going overseas...

[kaitlyncakesmama]

dd is 15.5 months old and we're vaccinating, but taking it slow. i wish i had found the resources to research vaccinations more thoroughly before allowing the vaccinations that we have, but now i'm finding that i'm on a deadline to make a decision and still don't feel well informed. i just purchased "what your doctor may not tell you about children's vaccinations" but haven't gotten around to reading it yet and am not sure it'll help me in this situation.

our family is heading to china next month and everyone is pushing me to catch up w/ dd's vax. we have not had the mmr and have not completed shots for other series. dh is really worried that dd can catch something while we're there. because we've at least agreed to take it slow, i really don't like the idea of making up for all the shots we've missed in this short period (especially since i haven't even decided if i wanted to continue w/ them...)

HELP!!!

[brendaziz]

I'm sorry that I don't have real good advice :-(

Just listen to your instincts and only get her what u feel comfortable with.
I wouldn't vaccinate solely based on travel arrangements- but I'm also not comfortable vaxing at all.

Just make the decision as u see fit. If it were me I would not try to "catch up" quickly b/c I think that can be very harmful.
I would either just go on the trip w/ current vax status or rethink the international travel w/ baby.

[Marnica]

I agree with above poster. DO NOT do a catch up schedule, unless you can do it over many many months. You do not want to overwhelm her system.

With that said I also would not worry about travelling to China with a a partially vaxed (or unvaxed for that matter) child. Where in China are you going? You can look at the WHO website to see if there are any outbreaks of anything in that region at the moment.