Most health professionals say yes.
That's the whole point behind childhood immunizations. Before the advent of vaccines, infants and young children often contracted communicable diseases such as measles, rubella, polio and meningitis. Too often, these illnesses caused brain damage, heart failure, deafness, blindness, convulsions and even death. What and when Parents need to become familiar with the recommended schedule of immunizations. Some providers are electing to start the hepatitis B shots at a baby's two-month visit because of some options for combined vaccines, reducing the total number of injections that must be given.