All Vaccines For Babies

Vaccinations aren t all given right after a baby is born.

All vaccines for babies. For infants 2 000 grams administer 3 additional doses of vaccine total of 4 doses beginning at age 1 month. Test for hbsag and anti hbs at age 9 12 months. At 4 months of age your baby receives the following vaccines to develop immunity from potentially harmful diseases. Learn which vaccines are recommended for your child s age from birth through 18 years as well as during pregnancy.

By mayo clinic staff childhood vaccines protect children from a variety of serious or potentially fatal diseases including diphtheria measles mumps rubella polio tetanus whooping cough pertussis and others. They re mostly spaced throughout the first 24 months of your child s life and many are given. This shot acts as a safety net reducing the risk of getting the disease from you or family members who may not know they are infected with hepatitis b. Like any medicine vaccines have benefits and risks and although highly effective no vaccine is 100 percent effective in preventing disease or 100 percent safe in all individuals.

Administer hepb vaccine and hepatitis b immune globulin hbig in separate limbs within 12 hours of birth regardless of birth weight. Because of community immunity vaccines help keep your child s younger siblings older family members and. Vaccines help protect infants children and teens from serious diseases. If these diseases seem uncommon or even unheard of it s usually because these vaccines are doing their job.

Vaccination is one of the best ways parents can protect infants children and teens from potentially harmful diseases. Each is given on a different timeline. And did you know that getting your child vaccinated also protects others. Getting childhood vaccines means your child can develop immunity protection against diseases before they come into contact with them.

Hepatitis b hepb 2 nd dose diphtheria tetanus and whooping cough pertussis dtap 1 st dose haemophilus influenzae type b disease hib 1 st dose.