Baby Immunizations First Year

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Baby immunizations first year. At 1 to 2 months your baby should receive vaccines to protect them from the following diseases. 3 or 4 doses of hib vaccine. At birth your baby should receive the hepatitis b vaccine 3. Two doses given at least four weeks apart are recommended for children age 6 months through 8 years of age who are getting an influenza flu vaccine for the first time and for some other children in this age group.

Also known as lockjaw signs and symptoms include painful tightening of the muscles usually all over the body. The first dose of hepa vaccine should be given between 12 months and 23 months of age. Two doses of hepa vaccine are needed for lasting protection. Tetanus the t in dtap vaccine.

Flu shots can be given to your child each year starting at age 6 months. 4 doses of polio vaccine. Test for hbsag and anti hbs at age 9 12 months. Hib vaccine protects against haemophilus influenzae type b hib a bacteria that causes an infection in the brain and spinal cord that can damage a baby s brain and hearing.

For infants 2 000 grams administer 3 additional doses of vaccine total of 4 doses beginning at age 1 month. At about two months of age your baby should receive the dtap vaccine the pneumococcal vaccine the hib vaccine the polio vaccine and the rotovirus vaccine. Then between one and two months your baby should receive a second dose of the hepatitis b vaccine. 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.

All babies should get the first shot of hepatitis b vaccine within first 12 hours after birth. From diphtheria before there was a vaccine. 3 doses of hepatitis b vaccine. Administer hepb vaccine and hepatitis b immune globulin hbig in separate limbs within 12 hours of birth regardless of birth weight.