Baby Vaccination Schedule India 2025: Which Vaccines Does Your Child Need?

As a new parent, keeping track of your baby's vaccines can feel confusing. Which vaccine comes first? What happens if I miss one? This guide answers your questions simply, based on the 2025 Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) schedule.

Why Are Vaccines So Important?

Vaccines teach your baby's body how to fight dangerous diseases — before your baby ever gets infected. Diseases like polio, measles, and whooping cough used to kill thousands of children every year in India. Today, thanks to vaccines, most of these diseases are rare or eliminated. Vaccines are one of the safest things you can do for your child's health.

Vaccination Schedule: Birth to 5 Years (IAP 2025)

At Birth

• BCG — Protects against tuberculosis (TB), especially in the brain and blood
• Hepatitis B (first dose) — Prevents liver infection caused by Hepatitis B virus
• OPV 0 — First oral polio drops

At 6 Weeks

• DTP (Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis) — First dose
• IPV (Injectable Polio Vaccine) — First dose
• Hepatitis B — Second dose
• Hib (Haemophilus influenzae type b) — Prevents a serious type of meningitis
• Rotavirus — Prevents severe diarrhoea (very common in Indian children)
• PCV (Pneumococcal vaccine) — Prevents pneumonia and meningitis

At 10 and 14 Weeks

• Same as 6-week vaccines — second and third doses

At 6 Months

• Hepatitis B — Third dose
• Influenza (Flu vaccine) — First dose (repeated yearly)

At 9 Months

• MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella) — First dose
• Typhoid vaccine — First dose (very important in India)

At 12–15 Months

• MMR — Second dose (booster)
• Varicella (Chickenpox) — First dose
• Hepatitis A — Two doses, one month apart

At 2 Years

• Typhoid booster
• DTP booster

At 4–6 Years

• DTP booster
• OPV booster
• Varicella second dose
• MMR booster

What Happens If I Miss a Vaccine?

Do not worry — it is not too late. A "catch-up schedule" can be made for your child. But it is always better to give vaccines on time, because some diseases are most dangerous in very young babies. For example, whooping cough (pertussis) can be life-threatening for a baby under 3 months.

"There is no benefit to delaying or spacing out vaccines. Your child's immune system can handle multiple vaccines at once — it handles thousands of germs every day."

Are Vaccines Safe?

Yes. Vaccines go through years of testing before they are approved. Mild fever or soreness at the injection site after vaccination is normal and actually shows the vaccine is working. Serious side effects are extremely rare — far rarer than the risks of the diseases the vaccines prevent.

Visit Our Hospital for Vaccination

At Sri Anand Child and Neuro Center in Chanda Nagar, Hyderabad, Dr. Sushma B follows the complete IAP 2025 immunization schedule and maintains a detailed vaccination record for every child. Parents from Ameenpur, Miyapur, Lingampally, Patancheru, Bachupally, and Kondapur visit us regularly for well-baby care and vaccinations.