i am going to go out on a limb here and politely suggest that most of the PPs have not given you solid counsel.
l live in FL. my ds1 was partially vaxed, and then i stopped. by the time i had ds2, i was no longer a vaxing mama. when ds2 started kindy in 07, i handed in a DoH681, religious exemption from vax form. bc ds1 was starting 7th grade that year, and certain vaxes are "required" for 7th grade, i took that opportunity to submit an DoH681 for him as well.
required documentation of vaccine status is legally required for daycares in FL. a daycare being run out of a private residence, esp once licensed, is a business and a school and fully subject to FL vax laws. therefore, the DCP does in fact need somethign from you.
however, the vax requirements, understandably, are not completely fulfilled in a 12 mo old baby. many boosters are still months if not years away. so, at this point, all you need to give the DCP is a copy of the record of whichever vaxes have been given up to now.
if you choose to turn in a vax exemption, it must be the blue cardstock form that you obtain from any local HD, aka "clinic". you CAN NOT simply write a letter stating you are delayed/selective. you can write such a letter, but it wont be accepted as complying with the law, and i personally feel it muddles the right and wrong of things when well-intentioned parents submit "documentation" of their own creation that goes above and beyond what the law requires. the NVIC agrees with this line of thought.
also, if you choose to submit an exemption, you cant go back and turn in proof of any future vaxes you may do later on. as far as the daycare and future schools go, your dc will be exempt, which to them will have to mean not having received ANY vaxes after the date of the exemption. so...
if your dc is enrolled in SHOTS (electronic vax records) the school can go in and see what vaxes were given and when. you are automatically enrolled upon adminsitration of the 1st vax, usually hepb at birth. you are only NOT enrolled if you opt out. so...if you havent opted out of SHOTS and you keep doing del/sel vax, then enroll your dc in public kindy and hand in an exemption, the school is legally permitted to look into SHOTS and can then see you were "exempt" the 1st day of kindy but had a booster the 5th day. not a good situation to be in. your exemption will be rejected and you will have maybe 30 days, maybe none, depending on the mood of the official that day, to become fully up-to-date with FL vax requirements.
so, for PPS who said the ped wont give the record to the school...not quite, but the ped has uploaded the vax record to a database which the daycare and school can access, and its prefectly, disgustingly legal.
i dont recommend an exemption in your case. i do not have 1st hand experience with daycare, other than a few months my ds1 spent in a montessori preschool 10 or 11 yrs ago immediately prior to kindy. at that time, i was just about at the point of becoming a non-vaxer, so the preschool got his DoH680 shot record.
i was able to find a copy of "Immunization Guidelines-Florida Schools, Child Care Facilities and Family Day Care Homes" for more specific info wrt to home daycare centers. it says:
"D. Licensed childcare facilities and family daycare homes:
Children entering or attending licensed childcare facilities and family daycare homes shall have received as many of the following age-appropriate immunizations as are medically indicated in accordance with the current Recommended Childhood Immunization Schedule:
Diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vaccine
Polio vaccine
Measles vaccine
Mumps vaccine
Rubella vaccine
Varicella vaccine (Effective July 1, 2001)
Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine
Pneumococcal Conjugate vaccine (Effective January 1, 2008 for children 2 to 24 months of age)"
so, what is age appropriate? how close are you to the FL schedule? (not the AAP or CDC of WHO or whatever schedule, the FL one. gov't and trade organizations make "recommendations", state boards of education make "requirements")
sorry for the long post, but i want you to have correct info.
heres the page where i got the info i copied just above. best wishes!
