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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Listen to your gut OP. You’re doing the right thing and will be able to find a pediatrician to support you. They work for you, not the other way around. [/quote]

No. Listen to the science. There is a reason we have the vaccine schedule in the US. If you live in another country, there is a reason why they have their schedule. I would not deviate from the schedule in a major way without a significant reason (proven allergy). If you don’t want to do all of the shots at one visit, you can do visits a few weeks apart and stay on schedule. But research indicates that parents generally do not follow up and their kids are at risk for vaccine-preventable illnesses. And there is no evidence that it does anything in reducing reactions, etc. [/quote]

The reason we have the vaccine schedule we do in the US is because parents of babies are a captive audience. They are the ones most frequently bringing their child to the doctor for well baby visits; thus, the best time to give vaccines is at  the well visits.  No vaccine is magic nor does a vaccine know age. Vaccines work if given at 8 moths or 8 yrs or 18yrs.

And we did one shot at a time and the Peds office didn’t care at all. No complaints, no issues. [/quote]

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