No Benefit to Delaying Vaccines

from Pediatrics in Fit Pregnancy

Parents who mistakenly believe multiple vaccinations raise the risk for autism and are thus tempted to delay some of their infant’s shots should be reassured by a study of more than 1,000 children.  It found that babies who received all the recommended immunizations on time during their first year of life did as well, if not better, on cognitive tests at ages 7 to 10 compared with children who got their vaccines late or not at all.

Delaying or spacing out immunizations only prolongs a baby’s susceptibility to such potentially fatal diseases as measles and whooping cough.

Guide to Vaccines

Everything parents need to know about immunizations

By Lisa Moran, Parenting.com
Children today are immunized against 16 diseases, including hepatitis A and B, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, measles, mumps, rubella, meningitis, pneumonia, polio, chicken pox, flu, H1N1 (swine) flu, rotavirus, and the human papillomavirus (HPV). It can be overwhelming and scary for new parents to try to sort through all of the information -- and misinformation -- out there on the topic of vaccines. Bottom line: Immunizations keep our children safe from deadly diseases, and any risk they may pose is far less than the risk of getting the disease itself.

Vaccine FAQs
Vaccination Schedule
Hepatitis B (Hep B)
Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis (DTaP)
Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib)
Polio (IPV)
Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR)
Pneumococcal conjugate (PCV)
Rotavirus
Influenza (Flu Shot)
H1N1 (Swine Flu)
Varicella (Varivax)
Hep A
HPV
At the Doctor
Mom's Experience
Age-by-age Guide
Support

News Bite -- Vaccines

from www.parenting.com
Confused about vaccines?  The American Academy of Pediatrics has answers.  Log on to Cispimmunize.org for audio interviews with pediatricians like Harvey Karp, M.D., Ari Brown M.D., and Richard Besser, M.D., as well as actress Amanda Peet and former First Lady Roasalynn Carter.