lil Thumper's final alternative newborn vaccine schedule

Here's Thumper's final vaccine schedule, along with brand names and notes. I will update it as we go. I'm very happy with my schedule as I've had several months to really think about vaccines, what risks I'm willing to live with, and coming to the understanding that the schedule needs to fit my lifestyle.

Remember, you have to get your vaccines at least one month before hand to build up that immunity before you do your traveling. Not a requirement. But good idea.

Age	Vaccines	Notes
Birth	HepB	Didn't do the research so just got it cuz they offered.
2 months	DTaP (Deptacel)
3 months		Caught a nasty chest cold. Worried mommy endlessly.
4 months	DTaP (Deptacel)
6 months		Caught a really bad head cold. Mommy worries about ear infection. And skips the vaccination.
7 months	Pc (Prevnar)	Skips the final shot of DTaP since starting summer travel and opt for Pc instead since will encounter lots of people.
8 months		Yosemite trip.
9 months	Pc (Prevnar)	Decided with Pc instead since liklihood of whooping cough lower than Pc as we're not going to daycare. This way, we're up to 90% on both vaccines before we take that cruise.
10 months		Cruise
11 months		Starting shared nanny. Since the other kid doing regular vaccination, it'll allow me to continue with my alternate schedule.
12 months	DTaP (Deptacel)	Mobile stage requires that I finish her T shots. Skipping chicken pox and MMR while I catch up on other shots.
14 or 15 months	Pc (Prevnar)	Since 3rd dose is > 12 months, we only need 3 instead of 4! If we go back to Taiwan, I'll move this up to 13 or 14 months since antibiotic resistant strains come out of Asia.
16 month	Polio #1
17 month	Polio #2
20.5 month	HIB (ActHIB)	Only need one shot. More reasoning here
2.5 years		Everyone catches a month-long cold with nasty cough. My research said DTaP efficacy rate after 3 doses is about same as 4. But I worried nevertheless and got her tested just to make sure it wasn't pertussis. Even though gut feeling said it wasn't, it was still good to make sure.
3 years	MMR	Happy with my decision to delay till 3. We had a very small circle of vaccinated children as friends, are not going to preschool, and don't go out to places w/ lots of other kids much. But at 3 years, our social life is expanding so it's perfect timing.
4+ years	DTaP #4, Polio #3, MMR #2	The Swiss trials says 3 doses of DTaP vs 4 have about the same efficacy rate. So I'll wait till 4+ to get the 4th shot instead of getting 5 shots total.

Still need:

1. Chickenbox - torn about this one
   
2. HepB - need to finish the series
   
3. HepA
   
4. Meningoccocal