When to Get Your Child's Shots

Light blue boxes indicate range of acceptable ages for vaccination.

Pink boxes indicate catch-up vaccination: at 11-12 years of age, hepatitis B vaccine should be administered to children not previously vaccinated, and Varicella Zoster Virus vaccine should be administered to children not previously vaccinated who lack a reliable history of chicken pox.

Source: Illinois Department of Public Health

Age> Vaccine	Birth	2 mos.	4 mos.	6 mos.	12 mos.	15 mos.	18 mos.	4-6 yrs.	11-12 yrs.	14-16 yrs.
HepatitisB	Hep B-1
		Hep B-2		Hep B-3					Hep B
Diptheria, Tetanus, Pertussis		DTP	DTP	DTP		DTP or DTaP at 15+ months		DTP or DTaP	Td
H. influenzae type b		Hib	Hib	Hib	Hib
Polio		OPV	OPV		OPV			OPV
Measles, Mumps, Rubella					MMR			MMR
Varicalla Zoster Virus (Chickenpox)					Var				Var

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