Hep B seems like a no-brainer to me.

I delayed enough that they got no shots when they were small babies. My other guideline was that they never get more than one shot at a time because however weak the safety testing already is, the vaccines are definitely not tested together and it seemed clear to me that each one is a stress on those little bodies. I had a fair amount of resistance in my family, and in retrospect I wish I had held my ground more.

But the kids are good :)

You can read the vaccine inserts themselves. There's a lot in there that I think most pediatricians haven't read.

These seem to be the themes of researchers who buck the pharma narrative: the diseases were already on a sharp downward trajectory before the introduction of each vaccine; many of the illnesses have been rebranded (so we still have something that we would call polio but now it is diagnosed differently); the safety testing is poor, with studies designed very badly; some of the adjuvants are neurotoxins; and there are very few childhood vaccines that have had a true placebo control.

Personally I think the autism issue is a bit of a red herring. I doubt that a particular shot "causes" autism; more that each one is a systemic stress that each child will handle differently. When it's more than the body can deal with, you'll see a range of symptoms depending on the physiology of that particular child.

I have heard impassioned and well-meaning advocates make a decent general case for vaccinations, though I haven't yet heard them rebut some of the themes above. Their main argument is that the diseases are frightening (true), with the assumption that vaccinating against them protects kids (which may not be true).

That's more than you asked for! I hope it's useful to you.

And congratulations!! Babies are the best 🥰

Thank you for this! I think my challenge is going to be able to find a pediatrician in my community that would be okay with a plan like yours. Many around me refuse to take you as a patient if you delay only one vaccine. I’ve managed to evade this by showing that other countries don’t even do the hep B vaccine until 2 months which the doctor agreed with… but now my only option would be to skip the 2 months appointment in 2 weeks and start looking for another pediatrician that would be okay with delay/spreading out the shots.

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I'm pretty sure that the timing of of wellness checks is based on the vaccine schedule (not on what the child would otherwise need).

That's why there are more and more of those check up appointments as shots are added to the schedule. When I was a child, we saw the pediatrician maybe once/year, and before that it was probably even less frequent.

In any case, it's a tricky balance! Best wishes as you navigate it.