To never let her have the flu vaccine ever again?

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DD2 had the flu vaccine yesterday, was fine in herself but refused to nap and slept about 2 hours last night. This morning woke up snotty with a cough and hasn't stopped crying most of the day. Still hasn't had her nap and again not sleeping tonight, I've given calpol but she's still crying at me and refusing point blank to go to sleep, I've tried cuddles, stories, her bed, my bed and nothing. She's so tired but just lying there awake, I'm at a total loss of what to do, I'm so tired.

AIBU to never agree to her having the vaccine ever again

Then again I'm sure if she did have flu it would be 10 times worse 😭

I was a fit and healthy teenager when I got the flu. The flu triggered a response in my immune system and now I have a life long auto immune disease which has disabled me and has a severe effect on my daily life, requiring medications that have side effects that make the flu jab look like a walk in the park. Flu now also poses are real risk to life for me.
Therefore I tend to take flu immunisation very seriously.

My kids had to have the injection when they were little because I am now immunosuppressed and the nasal spray poses a risk to me. However since they started school they have had the nasal one (as I don't have to be there with them and can stay away long enough) as it gives better protection than the injected one (usually covers more strains of flu & is absorbed better in kids).
It could be coincidence as it's cold season and there are some nasty ones about this year. My kids haven't yet been vaccinated but have had horrible coughs & temperatures.
It could be a side effect but that doesn't mean it will happen again. Each year the vaccine is slightly different. DS2 got an awful temperature one year but never again.
If she has reacted to the jab then that may also mean that she would react badly to the flu, hard to tell as hopefully she won't get it now.
It's very hard to tell but vaccines are a numbers game and it's generally vastly better to have them than not have them.

Wrong

Children with asthma are considered at risk and should have the nasal vaccine. It is only contraindicated in asthmatic children who are having a flair up and on high doses of steroids

I was too, it was horrendous, I lay there thinking that if I was ever well again I would definitely be getting the jab!!

We always say no to ours having it, children are vaccinated to protect other people (the elderly) rather than themselves. It makes them unwell for very little benefit to them as an individual, at a population level it helps. Our children have had all their vaccinations but flu and covid, children are super spreaders but the risk of a healthy child being seriously unwell are slim. They tell parents it's to protect their children to increase uptake. Every year my children's class are unwell the week after which is always the week they are about to go on half term. No thanks.