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Babies can become seriously ill quickly and any infection may be dangerous, so don't take chances; as illness at this age requires immediate attention.

Call your pediatrician if your baby has these symptoms.

• Has a temperature over 102.2o F (39oC) for more than half an hour.

• If your baby is too cold and too hot

• If your baby's breathing is very noisy and rapid

• If your baby throws up green vomit or vomits and cries uncontrollably as if in pain.

• If your baby shows that an area is tender to the touch

• If your baby has a low volume over a 24-hour period

• If your baby has blood in his urine or in his faeces

• Refuses two successive feedings, or does not demand to be fed for six hours

• If your baby seems particularly irritable or restless or seems abnormally quiet or drowsy.

• If your baby has a taut, bulging fontanelle when he isn't crying.

  Baby's Immunization Chart

  Birth B.C.G. Hepatitis B Vaccine- 1st dose Oral Polio Vaccine- 1 (dose) 6 Weeks (One and a half months) D.P.T. - 1st dose Oral Polio Vaccine- 2 (dose) Hepatitis Vaccine- 2nd dose D.P.T. - 2nd dose Oral Polio Vaccine- 3 (dose) 10 Weeks (Two and a half months) 14 Weeks D.P.T. - 3rd dose Oral Polio Vaccine- 4 (dose) 6 months Oral Polio Vaccine - 5 (dose) Hepatitis Vaccine- 3rd dose 9 months Measles Vaccine 15-18 months MMR DPT-I Booster 5 years DPT- II Booster OPV 6(Dose) 10 years Td 15 years Td

  BCG

  Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is a live vaccine developed in 1921 to protect babies and young children against the most severe forms of Tuberculosis (TB) such as TB meningitis and military TB. In countries where TB infection and TB diseases are common, the world health organisation strongly endorses the continued use of BCG in national immunisation programme to minimise the harmful effects of TB infection in the first year of life.

  A nodule appears 3-4 weeks after BCG vaccination. It may soften or ulcerate in 2-4 weeks. No application or fomentation is necessary. It heals, leaving a scar, indicating effective vaccination.

  DPT

  DPT vaccination is given to immunize babies against the diseases diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus. The vaccine is administered as three dosages within 6 months and a booster at 18 months and at 4-6 years of age. There may be mild fever and pain, redness and swelling at the site of the injection. A small painless lump may remain for a few weeks. For fever and pain, paracetamol syrup/tablet may be given.

  OPV

  OPV is oral polio vaccine administered as drops for protection against polio.

  HBV (Hepatitis B)

  A hepatitis B injection for jaundice is given shortly after birth while the mother and child are still in hospital.

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