Free · No sign-up · Based on the CDC & AAP schedules
Space out your child's vaccines, and still be ready for school.
For parents who do want to vaccinate but prefer to go slower: fewer shots per visit, more time between them, and only the doses the CDC's own catch-up rules say a healthy child still needs. Build a plan in a minute, then review it with your child's healthcare practitioner.
- Built from CDC and FDA sources
- Finishes by school entry, or tells you it can't
- Nothing you enter leaves your device
How it works
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Enter the basics
Your child's birth date and the date you want to be finished by. Kindergarten entry is suggested for you.
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Set your pace
Choose shots per visit, months between visits and which vaccines to include. Doses already given are respected.
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Print and review
Get a one-page plan, a calendar file or a share link to go over with your child's healthcare practitioner.
Where would you like to start?
From birth or a new baby
Build a full plan from a birth date with your own pace and finish date.
Catching up
How the CDC catch-up rules work for a child who starts late, and which doses age out.
One vaccine at a time
What one shot per visit means for visit count, time unprotected and rotavirus limits.
Your state's school rules
What each state requires for kindergarten, with exemption rules and official links.
Why parents use it
Fewer shots per visit
You set the pace: how many vaccines at once and how many months between visits.
Only the minimum still needed
Under the CDC catch-up rules, starting later can mean fewer Hib, PCV, DTaP and polio doses for a healthy child.
Done in time for school
Pick a deadline and every required dose is placed before it, or the planner tells you when it cannot.
Why you can trust it
This is a planning aid, not medical advice. Here is how we keep it honest.
Official sources only
Every dose, minimum age and interval comes from the CDC schedule and catch-up rules, with the AAP schedule as an option. See the editorial policy.
Private by design
No accounts. The plan is built in your browser and nothing you enter is uploaded. Read the privacy policy.
Transparent changes
Every update to schedule data and guides is logged in what's changed. Published by IN2Labs.
Common questions
The short version
At a glance
- The VaxScheduler is a free planner that builds a spaced-out, minimum-dose childhood vaccine schedule from the CDC schedule and its catch-up rules.
- You choose shots per visit, months between visits and a finish date; the plan is built to complete every required series by school entry, and it tells you when it cannot.
- For healthy children, starting later can reduce doses of Hib, PCV, DTaP and polio, while rotavirus cannot be delayed at all.
- Everything stays on your device: there are no accounts and nothing you enter is uploaded.
Sources
The official publications the planner and guides are built from.
- CDC Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule by Age (opens in a new tab)
- CDC Catch-up Immunization Schedule (Table 2) (opens in a new tab)
- CDC Child and Adolescent Schedule Notes (opens in a new tab)
- AAP Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
- FDA Vaccines Licensed for Use in the United States (opens in a new tab)
Why is it free?
Parents planning their own child's shots should not have to pay a toll to do it. The planner and every guide are free, with no account and no trial. The site has no ads, and no sponsor influences what we publish. Any affiliate links are clearly labeled. See our editorial policy and affiliate disclosure.