Pediatrician: Several vaccines at once might be too much for parents, but kids are just fine

Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez is a primary care pediatrician and assistant professor of pediatrics at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.

"Your child is due for shots today," is frequently followed in my practice by a grimace and a visible tightening of parents' hold on their baby. Then comes my rehearsed recital of the diseases against which we are protecting the baby through vaccination and lastly, I lay out the total number of shots due. That is when the bargaining starts --"Does she really need that many Dr.

It is perhaps because I have become used to this bargaining dance, that the results of a study published Friday in the journal Pediatrics do not surprise me. Using data from the 2014 National Immunization Surveillance Survey, the latest available data from a nationally representative sample at the time of the study, researchers found that over a third of parents of children ages 19 to 35 months followed delayed immunization schedules.

Yet the system is not built to give me extra time or money to have these types of discussions in the office. If I am behind, the wheels keep turning, the next patient and the one after that are waiting. On busy days, I often want to cave, to let parents dictate the vaccine schedule. I sometimes say this aloud,"It is much easier for me to only order what you're telling me to order and send you home.

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I'm not at all an anti vaxxer, but I disagree with the number of vaccines given at a time. The kids little bodies cannot handle that much crap at once. One of my kids IMMEDIATELY started having seizures after getting vaccinated. Finally stopped after 2 years.

In order to clean the injection site please use, 90% ethyl alcohol , we know it is safe, it is cheap and should be available. Some of the alternatives may not be safe for everyone.

BULLSHIT LIES!!!!!!

“Research shows”...c’mon! Research done by Merck or the CDC (one in the same), might be a tad biased don’t you think?

jamelholley THIS is what we’re up against.

Does the research have kids?

James Madison 🇺🇸 signed the Vaccine Act of 1813 – An Act to encourage Vaccination. POTUS

If my dog has to have its shots so should your kid. KAG 🇺🇸

HELL... I don't like my Grandma taking multiple pills 1x... I get it‼️

Probably the wrong photo to post to prove that point.....

AaronLafond murdered Abigail Williams and Liberty German AbbyandLibby DelphiMurders

I think these nerves puke go away if people only took medical advice from doctors instead of idiots on the internet...

And well they should be concerned! Why aren't our children tested 1st to see if their bodies can handle that massive wave being given to them? Our kids do need to be vaccinated so can a parent opt to have the medications split up, or is that not even an option?

EVERY SINGLE DAY I GIVE THANKS FOR THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.... EVERY SINGLE DAY

All my kids have had delayed immunization and they’re fine 🙄

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