Vaccination

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Many parents have questions about which immunization schedule to follow – Indian or Japanese.
Our daughter was born in India. She was in India for first 3 months and later came to Japan.
We chose to take some vaccination in India and some in Japan. Our criterian for deciding this was :

  1. Whatever needs to be given one time and within 3 months – we will give in India
  2. Polio was yearly so we decided to give that during our yearly visit in India
  3. All others in Japan.

Our daughter had natural vaccination of chicken pox at the age of 2.5 years 🙂

Following was our schedule so far by age ( disclaimer : please check with your doctor first ):

 4 weeks
Vaccination : BCG
Where : India
 5 weeks
Vaccination : Polio
Where : India
 2 months
Vaccination : Polio
Where : India
 6 months
Vaccination : DPT ( 3 stages with 1 week difference )
Where : Japan
 7 months
Vaccination : HB ( may have multiple stages )
Where : Japan
 11 months
Vaccination : Polio
Where : India
 11.5 months
Vaccination : Rubella
Where : Japan
 1.5 years
Vaccination : Measles
Where : Japan
 1 year 11 months
Vaccination : Influenza ( 2 with 1 week difference)
Where : Japan
 2 years
Vaccination : Polio
Where : India
 2 years 1 month
Vaccination : DPT Booster – stage 1
Where : Japan
 2 years 2 months
Vaccination : Mumps
Where : Japan
 3 years 8 months
Vaccination : Japanese Aencephilitas
Where : Japan