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Immunizations for Babies

A Guide for Parents: These are the shots your baby needs

Birth: 1 Hep-B (0-2 months)

1-2 months: 1 Hep-B

2 months: DTaP (DTP), Hib, Polio

4 months: DTaP (DTP), Hib, Polio

6 months: DTaP (DTP), 2 Hib, 1 Hep-B (6-18 months)

12 months: 1 MMR (12-15 months), 1 Hib (12-15 months), 1,3 Polio (12-18 months), 1 Var

15 months: 1,4 DTaP (DTP) (12-18 months)

Check with your clinic to make sure your baby is getting immunized on time. And make sure you ask your clinic to give you a record card with all the dates of your baby’s shots.

Hep-B: protects against hepatitis B, a serious liver disease

DTaP: protects against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (whooping cough)

Hib: protects against Haemophilus influenzae type B

Polio: inactivated (injected) vaccine (IPV) or oral vaccine (OPV) protects against polio

MMR: protects against measles, mumps, and rubella (German measles)

Var: varicella zoster vaccine protects against chickenpox

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

If an all-OPV schedule is used, the 3^rd dose may be given at 6-18 months.

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.

For more information, contact the Communicable Disease and Epidemiology – Immunization Program at 240-777-1050