Immunizations for Babies - A Guide for Parents

At birth	Hep-B
1-2 months	Hep-B 1 4 months ⁽¹⁾
2 months	DTaP	Hib	Polio	PCV7
4 months	DTaP	Hib	Polio	PCV7
6 months	DTaP	Hib ⁽²⁾	Polio 6 18 months ⁽¹⁾	PCV7	Hep-B 6 18 months ⁽¹⁾
12 months	MMR 12 15 months ⁽¹⁾	Hib 12 15 months ⁽¹⁾	Chickenpox 12 18 months ⁽¹⁾	PCV7 12 15 months ⁽¹⁾
15 months	DTaP 12 18 months ^(1,3)

Check with your clinic to make sure your baby is getting immunized on time. Also make sure you ask your clinic 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, a serious liver disease
DTaP: protects against diphtheria, tetanus (lockjaw), and pertussis (whooping cough)
Hib: protects against Haemophilus influenzae type b
Polio: inactivated (injected) polio 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.
For more information on immunizing your family, go to www.immunize.org