Delayed vaccination schedule

[Clairejessicamiller]

Myself and my husband are currently talking over our options. Our baby will be born in England but we will be moving to the states when baby is about 6 months old. Americans tend to have a longer vaccination list than us here. There are some we are choosing not to do. I've heard a lot of people talking about delaying vaccinations over a longer period. Is there anyone that has done this and could tell me roughly what they did. Thank you

Personally, I can never see the point of delaying. I fully understand not doing them at all but by delaying what danger do you think there is by doing them on time that won't be there if you delay them and at what stage do you know that that danger will have passed? I think that no matter how long you delay, they will never be 100% safe.

Hello, I did. I did some reading on it first. I would recommend Vaccines: a Parents Guide by Dr halvorsen. You are welcome to my copy if you want to PM me your address as I have finished with it.

The book contains alternative schedules using the NHs vaccines and one with private vaccines. I just used NHS vaccines and the immunisation nurse eventually stopped stressing at me for being "behind".

I decided to prioritise the 5 in 1 because of the recent increase in whopping cough in infants (I did not have the vaccine when pregnant due to my concerns over it).

I did:
12 weeks - 5 in 1
16 weeks - 5 in 1 - 2nd dose
20 weeks - PCV

Then still to come:
28 weeks - PCV - 2nd dose
Men C sometime after that.

I didn't give DS the rotavirus one.

By staggering them and only giving DS one at a time I feel the side effects were minimised. Other DC's who we socialise with all got temps and other side effects to some degree (one stopped breathing, v scary!) and my DS had nothing. Obviously I can't say this is definitely why he had no reaction.

Neither Dr Sears or Richard Halveson have any scientific basis for their alternative schedules.

Whooping cough has increased a lot in UK, and there have been baby deaths.

I think you should have the 5-in-1 on time.

The others didn't exist when I had my DC (or were rolled out during the sprogging years) so not all of mine have had all the others.

Not that i know I assume its based on recommendations, but the point i am making is there is no basis for eith Sears or Halvesons schedule either and the science behind them is dodgy at best. Just dont fall for the Ive written a scaremongering book on the subject therefore i am expert.

the US schedule is strongly influenced by their pathetic health care system - there is no such thing as a health visitor/midwife who does home visits etc. A lot of parents don't have access to healthcare (even with Medicaid/Medicare, vaccination clinics might just be held once a month in some central location and be difficult to access even for the parents who want to vaccinate. Therefore, the CDC recommends that many vaccinations per visit.

If you have great health care, you can talk to your doctor to make up an "individual" schedule. Note that Bob Sears is a private doctor, charging $100 to $250 per vaccine visit and his "alternative" schedule almost doubles the number of visits needed...

The main difference between US and UK schedule is the inclusion of HepB in the US schedule and doctors/school are pretty paranoid diligent about that one.

Most US States have vaccine exemptions, but in general, daycares and schools want children to be up to date with their shots, so be prepared to be challenged if your DC is not up to date.

Madrigals - the differences are usually due to local considerations - e.g., in Scandinavia, children usually don't go into centre based care until they are over a year old, measles, mumps and rubella are essentially eradicated...