Seeking Alternative Vaccination Schedule

I have two children age 5 and 22months.I have started reading about vaccinations before i even got pregnant,i knew when my first was born i would never follow the standard schedule.So my son i chose to only give 1 vax-DATP,but i delayed the first shot untill he was 6 months and the accordingly.At 20 months when giving him his booster i dropped Pertusis due to more reading i did and finally when he was due for his booster at 5 i decided to not give him that either.My daughter has not had any vaccinations.There is anew book i reccommend which is non-biased and has all the latest info- The Vaccine Book by DR Sears.
M..

If I had to do it over again I would not have my twins vaccinated with the chicken pox vaccine. It is high in mercury and does not immune for life. Visit my website to learn more about vaccines.
D. Merlin
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you can spread shots out but you have to do it within their time limits (some shots/vaccinations have to be taken within a certain range from each other in order to work). If I were choosing between chicken pox and mmr- I'd do the mmr since those are more serious illnesses. (I had chicken pox as a kid like most of my generation- annoying but no big deal). I will be splitting up the one year shots between 12 and 18 months. at 12 months he will get the new shots an d at 18 the continuation of other shots. That way he is as protected as possible. discuss with your doctor the best way to spread out shots and protect your child.

Hi Jennifer,

I am first time mom too (just as neurotic:))and have a beautiful 8 month old little boy. I too shared your concerns about the aggressive vaccination schedual particularly after a friend of mine directed me to a website that freaked me out with horror storys of babys recieving vaccines and then never "being right again" one of the first stories was a couple who found the child dead in her crib the next morning after a hep B vacc. I'm not trying to freak you out more promise. Here's the thing: whose monitoring these sites? anyone can write anything on them! I brought my concerns to my pediatrician upon our next visit, about the autism and everything else I'd read. He produced the New England Medical Journal which 1st reported the link to autism and then the article with the retraction, see one of 12 phycisains stated there was a link btwn the two, the other 11 did not agree and as it turns out this 1 physician was a hired gun to find the link by a drug co. Also he said, what would be easier to believe that autism in your child is due to a vaccine or that something you did durring your pregnancy or simple genetics is to blame. I have friends that agree and disagree with the vaccination schedual as I too sought their advise, happpily I can report my son has recieved all his vaccines because when it came down to it I can't handle the thought of him getting measels, mumps, rubella, polio or anything else because I didn't try to keep him safe from it. With the increasing amount of children not from this country who are not vaccinated and attending our schools and daycares it kinda scares me to not vaccinate, as far as a different approach you can ask your peditrician to space the vaccines out further. Hope this helps:)

K.

go with your gut...no big deal, just break up the shots. That's what I do. I have gone back to the doctor about a month later to get the rest of the shots for my 20 month old. Don't stress. It's not like he won't be getting them at all. That would be the mistake.
Take care

We delayed the MMR until 2 1/2. With both my boys, I wanted to make sure that they were healthy and thriving before introducing such a serious vaccine into their bodies. I'm from N. Cal and some moms there would even pool together and have their Drs order the shots separately. I don't think it's at all wrong to think about the impact of vaccinations. They are given pretty rapidly during the young years. I think one shot per visit is fine. I never minded going back to the Dr. more frequently. My Dr never had a problem with it either, but I guess it will depend on your Dr.

Where did you go to medical school?
If you don't believe your doctor has enough education and knowledge perhaps you could find an expert at your local health department who has more knowledge about the consequences of having a population that isn't vaccinated.

B. v. O.

I have three children 17 14 & 5 I have chosen to not vaccinate any of them. They are all doing great. I would suggest going to the public library and checking out several books about pros & cons and decided what is best for you and your family. I was surprised at how much information was out there. I really recomend a book called
How to Raise A Healthy Child inspite of your pediatrician by Robert Mendolson you can order it at Borders. It is great. I am not opposed of doctors and use them when needed I just think people abuse them at times. Good luck it is a hard choice

Yes, I understand how you feel. I've never felt comfortable with the vaccination issue. I decided, after much research, to go with Dr. Sears "Selective Vaccination Schedule" which doesn't even include the mmr or chicken pox vac. Good luck.

Check out Dr. Sears' "The Vaccine Book". It has an alt vaccination schedule. Re: chicken pox, you can wait till your child is around 11 and if he hasn't gotten chicken pox by then, you can do it. It's more important for girls if they don't get c.p. as children b/c of problems during pregnancy. Best!

My husband and I were also very worried about the possibility of autism being caused/linked to the MMR vaccine. So, we've been readings TONS of books, articles, websites about it and found that Dr. Sears' book, The Vaccination Book, has a very reasonable alternative vaccine schedule inside. It breaks out the MMR vaccines into 3 separate vaccines and lengthens the time between several other vaccines giving no more than 2 vaccines at any one time. Our doctor has been fine with our decision and has abided by our requests at each doctor visit. He's now 11 months old and we'll be giving him a polio and a mumps vaccine only at next month's check-up. If you're interested in learning more about vaccines try Dr. Sears' website at: askdrsears.com. There's lots of information on raising a healthy, happy baby.

Good luck,

B. D.

Hi Jennifer,

I feel like a broken record of late -- I have posted this same reponse twice already in the past two weeks. (See my posting to Sepi B on 1/14 -- you don't need to read the same article twice!)

There is NO scientifically established causal link between autism and the MMR vaccine. The potential for death/lifelong disability caused by these diseases (for both the child and pregnant women an infected child might come in contact with) are far more likely to occur than the incidence of a negative reaction. Get the vaccination, and get it on schedule.

The chicken pox vaccine is a different story. The rate of severe consequences from Herpes zoster is very low, although it does carry with it risks to women who deliver with an active infection, to anyone if pustules develop in the eyes, and later in life if it reappears as Shingles (a very painful and sometimes, but rarely, debilitating disease). Because it is more of a nuisance than a danger, I chose to delay vaccinating my daughter until after first grade. My reasoning was that the disease grants life-long immunity in most cases, but the vaccine does not. I preferred to have her not miss 1 - 2 weeks of school if she came down with chicken pox, however, so I decided to wait on the vaccine, hoping that she would get the disease and get it over with before it would get in the way of school.

BTW, both my husband and I had chicken pox as adults. It was one of the WORST experiences of my life! I was very sick for a month and had residual pain along one of the nerve trunks (in which the virus went dormant) for over six months.

Best regards,

R.