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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why does it matter? Presumably they've all had the MMR at 12 months. [/quote]
Thank you for posting this. That was my first thought. My kids got the MMR at 12 months. First M equals measles[/quote]

[b]The MMR at 4 is to catch kids who don't react to the 12 month version.[/b]  That happened to my kid.  For complicated reasons we had to get a titer done shortly after her first birthday, and it showed the measles part of MMR didn't "take."  She got a second MMR at that time, and then again at age 4.  [/quote]

No, it’s not. It’s offered as a choice now so kids don’t have to get all 4 shots at age 5.[/quote]

DP. No. "All indicated vaccines should be administered at the same visit."

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/downloads/genrec.pdf

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You are misinterpreting that. They are simply trying to prevent people from not vaccinating at all and missing one. As long as the vaccines are administered during the window of ages 4-6, it’s fine. There is no research showing any problem with doing some at 4 and some at 5. There are a total of 4 at that age. We did two at age 4 and two age 5. Pedi said it made no difference. [/quote]

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