Not sure when they should be done?

[JenL]

Cooper is due for his first immunisations soon and I am wondering should they be done at 8 weeks or 2 months from the date he was born.

He is 8 week next Friday but not 2 months until the following Thursday which is almost a week difference.

Sorry if this is a dumb question but when should we do them?

[grass is always greener]

I took both my DS's on the monthly count as you will soon forget the weeks and the monthly anniversary is the same date, just different month, IYKWIM.

HTH

[Zoey]

You can go by either... for the first two lots of injections I went by weeks, after that months.

[Jenko]

I always went by monthly dates

[AM]

Honestly it does not matter at all, just do it when it is convenient to you, the exact dating of the shots has no bearing on anything.

[ladybugblue84]

Yea I don't think it really matters but to be on the safe side I'd just take them at the later time which I think would be the month anyway.

The month is so much easier to remember to!

[Zoey]

I should probably add that the length between the immunisations is more important that then the exact age they are given, some of them need to be given within a certain amount of time since the previous does (rotavirus for example) to be effective.

[littlemissmoi]

I spoke to the clinic nurse who very sternly told me they needed to be done at two months, not eight weeks. She said a lot of places will send you away if you arrive at eight weeks, and tell you to come back the following week, :confused: not sure what diff it makes!

[Teegzie]

I did mine at the monthly date, simply because me lovely GP's office sent me a letter telling me when to make the appointment for with a P.S. Congrats on the baby! at the bottom! :p

The immunisation register through Medicare goes by the monthly date. So after you go for the first lot they will tell you to get the next lot done just before or on that same day at 4 months.

[kezzaskids]

Samara was 10 weeks when shehad her first lot.The rheola st state clonic said after the two month date is better then earlier so I now go by the months (after the date)

[little bean]

I wondered the same thing but you'll end up having to go by calendar months (rather than calling four weeks a month). Otherwise the 12-month vaccinations would be done at only 48 weeks- and there are 52 weeks in a year.