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Anyone actually seen their childs behaviour change after mmr?

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Ally24 · 09/08/2007 13:47

My son will have the mmr vaccine later this year just wondering if anyone has actually seen a definate change in behaviour of their child following it. Or is it all media hype??

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amidaiwish · 13/08/2007 23:37

the MMR used to be egg based but isn't any more.

DD2 has an egg allergy. the GP referred her to hospital for her MMR jab. The hospital said it wasn't necessary but i didn't want to take the risk so they did it in hosp anyway.

amidaiwish · 13/08/2007 23:38

Tartanmam - i postponed DD2s MMR 5 times because she wasn't "quite right". Even a sniffle and i postponed it. I just wasn't prepared to take any risk.

Tartanmam · 14/08/2007 12:35

amidaiwish - i asked to get it done at the hospital and was no chance, i was being paranoid, lots of other babies with worse allergies have had it done at the health centre etc etc. Think thats one of the things thats annoyed me the most.

Its nice to know i'm not the only one whos postponed it for illness.

amidaiwish · 14/08/2007 13:05

i think where we live (W London) they are just grateful you are having the MMR done at all. the uptake is one of the lowest round here. If you want it done in hospital they are quite accommodating.

re illness, I think blasting their system with 3 lots of vaccines isn't ideal at the best of times. No way was i going to do it if she was also coming down with something else!

Weegle · 14/08/2007 15:45

When was the MMR first introduced? And have the levels of autism diagnosis increased since then? For example, in the 1970s (I think before MMR) how many cases of autism were there compared with now?

CoteDAzur · 14/08/2007 16:54

It does look like MMR affects a tiny minority of children very negatively.

If you are the parent, given that you do not know whether or not your precious child is among this minority, it makes sense to go for single jabs.

If you are the state, your cost/benefit analysis says you should promote MMRs, because the overall benefit of herd immunity is higher than the cost of a couple of hundred regressed children per year.

Theclosetpagan · 15/08/2007 09:23

Cases of autism have risen but that is partly due to much better diagnosis and recognition of it. In the 1970s I understand that it was hard to get a diagnosis of autism for a child. Now doctors are much more likely to recognise a child who is on the autistic spectrum. As far as I am aware there has been no massive rise which corresponded with the introduction of the MMR - rather the number of cases being diagnosed was rising anyway and has continued to do so. My friend has two DD both on the autistic spectrum -both had the MMR but both showed signs of problems before the MMR was given.

krang · 15/08/2007 10:02

DS was fine and I had no problem giving him the vaccine. However, if autism had been in our family, or if he'd had any previous bowel problems or food allergies, or an adverse reaction to another jab, I would probably have gone for the single jabs.

Weegle · 15/08/2007 11:39

Sorry for all the Q's - it's a bit of a minefield of info out there! Also whilst reading about the MMR/autism thing I've read about theories regarding auto-immune problems and combined vaccines. We have a lot of auto-immune problems in my family and they seem to be getting more prevalent in each generation - my son has had his first MMR at 14 months (as I hadn't heard this theory then), but should I consider single vaccines for his pre-school boosters and also for any future children? I'm so confused.

Also if there's any doubt about combined vaccines overloading the immune system, even if it is in a minority of cases, why are they now doing the pneumoccocal booster at the same time as the 14month MMR - isn't that yet another one in to the mix? Why can't that be separate away from the MMR?

Likeasow · 03/01/2008 21:16

Does anyone know where to get single jabs in Sussex (Brighton)?

annoyingdevil · 03/01/2008 21:25

DD was ill for around 3 weeks. Fever, crying during naps and - most worrying - she regressed to crawling, despite having been walking for 6 mths. DS hasn't been called for his MMR yet, and quite frankly, I'm relieved.

Loopylou96 · 01/03/2023 18:41

Yes it is true.
My sons behaviour became terrible after the vaccine. So after the first I refused the 2nd dose at age 3. He used to be a very loving child and since the MMR his tantrums are one extreme after the next. Overall he went from good to bad and also having spoke to another mum who experienced the same I can definitely say its no coincidence.

Rattles1 · 02/03/2023 11:09

I really don't believe in any direct link between the vaccine and something like autism

My son did however have a horrible reaction, he was screaming and inconsolable for hours, his temperature went above 40 and he was shaking. I had to take him to A&E as he was just screaming and not responding, with no improvement in temp. I thought he was having, or could have a seizure / febrile convulsion.

My worry is I guess, due to some fear of the MMR and its links, maybe some of the other side effects are not being raised as clearly to encourage people to get it (such as temp spikes).

Because something like a horrible reaction with sudden temperature spike and / or a seizure, where you don't know what to do, or it's not seen to as quickly can cause long term effects. So not a direct link, but I think there should be some more information about other real side effects too. it was a horrible experience for us

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