It is important to have your children vaccinated according a doctor’s recommendation. This can help prevent them from many serious diseases. A recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study found that 74% of children delay receiving at least one vaccine in the first 2 years of their lives. A delay in getting vaccines for a baby could lead to a vaccine-preventable illness.
A new guide has been created by Heidi Murkoff (president and cofounder of What to Expect Foundation) and author of the best selling “What to Expect Guide”. “What to Expect”The parenting and pregnancy book series could be helpful in keeping parents on track. This guide provides parents with useful information regarding their child’s vaccines. It includes information about vaccines that experts recommend as well as what parents can do to protect their children from vaccine-preventable disease. The guide also contains a planner and vaccine chart to assist parents and pediatricians in keeping track of all shots given to their children.
This is the new publication. “The What to Expect Guide to Immunizations: What You Need to Know About Your Child’s Vaccinations,”Online access is now free to parents and future parents www.whattoexpect.orgYou can also find it in selected pediatricians’ offices. The guide contains useful information.
Parents can help their child feel less pain after every poke.
– Hold your baby during shots – Studies have shown that it helps to reduce crying.
Breastfeeding may be beneficial for babies who are experiencing pain from the shot.
– You can reduce the discomfort by putting a little sugar water on the baby’s tongue or pacifier right before you give the shot.
Ask your doctor if you can apply a prescription anesthetic cream to the area before the shot.
The guide recommends that parents talk to their pediatrician about combinations vaccines. This is a single shot that includes vaccines against more than one disease. More and more combination vaccines are now available. To reduce the number required shots, children can be given one or more of these. It may be easier for children to receive combination vaccines. The schedule can be completed on time and your child will get the shots they need.
“There’s great news when it comes to the number of shots your child will be getting,”Murkoff explained. “The combo vaccines that combine immunizations against two or more diseases at the same time -; in one shot -; are becoming more common. They’re just as safe and effective as individual shots. Which means your child will get fewer shots -; with the same protection. How’s that for win-win?”
This guide explains everything parents should know about vaccine-preventable disease and vaccines that are recommended to them by the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. The What to Expect Foundation received funding and other support from GlaxoSmithKline for the development of this guide. “The What to Expect Guide to Immunizations: What You Need to Know About Your Child’s Vaccinations.”
For more information, please visit www.whattoexpect.orgTalk to your pediatrician.
