Child first MMR vaccine at age 3.5 years old

[MimiDuncan]

Hi All,

did any of you had their child first MMR vaccine at age 3 or more?

if yes how it went? Were there many side effects ?

I wanted to delay my little ones as he was acting very strange after his last sets of vaccines when he was 18 months old.

He had staring spells and was blinking a lot for months and I got a fright 😔

i am honestly very nervous about this MMR.

thank you.

Yeap as they have side affects to..... Ever read the packeted leaflet inside?

I have family and in-laws in both Medical and Pharmaceutical fields (industry and community) so we know alot about such matters and passed on information. I mean the fact these individuals don't use a lot on their own children (and they know more then you or me will ever know) speaks volumes.

Please please speak to your GP or nurse about this. Gettting advice from internet strangers is so stupid.

Why do you assume those sensible enough to vaccinate haven’t read about the side effects? And yes I have read about the potential side effects of medicines but I still take them as not taking them would be worse. Like getting measles for example. I just find it interesting that vaccines are demonised over all others.

I also always hear the old trope of I know a doctor etc and they don’t vaccinate. Well to balance it out, I know lots of medical professionals too, a large hospital’s worth in fact and every single doctor I spoke to about it has vaccinated their children. I know, because I asked quite a few their opinion on the chicken pox vaccine and they’d all paid for their children to have it. They didn’t have good things to say about anti-vaxxers. They also all lined up for the covid vaccine.

The PP obviously likes to feel superior and special with their bespoke “fully researched schedule” and it is maddening to me.

@Eightfour
Regardless of what that poster's ideas about vaccines are, unless they are clearer in their explanations , it comes across like they are just saying NO unless they change minds at a later date.

Rightly or wrongly, From what they've said that is how it comes across.

And you'd have to ask, what would make them change their minds?

Again speculating, the most obvious answer is an outbreak of disease. ( they wouldn't answer that question)

And to quote them

Specifically if the threat of a virus is very low, why would you sign up for a medical intervention to prevent it?

This attitude comes across as so incredibly, incredibly selfish of course. Let other people do the herd immunity and we'll take the vaccine, use the system, if and when the stats change and there is more risk to us.

I'm prepared to be corrected @Orangelemonclemon But until then that's how it comes across. 🤷‍♀️

In their favour, imho, they do recommend the uk gov website, robust medical consensus opinion, as a source for info.

Can I ask why it was worse having them as an adult and in what way? Just curious as I have an adult relative who missed all of his as a child because his sibling had a severe vaccine injury so his mum then didn't vaccinate subsequent children. We've been discussing him having them now so I'd love to know why it was worse for you if you don't mind saying.

@sunglassesonthetable - I once read a very interesting article about an anti-vaxxer that changed their mind (I’ll see if I can find it) and yes the thing that made them change their mind was seeing some fellow anti-vaxxer’s children get ill. I came away thinking that whilst it was brave to admit you were wrong, how stupid do you have to be to not foresee the consequences of your previous mindset. They said something about being complacent as they had grown up in a time and never known a child with measles or polio. Well yes that’s because of widespread vaccinations. As for delaying it, why? What will be different in your child from 3 to 5 for example that would markedly change whatever adverse outcome you think vaccines may have?

My son's was delayed by 6 months because he had to have it in hospital due to very severe egg allergy. He was fine, they just wanted to be extra cautious.

I had one in my early 40's. Slight fever and felt a little rough for 48 hours, but not bad enough to stop me working.

What will be different in your child from 3 to 5 for example that would markedly change whatever adverse outcome you think vaccines may have?

Exactly.

@1stTimeMummy2021 what was worse about having vaccinations as an adult? I had my MMRs in my 40s with no side effects, not even a sore arm. I’ve had travel vaccinations, annual flu vaccines and 5 covid vaccines and never have I been told that vaccines are worse to have as an adult.

My DS and DH work for a pharmaceutical manufacturer. I have never heard anything that would have stopped me vaccinating.

I did have measles as a child. I was not allowed to have the measles vaccine when it was rolled out in the 60s because my DSIS was still having febrile convulsions (see my previous post) not my parents decision but the vaccine givers at school decision.
I got Measles a couple of years later and was so ill, i couldnt even walk downstairs. They used to put children in darkened rooms because of the risks of blindness. There stickers in library books saying do not return if there is measles in the house. We had an official letter saying that we were in quarantine for 2 weeks i think.

Just because your GP didn't think a referral was indicated, doesn't mean they fobbed you off.

Did the neurologist diagnose epilepsy or a neurological condition?

Very selfish to expect everyone else to keep the herd immunity at a reasonable level, until you dip in and accept the vax , because you think the actual disease might be coming close enough to affect you.

All the time riding the GP catch up programme.

How scary @bruffin - I hope you do not suffer long term effects from it

Oh dear, not this shit again. I was hoping the anti-MMR nonsense had gone back to its New Age commune for good.

I suppose in the end there’s nothing to be done about selfish, self-important fools.

@Eightfour
The odd thing was my sister who was still have febrile convulsions had measles a lot milder than i did, although i dont remember much, i never had febrile convulsions at all but i think my immune system was affected. I was really ill the next year with constant tonsillitis having weeks off school at the time. I ended up having my tonsils out even though the fashion for whipping out tonsils was over by then.