A Guide for Parents These are the vaccinations your baby needs

A Guide for Parents
These are the vaccinations your baby needs!

At birth

Hep-B
0-2 months¹

1-2 months

Hep-B
1-4 months¹

2 months

DTaP

Hib

Polio

PCV

4 months

DTaP

Hib

Polio

PCV

6 months

DTaP

Hib²

Polio
6-18 months¹

PCV

Hep-B
6-18 months¹

12 months

MMR
12-15 months¹

Hib
12-15 months¹

Chickenpox
12-18 months¹

PCV
12-15 months¹

15 months

DTaP
12-18 months^1,3

Check with your doctor or nurse to make sure your baby is getting immunized on time. Also make sure you ask your doctor or nurse to give you a record card with all the dates of your baby's shots and be sure to bring it to every visit.

Hep-B:	protects against hepatitis B, s serious liver disease
DTaP:	protects against diphtheria, tetanus (lockjaw), and pertussis (whooping cough)
Hib:	protects against Haemophilus influenzae type b
Polio:	inactivated (injected) vaccine (IPV) protects against polio
PCV7:	pneumococcal conjugate vaccine protects against serious pneumococcal infections
MMR:	protects against measles, mumps, and rubella (German measles)
Chickenpox:	varicella zoster vaccine protects against chickenpox

1. This is the age range in which this vaccine should be given.

2. Depending on the brand of Hib vaccine used for the 1st and 2nd doses, a dose at 6 months of age
may not be needed.

3. DTaP may be given as early as 12 months if 6 months have elapsed since the previous dose and if the child might not return by 18 months of age.

Nicholas A. DeRosa
Director of Health

Oneida County Department of Health
Adirondack Bank Building
5th Floor
185 Genesee Street
Utica, New York 13501
(315) 798-6400
Email: publichealth@ocgov.net

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