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[gasmancv]

i am following dr sear's selective schedule

[ryleigh'smama]

Ds has had:

4 months- DTaP and Hib
12 months- DTap and Hib
15 months- Prevnar

(I will do another Prevnar at 18 months)

My dd is three, I still have not done the MMR for her, but would have at her three year visit except she was in the midst of a bad viral infection. So we'll wait until she is really healthy. I talked to the ped (who is a very cool guy) and he said that awhile back there was a shortage of Prevnar, so the drug company said children could have just two doses and that would provide 90% immunity....then of course the shortage ended and immediately four shots were required again. So I feel pretty good about getting the two shots, and then on the required ones, getting a booster before school.

[luvmy2girls]

Originally Posted by gasmancv

i am following dr sear's selective schedule

Does anyone have Dr. Sears' schedule handy? (If it's already posted in this thread, I apologize. I did a search and it didn't come up...) TIA! I'm on line to get the book from our library, but it's on order, so I have to wait.

[mns2lv4ever]

does anybody know the school requirements for NY State?

[mariag]

I am still trying to figure out what to do for dd#3 and have an appt on Friday! Have the sears book, but feel really confused about Dtap and the side effects as well as the effectiveness....

was going to do the sears schedule, but now we will leave in two weeks and be away for 12 weeks (meaning no vax during that time) so any thoughts on whether we should do dtap before we leave, or just wait and start all in Oct?

also, I am sure I will not do rotovirus and dr was fine with that so taking that out of the sears schedule 2 mo would just be dtap

[leewd]

I just put this together for DD3.
What do y'all think????

6 months - DTaP (1)
6 months - Hib (1)

9 months - DTaP (2)
9 months - Hib (2)

12 months - PCV (Prevnar) - (1)

15 months - Hib (3)
15 months - DTaP (3)

18 months - MMR (1)

24 months - PCV (Prevnar) - (2)
24 months - Hib (4)

4 years - DTaP (4)
4 years 1 month - MMR (2)

[mns2lv4ever]

selective schedule

I put this together for my ds I only want to get him the shots required by the state to get into school otherwise he is not getting shots just because they are out there.

I made that mistake with my dd2 I got her the stupid ear infection shot and this poor child had chronic ear infections.

Well anyways this is what I put together if anybody out their knows NY state requirements for school entry please let me know if this looks ok according to their schedule.

Any help that anyone can provide would be great. Another ? how do you other mothers handle it when explaining or telling the dr what shots you want your child to have and not to have. I would like it to be pleasant I don't want to make the dr angry.

*3 months---------- Dtap & Polio
*6 months---------- Heb B & Polio
*9 months----------DTaP & Polio
*12 months----------HepB & DTap
*15 months----------HepB, Hip & PCV
*24 months----------MMR & PCV
*60 months ---------MMR & Varicella

[joiajoce]

ok. so I am totally confused. I have 2girls that have been vaxed according to docs recommendations and now my son is 13wks and we are going to a shot appt tommorow--I want to delay his shot schedule but am alittle overwhelmed on all that I have just read. He has already had a hepB in hospital so far. So help! Were do I start?

[8282tata]

how do i get the separate mmr?

I am trying to follow Dr. Sears alternate vaccine schedule, but I don't know how to obtain the mmr separately. Needless to say, my pediatrician isn't being helpful. He said he would administer it separately, but that I would have to figure out how to obtain it on my own. I live in S. Florida. I am desperately seeking some help on this. Thank you.

[Juvysen]

My doctor said they stock it. weird.

[meanttobeamom]

Hello Ladies, I'm so glad I found this site.:

I have a almost 3 month old and took her for her shots this week. Originally I thought I wouldn't vax for the firts 2 years but after doing more research and taking into account the area we live in, I decided to start with Dr. Sears SELECTIVE VACC SCHEDULE. My other 4 children were all vacced on the regular scheule and did fine, but you do what you can when you know more. So with my new baby I felt more knowledgable about vaccs and knew I could never follow the original schedule.

I feel that even though some of us have decided to get some 2 month shots, we are still delaying vaccs. The main reason to give some of the shots as an infant is because it could be severe or deadly because they are infants. Dr. Sears Selective Schedule leaves out shots that have severe or more fequent side effects, and omits vaccs for diseases that are usually mild.
He does recommend the DTaP & Rotavirus at 2 mo because they are more common, and are potentially severe to deadly in the first year of life.
But he only recommends 2 shots at a time and they are given at the times when a baby would most need it. Dr. Sears states "It wouldn't make much sense to wait until age one or two to give the infant shots because the child is way past the age when the illnesses tend to strike and strike hard". HIB and Pc, occur mainly in infancy. Pertussis and Rotavirus are seroius only in the first year or two of life. So if a person waits until the child is two to vaccinate, the child will be past the age at which these particular vaccines are most useful. Dr. Sears states, "If you are so worried about vaccines that you don't get any for your child by age two, it doesn't make much sense to then go ahead and catch up with all the shots. The way I see it is that you either get your baby vaccinated against the serious infant diseases (HIB, Pc, Pertussis, and Rotavirus) during infancy, when they are needed, or just skip the shots altogether. There are other vaccines that are worth considering when your child gets older. I simply want to point out the logical timing of these 4 infant vaccines."
The Selective Schedule protects babies from diseases that could be fatal without overloading them with shots.


Here is Dr. Sears Selective Schedule:
2 months DTap, Rotavirus (My baby got these 2 this week.) No reaction!

