Some vaccine-anxious parents favor a delayed vaccine schedule, in which children receive vaccines spaced out over a longer period of time rather than being given several at once. There is no reason to do this, given the evidence on vaccine safety that I outlined earlier, and in fact, the risk of a febrile seizure actually increases if the MMR vaccine is given later.14 Delaying vaccines will not help to avoid any of the limited adverse events attributed to vaccination. It also takes more of your time to visit the doctor repeatedly for shots, and your kid will not like them.
