Vaccine Schedule

Vaccine schedule for children starting day care early:

HiB first dose - 6 months
IPV first dose - 7 months
DTaP first dose - 8 months

HiB second dose - 10 months
IPV second dose - 11 months
DTaP second dose - 12 months

HiB third dose - 24 months
IPV third dose - 25 months
DTaP third dose - 26 months
Measles - 28 months
Rubella - 40 months

HiB fourt dose - 48 months
IPV fourt dose - 49 months
DTaP fourt dose - 50 months
Mumphs - 52 months

With this schedule - no boosters are needed for starting school.

Vaccine schedule for children NOT attending day care:

HiB first dose - 24 months
IPV first dose - 25 months
DTaP first dose - 26 months

HiB second dose - 28 months
IPV second dose - 29 months
DTaP second dose - 30 months

Measles - 32 months
Rubella - 44 months
HiB third dose - 48 months
IPV third dose - 49 months
DTaP third dose - 50 months
Mumphs - 60 months

With this schedule no other HiB, IPV, and DTaP doses should be needed.

Pneumococcal Vaccine is not required in most states and the vaccine is very expensive. It should be given only to children prone to the disease.
Varicella is not required in most states and should be administered only after a test is done to determine if there is an immunity to the illness. It is not state mandated but schools may require it in order to accept a child - a parent can always claim religious issues and skip it.
Hepatitis B vaccine is required for a child to attend school - the states of Illinois, Vermont, Maine and others allow exemptions on philosophical and religious basis. Other states allow on religious only.
Hepatitis A vaccine is recommended for people living in Western States and people travelling in Central and Eastern Europe. It is not recommended before the age of 2. It should be given in 2 doses - six months apart. If one does not want the vaccine to be administered, he/she may use immune globulin, which gives protection for 5 to 6 months against the virus.
Hepatitis A and B vaccines have been linked to multiple auto-immune illnesses including but not limited to Multiple Sclerosis, convulsions, neuropathy, Guillan-Barre syndrome and other immune and brain complications that affect children and adults.