Vaccination tracker: enter the birth date, get every vaccine as a real date

Enter the date of birth

Your baby's date of birth — that's all. The full schedule opens below with real dates. Tick off each dose as it's given; the ticks stay on your phone.

The list isn't the hard part — the dates are

The vaccine list is printed on the back of every immunisation card. What parents actually get wrong is the arithmetic: which calendar date '6 weeks' means, and which visit quietly slipped past.

This tool does exactly those two jobs. The birth date turns every visit into a date, and a missed visit surfaces with an 'overdue' flag instead of scrolling by.

If you are behind: no catastrophe. Vaccination never restarts from zero — the missed dose is simply given at the next visit. The tool's job is keeping 'the next visit' from drifting.

This is the Government of India schedule — and it's free

Every vaccine shown here is from the national Universal Immunization Programme — BCG and polio through pentavalent, rota, PCV, measles-rubella and vitamin A. All of it is free at primary health centres, anganwadis and government hospitals.

A few doses depend on the district — the JE (brain fever) vaccine is given only where the disease occurs. Those are marked distinctly: not having them is not being behind. Ask at your centre.

Private paediatricians may suggest additional vaccines beyond this schedule. Which ones, and whether your child needs them, is a conversation with your doctor — we don't reproduce that list, because it's decided by looking at the child, not at a chart.

For the fridge: the printable chart

The same schedule, laid out for one A4 sheet — with space for the child's name and date of birth. Stick it on the fridge and fill in each date as it happens.

One sheet per child if there's more than one. And the sheet is not a substitute for the immunisation card — the card goes to the centre every time; the official record lives on it.

The day after a vaccine

Mild fever, a sore or swollen injection site, and a cranky day are normal — signs the vaccine is working, not failing. A clean, cool cloth on the spot helps.

Don't dose the child on your own — even paracetamol at the dose the doctor or centre specified, not by guess. And a mild cold is usually no reason to postpone a vaccine; bring the child in and let the centre decide.

The rare signs that mean a doctor at once: inconsolable crying that won't settle, high fever, fits, or unusual floppiness and drowsiness. Rare — but not for waiting out.

Questions

Q: We missed a dose — do we start over? — Never. The schedule resumes where it stopped. Tell the centre what was missed at the next visit and they'll catch up. That's precisely what the overdue flag is for.

Q: Government versus private — different vaccines? — The scheduled vaccines are identical. Free at the government centre, billed at the private one. The extras a private doctor may suggest are a separate conversation.

Q: My baby was premature — do these dates apply? — Most vaccines follow the actual birth date, with adjustments the doctor may make for weight and health. Set the schedule with your doctor; use this tool as the reminder layer.

Q: Where are my ticks stored? — In your phone's browser, keyed to the date of birth. Nothing is sent to us. Changing the date of birth clears the ticks — a second child doesn't inherit the first one's record.