Childhood Immunizations

Hi! I am not sure where you live, but I too when I was pregnant with my first and second child had mixed feelings about all the shots my little ones were to receive, so I was upfront with my pediatrician, whom I love, and asked her if I could break the shots up (2/visit) and then come back a few weeks later for the other one or two they were to have. She was fine with this and even recommended which ones to give in combination of the two. This way of giving shots takes longer but they have recieved all of them just at a slower pace. I live in the Rochester area and my pediatricians office is in this area as well. Her name is Dr. Ami Mavani and her number is ###-###-####. She is an excellent pediatrician and is also very knowledgeable in homeopathic medicine as well. This too was a plus for us as well. We did not want to keep throwing prescriptions in their tiny bodies when they were sick. Lastly, when I was pregnant my ob referred her to me and said if I did not like her there was something wrong with me! So she comes highly recommended from five ob's in the troy area who practice out of Beaumont. Good luck with your decision and please consider her. She is very warm, nurturing and truly loves her job!

Hi K.,
I have a 21 yr old son and a 20 yr old daughter, when they were kids I took them to the Oakland County Health clinic for their shots and they were fine. A lot of the old diseases are coming back because people are not getting these shots but it is up to the parent to decide to get them or not. If you call the Health Clinic they can give you good information that might help you in your decision. I chose to get them and didn't have any problems. I hope this helps you.
K. M

i go to dr.kreuger. she is on 10 & haggerty, i'm not sure where you are located. she is very laid back about vaccines. she doesn't like to give all of the vaccines on time b/c she feels that it's too much. my dtr is almost 2 and she is caught up on all of her vaccines finally, but i would do 1 or 2 shots each visit EXCEPT the mmr, which she will recieve at her 2 year visit. dr.kreuger is i don't want to say natural, but she's not all about the antibiotics and she doesn't pressure. example...my dtr had a really really bad double ear infection and i took her in and she said that it was bad enough to give her antibiotics, but it was my call.
now w/that said about the dr., i'm not against vaccines and i do believe that you should vaccinate your children, but how you do it is up to that person. i have chosen to wait on the mmr vacc b/c i'm scared of autism, but i'm also scared of the measles, so that's why i waiting until she is 2. go w/your gut and do lots of research!!!! hope this helps...

K.-

We take our 18 month old daughter to Pediatric Care Corner, P.C. Before I even delivered we went and had a discussion with one of the five doctors on staff at the location. They let the parents make the final decision on what treatment needs to be given to the child. We are not giving vaccines to our daughter until she is two or three years old. The only thing you have to do is sign a waiver at the well visits that are scheduled for vaccines.

Pediatric Care Corner, P.C.
2300 Haggerty Rd., Ste 2110
West Bloomfield, MI 48323
###-###-#### Phone
###-###-#### Fax

The office is located on Haggerty Road just south of Pontaic Trail.

I know my sister-in-law did a lot of reading about vaccinations. Even though it was controversial, she decided to wait until all her children (5 kids) reached the age of two before giving any vaccinations. Good luck!

I am not sure what area you are in, but I have a fantastic peditrician in Grand Blanc, PM me if you would like his information. You will know if there are any adverse effects from the immunizations, even though they can not speak, you get to know exactly how they are feeling. I think the biggest one to delay is the MMR given at 1 year, that was a terrible shot.

Our pediatrician is Dr James Walker over in Grand Blanc. He has been great on explaining the vaccinations, and what ones can be delayed and what ones you can't/shouldn't delay.

I've kept all my daughters vaccinations current. One thing I've done though is only let her have 2 at a time. So it means more trips to the doctor, but I don't like the idea of her getting 4 shots at once. It's cost a little more, more visits more money, but I feel its been worth it.

Congratulations! And good luck with your first baby. Oh, by the way, the first shot they'll push on you at the hospital is the hepititis B shot. So do a little research now. I had my daughter get it, because I wasn't informed. The next baby (due in July) I'll be holding off for a while.