Comments on: Vaccination Schedule http://drjaygordon.com/vaccinations/vaccination-schedule.html No one knows your child better than you do Sat, 13 Nov 2010 22:56:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Cheryl Taylor http://drjaygordon.com/vaccinations/vaccination-schedule.html/comment-page-1#comment-330 Cheryl Taylor Sat, 01 May 2010 22:25:52 +0000 http://bluehost.drjaygordon.altpixel.com/?p=110#comment-330 It is impossible to give a new "schedule" that should be applied to all children because that is the very basis of the concern - there are different considerations to make for different children. You are making a wise decision to initially delay vaccines on a 5 mo. old preemie. This has obviously been carefully thought through. He has a very immature nervous system that could not react well to an assault to that system. Waiting until a year is an easy to support decision. In that time he will grow a lot and his system will mature remarkably. During those 7 months you can educate yourself further on all the vaccines and search for a Pediatrician or Family Practice Physician that you can have good discussions with about what the choices are and why and when. If you haven't located your local La Leche League International group I would do so post haste. They are typically a great group of local mothers from whom you can find out the pediatricians in the area that are breastfeeding knowledgeable and supportive of parents who are opting for other than the typical vaccine schedule adherence. Hope that helps. It is impossible to give a new "schedule" that should be applied to all children because that is the very basis of the concern – there are different considerations to make for different children. You are making a wise decision to initially delay vaccines on a 5 mo. old preemie. This has obviously been carefully thought through. He has a very immature nervous system that could not react well to an assault to that system. Waiting until a year is an easy to support decision. In that time he will grow a lot and his system will mature remarkably. During those 7 months you can educate yourself further on all the vaccines and search for a Pediatrician or Family Practice Physician that you can have good discussions with about what the choices are and why and when.

If you haven't located your local La Leche League International group I would do so post haste. They are typically a great group of local mothers from whom you can find out the pediatricians in the area that are breastfeeding knowledgeable and supportive of parents who are opting for other than the typical vaccine schedule adherence.

Hope that helps.

]]> By: laurie beyer http://drjaygordon.com/vaccinations/vaccination-schedule.html/comment-page-1#comment-295 laurie beyer Fri, 30 Apr 2010 08:31:59 +0000 http://bluehost.drjaygordon.altpixel.com/?p=110#comment-295 hi there. my friend and fellow new mom referred me to your wonderful website, and recently sent me your email to kate, producer of the recent tv show on vaccinations. i have a 5 month old, premie by 6 weeks or so. he's small, only about 11 lbs. he's coming along great. but yes, i haven't started his vaccinations yet. the schedule they gave me at kaiser was insane in my eyes. why would i give a 6 lb baby all this crap??? he's way too little.. just makes common sense really. i've asked around a lot about it, to moms and others. i get all sortsa stories and reasons to vaccinate now, and to wait. clearly there's more to it than we're being led to believe. i so appreciate your opinions and honesty around all this. i used to live in the palisades, maybe i should move back there. i can't seem to find a pediatrician here with a decent, honest non-protocol slant to the issues around vaccines. any advice here? we're at kaiser, and ther'es no other pediatrician that's come recommended. in fact my friend had the one other there, and moved to a family doctor to deal with her baby. i've even had 2 psychics say to wait for the vaccines with my kiddo. that he's super sensitive, it will change him tremendously if i agree to all this vaccine scheduling stuff. i'm not working ,he's not in day care, and i often times don't even let people hold him unless i'm certain of them and where they've been. (people are so stupid around this.. it's been my biggest pepeave since having him) anyhow, would luv some advice around a schedule that would be reasonable for him, and which specific vaccines to get. i've heard to do for sure: hib, pneumococal, and dtap. can't wait to hear from you, from boulder, colorado. best , laurie hi there. my friend and fellow new mom referred me to your wonderful website, and recently sent me your email to kate, producer of the recent tv show on vaccinations.

i have a 5 month old, premie by 6 weeks or so. he's small, only about 11 lbs. he's coming along great. but yes, i haven't started his vaccinations yet. the schedule they gave me at kaiser was insane in my eyes. why would i give a 6 lb baby all this crap??? he's way too little.. just makes common sense really. i've asked around a lot about it, to moms and others. i get all sortsa stories and reasons to vaccinate now, and to wait. clearly there's more to it than we're being led to believe.

i so appreciate your opinions and honesty around all this. i used to live in the palisades, maybe i should move back there. i can't seem to find a pediatrician here with a decent, honest non-protocol slant to the issues around vaccines.

any advice here? we're at kaiser, and ther'es no other pediatrician that's come recommended. in fact my friend had the one other there, and moved to a family doctor to deal with her baby.

i've even had 2 psychics say to wait for the vaccines with my kiddo. that he's super sensitive, it will change him tremendously if i agree to all this vaccine scheduling stuff. i'm not working ,he's not in day care, and i often times don't even let people hold him unless i'm certain of them and where they've been. (people are so stupid around this.. it's been my biggest pepeave since having him)

anyhow, would luv some advice around a schedule that would be reasonable for him, and which specific vaccines to get. i've heard to do for sure: hib, pneumococal, and dtap.

can't wait to hear from you, from boulder, colorado.

best , laurie

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