By: Edith Bracho-Sánchez, MD, FAAP Have you ever wondered why babies get vaccines starting from the day they're born? One big reason: the youngest of us are most at risk of getting sick. It's also the time in your child's development that their immune system learns the most from the vaccine. Childhood immunizations help provide immunity before kids are exposed to germs that can make them very sick. We can prevent life-threatening diseases with vaccines. That's why most of the childhood vaccines