• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Women Deserve Better

Women Deserve Better: For us, that means better information, better support, and better choices. Life brings challenges. We bring empowerment, because we’ll never underestimate women.

  • Work
    • Find a Job
    • Build a Career
    • Take Maternity Leave
    • Thrive As a Working Parent
    • Know Your Rights at Work
  • Learn
    • Earn Your Degree As a Parent
    • Know Your Rights on Campus
    • Finance Your Education
    • Medical Care for Student Moms
    • Housing for Student Parents
    • Child Care While You’re In Class
  • Live
    • Child Care
    • Feeding Your Family
    • Elder Care
    • Housing
    • Clothes
    • Medical Care
    • Getting Around
    • Money Matters
    • Gardening
    • Special Needs
    • Fun
    • Self-Help
  • Love
    • Adoption
    • Bonding
    • Fathers
    • Your Parents
    • Support Networks
  • About
    • Our Mission
    • Contributors
  • Shop
    • Shop
    • View Cart/Checkout
  • Support Us
  • Donate
  • Home

Vaccines 101

June 21, 2017 by Bethanie Ryan

child getting a vaccine

No one enjoys getting shots, but vaccines are extremely important when it comes to quality of life and disease prevention. This article is aimed to help you understand the why, how, and when of vaccines before you rush to schedule a doctor’s appointment.

Why Vaccinate?

The most basic reason to vaccinate your children is vaccines prevent deadly diseases, such as polio, whooping cough, and meningitis. Outbreaks of certain diseases like measles and influenza still occur, proving that failure to vaccinate can have serious consequences. Additionally, despite speculation, vaccines are safe and reliable. As the American Academy of Pediatrics points out, there is no proven link between autism and vaccinations and multiple vaccinations cannot overwhelm a child’s immune system.

How to Vaccinate?

The easiest way to vaccinate your child is to schedule an appointment with your pediatrician, although some vaccines, such as the flu shot, can be administered at a local pharmacy. Your pediatrician is there to answer your questions, so feel free to shoot him or her an email if you are feeling apprehensive before your appointment. Most vaccines are meant to be administered at specific times or ages, so you may find it helpful to keep a calendar of your appointments to keep you and your child on schedule. No child likes getting vaccinated, but the AAP suggests bringing a favorite toy or stuffed animal along to help calm your child’s nerves.

When to Vaccinate?

Certain shots are recommended for certain ages. The best immunization schedule is one that works with your child’s immune system, gauging when he or she is most susceptible to various illnesses. Furthermore, many schools require back-to-school vaccinations. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has immunization schedules available on its website, as well as a quiz to help you determine which vaccinations your child needs at what time. Different states have different requirements, so you may want to check with both your pediatrician and your child’s school to find determine the best time to vaccinate your child.

While not all health matters are controllable, vaccinating your child is one way to help your baby have a healthy future. Talking to your pediatrician about vaccinations is one of the best ways to care for and protect your child.

Filed Under: Live, Medical Care Tagged With: pediatrician, vaccinations, vaccine

Reader Interactions

Trackbacks

  1. Keeping Up with Your Prenatal Health says:
    September 18, 2017 at 5:00 pm

    […] get information on how to stay healthy during your pregnancy. Your health care provider may suggest vaccines. Some of the common vaccines for pregnant women are pertussis (whooping cough) and the common flu […]

Primary Sidebar

Suggested Articles

8 Tips for Choosing a Pediatrician

Health Insurance 101

fb-share-icon

Footer

Women Deserve Better

1 day ago

Women Deserve Better
Who is cutting the onion? 🥲I’m sharing this on the grid, because we all need a laugh.So this is not a poem.It’s about poo.And not even my child's poo.This is a story about the glamorous life of me right now.I'll keep it short, much shorter than my trip to the toilet.Both the kids were having screen time because quite frankly I had had enough and was at my limit, the move has been a lot and we were all a bit overwhelmed.Heidi had decided she wouldn't do her nap in the bassinet & so I strapped her in the carrier, seems to be the norm these days.Only, her nap lasted much longer than I had anticipated. An hour went by & the urge to pee was too great, yet so was the urge to not wake her.After careful consideration I thought I would attempt going to the toilet with her strapped in, surely I could manoeuvre all I needed to, and with a slight sway while weeing she may even stay asleep.Mother's can do anything right....But no, my body had other plans.Code brown alert.Not too far along post birth it was safe to say there would be no holding back. My mind was saying no... everything all postpartum down there was saying hell YES.So here I was, sitting on the toilet at my nanas house, kids out in the lounge while I was stuck on the toilet with my baby strapped to me taking a twosie.Other than the fact this was not my plan at all (and pretty unsanitary), she started to wake, of course she did.Now, unloading a baby from a carrier at the same time you're unloading timber is quite the awkward art. But here we were, my gorgeous little baby in my arms, carrier and pants at my feet with her apologetic mum just trying to finish what she unintentionally started.Luckily it was all smiles from her.I cooed & talked to her like it was totally normal for her to wake up in this little echoey room with her mum feeding the fish, and then it happened...her first official laugh.What a moment to behold.This is the way I live. This is what I do.Baby milestone book: place and date of first laugh 🚽✔️When Drew got home from work I needed a moment, just one moment alone to regain some dignity.I went to hand her over & he said,"yep just give me a moment to pee first" 🫠Art: @this_mama_doodles ... See MoreSee Less

Photo

View on Facebook
· Share

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Linked In Share by Email

Women Deserve Better

2 days ago

Women Deserve Better
How friendship works with little ones. It is too stinking cute!Fuecoco meets Totodile twitter: fieldexplores ... See MoreSee Less

Photo

View on Facebook
· Share

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Linked In Share by Email

womendeservebetter

Getting ready in the morning. #mommeme #mommemes Getting ready in the morning.

#mommeme #mommemes #parenting #parentingishard #parentingmeme #parentingmemes #dadmeme #dadmemes
Nothing quite as frustrating as your kid refusing Nothing quite as frustrating as your kid refusing to clean up. 

#mommeme #mommemes #parentingmeme #parentingmemes #dadmeme #dadmemes
True story. Me: Time for bed! Toddler: I'm going True story.

Me: Time for bed!

Toddler: I'm going to make this way harder than it needs to be.

#mommeme #mommemes #parentingmeme #parentmemes #dadmeme #dadmemes #bedtime #bedtimeishard #bedtimewithtoddlers #bedtimewithtoddler
Load More... Follow on Instagram
Thanks for signing up!

GET OUR LATEST NEWS

ABOUT

  • Our Mission
  • Contributors

SUPPORT US

  • Donate
  • Become a Partner
  • Share Your Story or Your Expertise
  • Promote Women Deserve Better

Women Deserve Better: For us, that means better information, better support, and better choices. Life brings challenges. We bring empowerment, because we’ll never underestimate women.

Copyright © 2023 — Feminists for Life of America • All rights reserved.