3 months Pc, HIB (The ingredients and side effects of the HIB Vacc are among the safest of all the shots)

4 months DTaP, Rotavirus (My baby @ 5 months)

5 months Pc, HIB (My baby @ 6 months)

6 months DTap, Rotavirus (My baby @ 7 months)

7 months Pc, HIB (My baby @ 8 months)

15 months Pc, HIB

5 years Tetanus Booster

10 years Blood test for measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox, and Hep A immunity. Consider Vacc if not immune. Also consider 3 dose Polio series if travel out of counrty is a possibility. (AFRICA OR ASIA)

12 YEARS Hep B (3 doses)

This is what I plan to follow for the most part, I do plan to spread them out a bit more. My baby is EBF and will not be going to a daycare. But I do want 2-3 rounds on board before October-November because that is when my 4 other children start to get sick and last winter we just kept passing it around and didn't really all get better until March. My Pedi also agreed that these were the most important for an infant to have, so he is on board.

[leewd]

Originally Posted by joiajoce

ok. so I am totally confused. I have 2girls that have been vaxed according to docs recommendations and now my son is 13wks and we are going to a shot appt tommorow--I want to delay his shot schedule but am alittle overwhelmed on all that I have just read. He has already had a hepB in hospital so far. So help! Were do I start?

I wish I'd seen your post sooner. My advise is simply wait until you know what you want to do! Once a shot is given, you cannot take it back. But skipping a shot is not skipping it forever.

I hope this helps!
--LEE

[NYMOM07]

Originally Posted by LongIsland

That doesn't matter.

You can submit a religious exemption and then privately vax how you wish. Many mama's here (and everywhere) do that b/c that's the only way they can do what they want (when they want) without interference.

That is not true in NY, the doctors have to submit to the school/state every vaccine

[Serenyd]

FYI Mississippi Parents

MS accepts positive Varicella (chicken pox) and MMR titers in place of the boosters for school entry. IF they argue with you get them to call the state health dept in Jackson to verify. I did not need a doctors order, just drove down the the local pathology lab and had the blood drawn. The Varicella was $45 and the MMR was $92. I picked up the results from the lab directly. It took about 3 days to get the results back.
I am planning to wait until my younger son is close to school age (4-5yrs) to vax if we are still living in MS then and the laws haven't changed. If you wait until after age 4 you only have to get 4 doses of DTap, 3 doses of IPV, and should only need 1 MMR and Varicella (with titers). IF a history of chickenpox, no vax is required. You still have to get 3 doses of Hep B no matter when you start. http://www.msdh.state.ms.us/msdhsite...urces/2029.pdf
There are different requirements for daycare. They require HIB and PCV for daycare. I don't know how applicable this is West Virginia but I know this is the only other state that doesn't allow religious or philosophical exemption - maybe they will accept positive titers too. Good Luck!

[house_of_chaos]

Dr. Miller schedule

We decided to put our 5yo ds in Kindergarten. We were going to homeschool, but i am trying to get my 17yo to graduate early so that is going to take all of my time.

Anyway. I have always been a big Vaccinate or you are crazy person, until my son developed Aspergers at age 2. My Dr agreed to postpone any vaccines until we decided if we were going to homeschool or public. I can take a conscience exemption. My problem is I have 2 other littles. Ds is 4 and DD is 2. 4yo ds has some but not many and DD has none. I have done a ton of research and think we are going to go with Dr Millers vaccine schedule.

http://www.generationrescue.org/pdf/user_friendly.pdf

1. No vaccinations until a child is 2 years old.
2. no vaccines that contain thimerosal(mercury)
3. No live virus vaccines (except for smallpox, should it recur)
4. These vaccines, to be given one at a time, every six monts, beginning at age 2:
pertussis(acellular, not whole cell), diptheria, tetanus, polio (the Salk vaccine, cultured in human cells)

I am wondering if anyone here has heard of this or used it.

DeAnna

[mermaidmama]

re

My husband and I want to selective vax. Here are the Infant illnesses we are concerned with: Haemophilus Influenza type B, Pneumococcal Disease,
Pertussis, Rotavirus, Meningococcal Disease.
Is this a safe schedule? When is the Menigococcal Vax given? Thank you.

2 months: Dtap#1 (Sept)

3 months: Rotavirus#1 (Oct)

4 months: Pc#1, HIB#1 (Nov)

5 months: DTaP#2, Rotavirus#2 (Dec)

6 months: Rotavirus#3 (Jan)

7 months: Pc#2, HIB#2 (Feb)

8 months: Dtap#3 (March)

9 months: Pc#3, HIB#3 (April)

15 months Pc#4, HIB#4 (Dec)

THESE WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR SCHOOL IF WE DID NOT GET AN EXEMPTION

4 yrs: Dtap #4 (is a booster and not part of initial series of 3 shots) / Polio #1,2,3, / MMR #1,2 / HepB #2,3 / Varicella #1

[GraceOfGod]

I noticed a lot of people asking about laws and exemptions for their specific state and I thought I'd post a website that contains info on every state. Hope this helps.

http://www.909shot.com/state-site/state-exemptions.htm

[tuffymommy0609]

Are there any vaccines you cannot get with other vaccines?

[Periwinkle]

Originally Posted by tuffymommy0609

Are there any vaccines you cannot get with other vaccines?

Loads. Usually the issue is one of primary vaccine failure, namely, that when given with certain other vaccine(s), a given vaccine will not produce the same immune response as if it was given separately.

[mommy2naomi]

Delayed vax schedule

This is the schedule that I came up with after looking at the CDC catch up information.

6 months - DTaP
9 months - DTaP
12 months - DTaP
15 months - MMR (separate?)
18 months - DTaP
HIB - only 1 necessary if given after 15 months
2 years - DTaP
Polio
3 years - Varicella - aka chickenpox
Polio
4 years - Polio
HepB - go back in 1-2 months for 2nd shot and 4-6 months from the first shot for a final third shot
5 years - HepB