Keep your child healthy, schedule your pediatric visit today

Mary Bridge Children’s Pediatrics is here for all of your child’s primary care including well-child visits, care for common illnesses, and more.

Common medical needs for your child’s return to school include:

• Routine yearly physicals
• Sports physicals
• Immunizations
• Medications and care plans for school (Albuterol, epinephrine, stimulants, etc.)
• Letters for medications at school, letter for IEP support, etc.

If your child ever needs pediatric specialty care – Ear, Nose & Throat, Gastroenterology, Neurology, Orthopedics, Surgery and more – Mary Bridge pediatricians and MultiCare family practice providers are connected to all the pediatric experts at Mary Bridge Children’s. With convenient locations around the Puget Sound, your child’s care is safe, secure, and well-connected.

Don’t delay childhood immunizations

Mary Bridge Children’s encourages you talk to your child’s doctor or nurse to ensure your child is up to date on recommended vaccines. We want to ensure you get an appointment scheduled as soon as possible so your child is ready to return to school on time in the fall.

You have the power to protect yourself and your family against serious diseases like whooping cough, chicken pox, measles, and cancers caused by HPV through on-time vaccination.

Immunizations are the best defense against preventing many communicable diseases that can cause severe illness and death. Vaccination helps provide immunity before children are exposed to potentially life-threatening diseases. One of the best ways to help keep your child safe and healthy is by giving them all recommended vaccinations.

Following are some of the vaccines that are especially recommended:

• MMR Vaccine to defend against measles, mumps and rubella.
• DTaP/Tdap Vaccine to prevent whooping cough, diphtheria and tetanus.
• Varicella Vaccine to prevent chickenpox.
• Rotavirus Oral Vaccine to prevent severe diarrhea among young children.
• Meningococcal Vaccine series to prevent meningitis.
• Influenza (flu) Vaccine to reduce risk of flu illness complications and hospitalization.
• Covid-19 Vaccine to reduce risk of Coronavirus illness complications and spread. Everyone in Washington state age 6 months and over is eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Visit our vaccine page for information on how to schedule an appointment.

Know before you go

You can register for a free immunization record account on Washington’s MyIR website for easier access to your child’s vaccine history for school enrollment, extracurriculars and more. You can also check vaccine history through your MyChart account.

Mary Bridge Children’s Immunization Clinic

If you are unable to see your own provider, or don’t have one, you can call the Mary Bridge Children’s Immunization Clinic in Tacoma at 253-403-1767 to make an appointment. Our Immunization Clinic is open by appointment only and provides free vaccines for children 18 years of age and younger.

Other free or low cost immunization resources include the Washington Department of Health’s mobile Care-A-Van, the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department’s vaccine resource page, and the Seattle-King County Public Health Department’s vaccine resource page.

We also encourage you to visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Immunization Schedule, which provides information on the vaccines recommended from birth to 18 months, and from 18 months to 18 years of age.

There’s no better way to keep your child healthy than by regular visits to your pediatrician or family practice provider. Schedule a vaccine appointment today.

This post was originally published in June 2021 and was updated in July 2024.