You’d be surprised how many pediatric practices these days will ‘fire’ you as a patient for even suggesting such a thing. Many will call CPS if you leave without getting the ‘recommended schedule’.
Insurance companies penalize pediatric practices if their vaccination rate falls under 95% on the recommended schedule.
And parents with kids in daycare don’t have a choice to delay vaccines.
Well, see that is where I’m in agreement.
For me its always about CHOICE.
I believe the right CHOICE is vaccination in moderation.
I find mandatory compliance to be disgusting.
Usually the guidelines aren’t absolutely specific (from my memory). For example, child X doesn’t have to have 3 vaccines on birthday Y. A month or so was not only allowed at my practice (and the one previously) but completely understood by the pediatrician. Personally, if a doctor’s office threatened to call CPS for a 30 day delay before another vaccine, I would look for another doctor. They would be the same practice that called if the child was 5 pounds overweight or other such nonsense. I think the biggest factor is the time it takes for a parent to reschedule and keep the appointment. I realize a lot of Moms work and taking off may be an issue. However, I’d do it again in a heartbeat and have recommended it to many of my younger friends just having babies (all of whom have taken my advice)