Infants and Children Birth Through Age 6

Early childhood vaccines are one of the best ways to protect your child from serious diseases that may be particularly dangerous for babies and young children.

Infants and young children need a vaccine to protect themselves from infections that may cause diseases such as varicella, measles, whooping cough and other diseases.

For the easy-to-read schedule (PDF - 269 KB) of this vaccine, please check the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to see which vaccines are recommended for the age from the birth of the child.

Additional vaccines may be necessary for infants and young children, such as traveling outside of the United States. Learn more about vaccines:

Please ask your pediatrician to ask about your child's vaccine record. There is also a tool to help you get vaccinated by your child

Using CDC 's Immune Tracker (PDF - 393 KB), you can track child immunizations, development milestones, birth to adult growth.

Find when your child needs the recommended vaccine and use the CDC immediate child immunization program to make sure your child is on schedule

Varicella is very serious. It is mild for many children, but others may even have blister infection - even pneumonia (lung infection). In the case of newborn babies, varicella can even become fatal and is too small to vaccinate. By vaccinating your child, you can protect your child and your local baby from varicella

Experts recommend that children do not wait for school to be vaccinated with children. This is because children can receive vaccinated vaccinations before they go to school. This can happen with people around the unprotected by these diseases, such as friends, daycare, even even grocery stores.

That is why it is very important to vaccinate before being exposed to serious diseases.

Common side effects of vaccination include pain at the time of injection, swelling and redness. Serious side effects of vaccines are very rare

Its use: to prevent invasive diseases caused by 13 types of pneumococci in infants, children and adolescents from 6 weeks to 17 years old. It is also approved for the prevention of otitis media (ear infections) caused by seven bacteria of infants and children between 6 weeks and 5 weeks of age. S. pneumoniae can cause infections in the blood, middle ear, brain and spinal cord, and pneumonia. Prevnar 13 is also suitable for adults over the age of 18

Infants with 2 micrograms from birth to 2 micrograms, infants with 7 to 12 months have enough intake (AI) of 3 micrograms are usually easily accepted in human milk. 17 mcg for children 1 to 3 years old, 22 mcg for children 4 to 8 years old, 34 mcg for children 9 to 13 years old, 43 mcg for children 14 to 18 years old. The amount of molybdenum in food depends on the type of food and the soil on which food (or feed) grows. Beans such as beans, lentils and peas, and grains and leaf vegetables are considered to be excellent sources of molybdenum. The liver is also a good source of molybdenum, but animal products are often a bad source of this element. In general, a typical American diet contains a much higher level of molybdenum than the recommended daily allowance (RDA).

Premature birth is the birth of infants with a pregnancy period of less than 37 weeks. It is estimated that one out of ten babies is preterm birth. Premature birth is the leading cause of death for children under 5 years old, but many people have experienced disability, such as learning disabilities, visual impairment, hearing impairment. The cause of premature birth is unknown or may be related to certain chronic conditions such as diabetes, infections and other known causes. The World Health Organization has developed guidelines to improve survival opportunities and health outcomes of preterm infants.