Vaccines Given in Childhood

You don't need to know all of these, but I want you to be familiar with all of the protections we get for our children in current day that were not available before (to address the intervention theme for an essay question). It is the reason many of us are still here, or not suffering from one of these diseases.

Hepatitis B vaccine:
1.First dose at birth to 2 months
2.Second dose at 1 to 4 months
3.Third dose at 6 to 18 months

Hib vaccine(HIB), a bacteria responsible for a range of serious "invasive" diseases including meningitis with potential brain damage and epiglottitis with airway obstruction.
More than 90% of all HIB infections occur in children 5 years of age or less; the peak attack rate is at 6-12 months of age.
:
1.First dose at 2 months
2.Second dose at 4 months
3.Third dose at 6 months
4.Fourth dose at 12 to 15 months

Polio vaccine (an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells, causes paralysis) of the brain stem and spinal cord :
1.First dose at 2 months
2.Second dose at 4 months
3.Third dose at 6 to 18 months
4.Fourth dose at 4 to 6 years

DTaP ( diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis) vaccine:
1.First dose at 2 months
2.Second dose at 4 months
3.Third dose at 6 months
4.Fourth dose at 15 to 18 months
5.Fifth dose at 4 to 6 years
6.DTaP is recommended at 11 years

Pneumococcal vaccine:
1.First dose at 2 months
2.Second dose at 4 months
3.Third dose at 6 months
4.Fourth dose at 12 to 18 months

Rotavirus vaccine:
1.First dose at 2 months
2.Second dose at 4 months
3.Third dose at 6 months

Hepatitis A vaccine:
1.First dose at 12 months
2.Second dose at 18 months

Influenza vaccine:
1.First dose at 6 months (requires a booster one month after initial vaccine)
2.Annually until 5 years (then yearly if indicated or desired, according to risks)

MMR vaccine (Three in one: Measles, Mumps and Rubella):
1.First dose at 12 to 15 months
2.Second dose at 4 to 6 years

Varicella vaccine:
1.First dose at 12 to 15 months
2.Second dose at 4 to 6 years

Meningococcal ( severe bacterial infection of the bloodstream or meninges (a thin lining covering the brain and spinal cord) vaccine:
1.Single dose at 11 years
Human papillomavirus vaccine (adolescent girls only):
1.First dose at 11 years
2.Second dose two months after first dose
3.Third dose six months after first dose

http://www.medicinenet.com/childhood_vaccination_schedule/page2.htm

***Hepatitis B and two or three others are now required before preschool entry in the Fall in the State of TN (we just got the letter).****