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Immunization records
Most states have an official immunization
card you'll bring to the
pediatrician's office for updating
every time your baby receives an
injection. "You're going to need this
information once you register your
child for school," says Jennifer Shu,
M.D., co-author of Heading Home
with Your Newborn: From Birth to
Reality (American Academy of Pediatrics,
2005). Keep the card in a safe
place. Even though some practices
now keep computer files of immunization
records, some offices will charge
you $5 to $15 to make a copy of a lost
card, just because of the time it takes.
Parents of adopted children should
try to get information about any vaccinations
their baby may have already
received, particularly if their child was
born abroad.
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