vaccine schedule in Germany

[P.J.]

So my DS is 5 months old. I feel so confused by the whole vaccine thing, and DH is cautious but seems to want to do selected vaccinations (which ones he's not sure yet). Our pediatrician is homeopathic and said she always recommends delayed vaccination...we didn't discuss it further with her but figured it was wise to wait, especially since we're so unsure. So we're waiting at least a year. If it were up to me, I'd probably not vaccinate at all, but I don't think DH is going to go for that option.

My question is, what is the regular vaccine schedule here in Germany? I know they don't do nearly as many as in the US.

And what have your experiences been? Maybe I'm skewed in my view living in a big city and taking my birth classes at the Geburtshaus, but it seems like many parents are concerned, and waiting a year to vaccinate is not unusual here. Is that accurate or just my perception based on very limited experience?

[Tigerle]

This is the current vaccination schedule in English, from the Robert Koch institute.
http://www.rki.de/cln_160/nn_216436/..._schedule.html

[P.J.]

Really? That says Hep B is given at birth, but I was under the impression it wasn't. My baby was born in a hospital and nobody offered us the Hep B vaccine (I would have refused anyhow). Hmph.

[Tigerle]

That one confused me too until I checked out the footnote; apparently it is only given in some cases.

[BethHH]

I was torn about Hep B.  I wanted to wait until my daughter was school-aged, and my ped was fine with that.  (It was brought up at her U4 exam).  The only issue is that if you give it early (before 6 mos), it's one jab as part of the 7-pack.  Later, and it's 3 individual sticks.