Dr. Sears Immunization schedule.

This an example of what you can do, except thrown out the rotovirus vax.  Only  1-2 shots at a time.

2 months: DTaP, Rotavirus

3 months*: Pc, HIB

4 months: DTaP, Rotavirus

5 months*: Pc, HIB

6 months: DTaP, Rotavirus

7 months*: Pc, HIB

9 months: Polio

12 months: Mumps, Polio

15 months: Pc, HIB

18 months: DTaP, Chickenpox

2 years: Rubella, Polio

2 1/2 years*: Hep B, Hep A (start Hep B at birth if any close relatives or caregivers have Hep B)

3 years: Hep B, Measles

3 1/2 years*: Hep B, Hep A

4 years: DTaP, Polio

5 years: MMR

6 years: Chickenpox

12 years: Tdap, HPV

12 years, 2 months*: HPV

13 years: HPV, Meningococcal (once Meningococcal vaccine is approved for age 2, Dr. Sears will move it there and delay Hep B by 6 months)

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The big question for new parents was to either breastfeed or formula feed, but now a days with concern over side effects of vaccination and supposed link to autism; the bigger question remains, should you vaccinate your child? For some states such as Mississippi and West Virginia, there is no choice for parents to make, it’s a resounding yes. But over 20 states allow children to be unvaccinated and almost all states allow unvaccination for religious reasons.

With my concern over recent controversy of vaccines (especially MMR) being linked to autism, I ordered The Vaccine Book by Dr. Robert Sears. The book itself offer invaluable resource over each vaccination including:

• How common or rate, as well as how serious, each disease is.
• How each vaccine is made and what its ingredients are
• Which ingredients are potentially controversial
• Possible side effects
• Which brand is considered the safest

Dr. Sears tries to offer a balanced approach and offers information that can be reassuring to concerned parents. It even offers a vaccination schedule that a very anti-vaccine parent might even consider. There is also an alternative (and perhaps even safer) vaccine schedule for parents who wants their child to be fully vaccinated but want to minimalize side effects and the risk. According to Dr Sears,

I have put together a vaccine schedule that gets children fully vaccinated, but does so in a way that minimizes the theotetical risk of vaccines. It’s the best of both worlds of disease prevention and safe vaccination.

The alternative suggests only one aluminum-containing vaccine during infant years

It gives no more than two vaccines at any one time to limit and spread out exposure to numerous chemicals and potential side effects

It starts out with most important vaccines, the ones that prevent the diseases that are most threatening to infants.

It delays shots for diseases that are usually fairly mild for infants

The book also addresses the issue is vaccination a social responsibility or personal choice? I really love the non-judgemental and almost impartial stance the book takes which allows the parents to make an informed decision that’s not colored by the authors objective. Just for the alternative vaccine schedule alone; I would highly recommend this book. The book is well medically researched but not so complicated that it would overwhelm a sleep deprived parents who are still concerned about the well-being of their newborn.

Related post on Dr. Sears and vaccines:

To Vaccinate or Not to Vaccinate?

Like many of us, the more you learn about vaccines the more you run up against the perplexing question: To Vaccinate or Not to Vaccinate. Like me, you may have decided to vaccinate but not on schedule and not multiple vaccines at one time.

Now that the measles, mumps and rubella vaccines are combined into one shot, the MMR vaccine, avoiding those mega doses of vaccinations in one visit is a little harder. With a little ingenuity however, you can have the shot for each disease administered separately.

Dr. Bob Sears, son of the well known parenting expert, “Dr. Sears,” (Dr. Bob is the author of The Vaccine Book in the Sears Parenting Library Series) has some recommendations if you choose to go this route.

1. Go to a vaccine clinic at a large university hospital.
2. Go to a travel clinic where people usually go to get unusual travel vaccines prior to international travel. Some of these carry the separate M, M, and R.
3. Ask your doctor to write you a prescription for each shot and try to get it filled through a pharmacy. You would bring the shot back to your doctor’s office (making sure you keep it a refrigerator temperature 36 to 46 degrees F or 2 to 8 degrees Celsius) for the nurse to administer.
4. Ask for a prescription, but get it filled through an online medical supply company or online pharmacy. They can ship it directly to your doctor’s office (shipping isn’t cheap though). One such company that I know of is American Medicine, Inc. in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. You can find them on Google.
5. Check out our Vaccine-Friendly Doctor’s list to see if there’s anyone within driving distance for you. They typically would need you to become a patient and get checkups there in order to provide you with vaccines.
6. If you can’t find the separate shots anywhere, ask your doctor to start a list of like-minded patients and just skip the full MMR for now. Chances are over the next year or two the list will grow to include 10 patients. Delaying your baby’s protection for a year wouldn’t be too risky since the diseases are very rare.

As the connection between vaccines and a host of illnesses, including asthma and autism remains fuzzy, parents should continue exercising caution in vaccinating their children. It’s nice to know there are some options.