Baby First-Year Vaccines Checklist

What this sheet is for

Keeping track of which vaccines your baby has had, and which are still due, is easy to lose on top of broken sleep and busy clinic visits. This sheet gives you one place to follow your baby's immunisation schedule across the entire first year, broken into the four main appointment windows that most national programmes use.

How to use it

Work through the four numbered phases in order. Phase 1 covers Birth to 2 weeks and includes birth-dose vaccines and admin steps before you leave hospital. Phase 2 covers the 6 to 8 week appointment, the first big round of injections. Phase 3 covers 3 to 5 months, when the primary course is completed. Phase 4 covers 6 to 12 months, when boosters and the MMR are due. Tick each item when it is done and fill in the Date given column with the actual date administered. Bring the sheet to every clinic visit.

What is printed on the page

“Baby First-Year Vaccines Checklist” is laid out as phased timeline: four time-phased sections (e.g. '8 weeks before', 'Day of') of six pre-filled items each, with an optional done-date column on the right. Under the title it reads “Track every routine immunisation from birth through 12 months.”, and the line at the foot of the page says “Bring this sheet to every appointment. Note the lot number and clinic name if your provider allows.”.

The phase labels slot holds four entries — “Birth – 2 weeks”, “6 – 8 weeks”, “3 – 5 months” and “6 – 12 months” — so the sheet is already filled in for baby rather than left as blank rows to label yourself.

The phase 1 items slot holds six entries — “Hepatitis B — dose 1 (given in hospital or at birth visit)”, “Vitamin K injection — confirm given before discharge”, “Newborn hearing screen — result recorded in red book / health record”, “Register baby with a GP or family doctor within 6 weeks”, “Check immunisation schedule for your country and print a copy” and “Note any family history of vaccine reactions to tell the nurse” — so the sheet is already filled in for baby rather than left as blank rows to label yourself.

The phase 2 items slot holds six entries — “6-week appointment booked — confirm date and clinic”, “DTaP / Infanrix-IPV+Hib — dose 1 (diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, polio, Hib)”, “Rotavirus — oral dose 1 (must be given before 15 weeks in most schedules)”, “MenB (Bexsero) — dose 1 if included in your national schedule”, “PCV (pneumococcal) — dose 1” and “Post-vaccine: baby paracetamol dose / weight noted for correct dosing” — so the sheet is already filled in for baby rather than left as blank rows to label yourself.

The phase 3 items slot holds six entries — “DTaP / Infanrix-IPV+Hib — dose 2 (approx. 3 months)”, “Rotavirus — oral dose 2 (approx. 3 months)”, “MenB — dose 2 (approx. 3 months)”, “PCV — dose 2 (approx. 4 months)”, “DTaP / Infanrix-IPV+Hib — dose 3 (approx. 4 months)” and “Check red book / immunisation record is up to date after each visit” — so the sheet is already filled in for baby rather than left as blank rows to label yourself.

The phase 4 items slot holds six entries — “Hib/MenC combined booster — dose 1 (approx. 12 months)”, “MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) — dose 1 (approx. 12 months)”, “MenB — booster dose (approx. 12 months)”, “PCV — booster dose (approx. 12 months)”, “Hepatitis B — dose 2 or 3 depending on schedule; confirm with GP” and “Annual influenza vaccine — check eligibility and book if recommended” — so the sheet is already filled in for baby rather than left as blank rows to label yourself.

The remaining labels on the page are “Baby's DOB” for the date label and “Date given” for the date column heading.

Two things about this particular phased timeline are settings rather than text, and “Baby First-Year Vaccines Checklist” has them set like this. Date column is on: add a narrow done-date column at the right of every item. Phase numbers is on (the opposite of the layout's default): number the phases 1–4 in front of their labels.

Tips

Schedules vary by country — cross-reference this sheet with your national immunisation programme before each appointment.

Write the vaccine lot number in the date column if space allows; this is useful if a recall ever occurs.

If a dose is delayed due to illness, note the rescheduled date in pencil so you can update it easily.

The other layouts in this set

“Baby First-Year Vaccines Checklist” is one of three sheets in this set, each a different fixed layout filled for the same topic. “Newborn Hospital Bag Checklist” uses the single column layout and “Baby 6-Week Check Prep” uses the two columns layout. Pick by how you work: the layout decides how much you write and where, not what the sheet is about.