Should Babies Get Flu Shots?

Babies who are newborn through 6 months should not get flu shots; after 6 months, there is a vaccination but it's more common to get flu shots after age 2. In this video, integrative medicine expert Taz Bhatia, MD, discusses flu shots in kids.

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Babies typically don't get flu shots.

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Many patients ask me about the babies. And I define babies by a newborn all the way up to six months, don't get flu shots.

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After six months of age, there is a flu shot for young infants from six months all the way up to a year to two years.

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And, usually, it's upon your pediatricians advice whether to get those flu shots. Not all children over six months old

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are automatically vaccinated against the flu. Over two years of age, there is a flu shot, as well. And more children usually get that particular shot.