Dr. Sear's Alternative Vaccination Schedule

As I have mentioned in some of our past blog entries we are using the Dr. Sear's alternative vaccination schedule with Cooper. We have recently received questions from a number of friends of how do we like it, do we recommend it and what is it really about.

It was definitely a personal decision for Corey and I - after much research and talking with our pediatrician (who completely supports this schedule) we had a better comfort level with the alternative schedule versus the CDC vaccination schedule. With all of the controversy of "vaccinate" or "don't vaccinate" - I think this schedule is a happy medium! Cooper receives all of the recommended vaccinations just in a more spread out time frame therefore limiting side effects and chemical overload. Also, it starts with vaccinations against diseases that are most dangerous to young children and then follows with shots for rare and/or usually mild diseases. We definitely recommend it!

So, if you are interested in the alternative schedule we recommend you read The Vaccine Book (Little Brown) by pediatrician Robert W. Sears, M.D. The Vaccine Book recommends the vaccination schedule shown below for babies and toddlers ages 2 months to 3 1/2 years.
Happy Vaccinating!!!