Shots & Immunizations
Shots (also known as immunizations) are medicine that may keep your baby from getting sick and help your baby’s body fight against disease. They are very safe and protect the body against future sickness.
Your baby needs shots at:
- 2 months
- 4 months
- 6 months
- 12-15 months
- 4 years
Your child will need proof of these shots before starting daycare or grade school. Check with your doctor or nurse to make sure your baby is receiving all shots on schedule.
Here is a list of the type of shots that your baby will receive and the diseases that your baby will be protected against:
- HepB: a serious liver disease
- DTaP: lockjaw and whooping cough
- PCV: serious blood, lung, and brain infection
- Hib: serious brain, throat, and blood infection
- Polio: a serious paralyzing disease
- RV: a serious diarrheal disease
- Influenza: a serious lung infection
- MMR: measles, mumps, and rubella
- HepA: a serious liver disease
- Chickenpox: common childhood disease
Click on the link below to download the Louisiana Department of Public Health and Hospitals’ immunization schedule.
Louisiana has a program called Shots for Tots that can help healthy children get their required shots by age two. For more information, please call 1-800-251-BABY (2229).
Source: American Academy of Pediatrics
H1N1 Vaccine
For information about the H1N1 virus click here. To find a location where you can get the H1N1 Vaccine click here.
