2mo old visit HIb/ Prevnar/ DTAP??

[mad4mady]

Hello All :)

The 2 month appt is near approaching for us. I am not looking for debates just info We are selective/ Delaying vaccines. We are not doing Hep B and Rotovirus...I am waiting on Polio so that just leaves hib/ prevnar and dtap. My ped says that since I want to spread them out to wait on dtap. He said i should do hib/prevnar  but that these two are the ones that have the greater risk of side effect...so I have decided to only do 1 at a time. However, I cannot decided which one to do first. The schedule will be to do these 3 at alternating appts with dtap being the last to start. Would you do hib or prevnar first? Why? Can someone tell me which one of these 2 has the greater side effect risks or more serious side effects. I keep thinking I will do hib first because it is the more serious dieses from my understanding however, I hear that prevnar is more common...my deciding factor I think is going to be which one is the safer then the other. Is there any benefit to waiting uptil 3 mo or 4 mos to start them instead of starting at 2mo. I read that these 2 are most common to hit babies under 6mos so it wouldn't make sense to do the vaccine if I planned to wait until that time? Let me know if this info is false

other senario? Would you ever give hib/prevnar together at one visit? I really dont think I feel comfortable doing this but, I was just wondering what people think about it and if splitting them up by 1 month is going to make that big of a difference.

Thank you!! Megan

[A&A]

Since you're delaying, you may want to think about delaying all vaxes until after 6 mo.  Before then, the liver isn't fully formed and can't process the toxins.  Are you breastfeeding?  That is providing a lot of protection to your child right now. 

[nia82]

HiB is actually the least reactive one. Prevnar is quite reactive and DTaP is one of the most reactive, concerning shot for most parents. I can't give you any advice on what to do, we delay until 24 months and start with HiB then (just one is needed), I don't do Prevnar, we do DTaP after HiB with titer checks to see how many we actually need.

[Jugs]

I believe all three are important for an infant, as they have less resistance to these infections, and are at highest risk for complications. Hib does have a lower rate of side effects than Prevnar, but the thing with Prevnar is, if you delay it too long and don't do the 4 dose series, antibody titers are lower (ie. less protection) with fewer doses. Personally, I felt comfortable giving them together because in Prevnar's clinical trials the vaccine was administer concomitantly with the other vaccines given on schedule at 2, 4 and 6 months.

[mad4mady]

Thanks for the replys. :) I have another question about passive immunity. I am breastfeeding and recieved the dtap vaccine when dd was 1 week (dh is way mainstream and frantic about vaccines...getting it myself was the only way he would consider a delayed schedule) Would the antibodies my body created transfer through bfing enough to give good protection against whooping cough for dd?