had gotten his immunizations 2 days before his actual birthday. No one had noticed before.
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Please make sure he has actually had his birthday before having the shots. My son has to have an extra MMR in 8th grade because all those years before, he had gotten his immunizations 2 days before his actual birthday. No one had noticed before.
What an odd thing for a nurse to say. Hmmm. Hopefully in hindsight she (or he) will choose not to say that again, as it can cause a momma (or dad) to be anxious.
My youngest is 10, so I don't really remember either. I was thinking it might have been 2 shots, but I'm not sure.
Keep in mind what others said. The number of vaccine and the number of shots is not the same. As much as possible, they do combine vaccines so that the little one gets poked as few times as possible.
