To be considering cancelling daughters jabs?

[Beautifulblue]

My 13 month old is due her jabs tomorrow & im absolutely dreading it. I was already dreading it, because of the needles souly, I don't want her poor little legs & arms jabbed last time was really quite traumatic. But today I bumped into a some what crazy aunt of mine who went on & on about how damaging immunisations are & how my baby could be left disabled. I don't believe it, in all honestly. I know how many children have them & are absolutely fine. But I didn't even tell this aunt she was having them tomorrow & now I'm stupidly feeling like I was meant to bump into her. oh goddddd, I'm so nervous!! Help!

@continuallychargingmyphone

For example, boys are not immunised against cervical cancer. Why would they be?

Actually 12/13y boys are about to be given the HPV vaccine. Was announced a week or two ago.

www.gov.uk/government/news/hpv-vaccine-to-be-given-to-boys-in-england

Actually 12/13y boys are about to be given the HPV vaccine. Was announced a week or two ago

We started doing this several years ago in the US. 2012 I think.

As a child of the 70s there were no vaccinations back in my day

Yes, there definitely were. I had them, as did my sisters, (dob 59, 62, 67). The only one I didn't have that my sisters had was smallpox, because by then it had been basically eradicated, so they stopped doing it.

If you don't fancy sugary distractions, one that worked well when my son was a bit older (still under two), was blowing bubbles either at the same time, or immediately after the injection. My son went aaaa....oooh, bubbles!

I als think I must be a heartless wench; I wasn't slightly fussed about having them done. I told him it would be a tiny pain, then nothing. (but it's a family thing to veyr much underplay these kinds of things)

You know what, OP, get a fucking grip. It's just vaccinations.

I had to stick my DS with injections 2 times a day for the second year of his life, sometimes having to get another person to pin him down so that I could administer them as he was a toddler and over that shit. You know what, I pulled up my big girl pants and bloody did it. Because his life depended on it.

Vaccinations are nothing. NOTHING. Grow up.

Oh, and because of my childhood cancer, I couldn't have most immunisations and ended up with most of the viruses going around - measles, rubella, pertussis. It was so much fun.

Just get over yourself.

There's parts of the world where mothers and children will walk in the baking heat without food and water to receive free immunisations and your honestly coming up with this. Get a grip, get it done and wise up!

@beautifulblue - none of us like seeing our children hurt - and even though you know it is the right thing to do, that doesn’t make it any easier to see them cry. But you have done the right thing, and the baby will have forgotten already, I promise.

One thing I did, which I think helped when my dses had their immunisations, was to give them a dose of calpol before the injections - I realise it is too late for this lot of your baby’s jabs, but you might want to do it next time.

@WaverleyOwl it's already been done why are you even wasting your time commenting? Wind your neck in love.

They cry and might feel a bit crap for the rest of the day but it’s nothing calpol, cuddles and sleep can’t mend. Measles, on the other hand, could kill your child. Don’t risk it.

It’s just a couple of seconds of discomfort. They won’t even remember it. My youngest had meningitis. That was traumatic.

Hope your DD is settled and sleeping, OP. My DC were hot and fussy overnight following their jabs earlier this year

Hi at @youcantstop, thanks for the comment.. she was fussy over night think she must of woke up every hour felt like I had a new born again! She's still not herself today wants to sit down a lot & clingy so think she's achey & feeling a bit crap! Hopefully by tomorrow she'll be back to her usual chaotic self though

Get the jabs. It's better for her and those who are immune compromised and can't be vaccinated. There is no, evidence to suggest that vaccines cause anything else.

And you said it yourself your crazy aunt, there's the clue

@Beautifulblue all done and dusted, well done you. Hope she's not too cranky this week for you! Glad she slept.