One year vaccination

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Hello my little one is due to have her year jabs next month. I'm not against vaccinations but 5/6 mums who's babies have had them recently have had terrible reactions afterwards (they have been fine after a few days). Just out of curiosity does this happen if I ask for the single jabs too?

What kind of terrible reactions? Iirc it’s the meningitis jab that often causes a temperature rather than the MMR if that is what you are concerned about

If you mean single MMR then 2 of them dont exist as single vaccinations. It could be the newer MenB vaccination that has caused issues as it is more likely to cause fever as a side effect

What do you mean by terrible reactions?

It is normal to have crying, fever, sore legs, irritability and general crankiness for a few days.

I give these vaccines daily (I'm a practice nurse) and have had no adverse reactions beyond those.

If they’ve been fine after a few days it’s the men b they are likely reacting to - it gives a high fever and makes them feel grotty (it’s why we are advised to give calpol straight away after the jabs when men b is given)
The reaction to the mmr jab (generally a mild fever, a bit of achiness and a rash) comes on after several days if they’re going to react to it, though in my experience you do get a bit achy at the injection site for the first 24 hrs or so.

Been sick and a couple of them their babies have been floppy and not able to move around. I'm not saying there's anything dodgy with the vaccines I'm not an anti vaxter but just wondered if there was any point in asking for the single ones to lessen the affects on my daughter. Thank you for the replies

You could maybe split up the number of jabs given at one time but you won't get single vaccinations as they dont all exist as singles

At 1 year there are 4 vaccinations. MenB is the one most likely to cause a fever.

1 year

• Hib/MenCvaccine given as a single jab containing vaccines against meningitis C (1st dose) and Hib (4th dose)
• MMRvaccine (measles, mumps and rubella), given as a single jab
• PCV (pneumococcal) – 3rd dose
• MenB vaccine – 3rd dose

Mine was absolutely fine with them, bit of a sore red patch on her legs for a couple of days but nothing major.

I do know a couple Of babies who came up with a measles-like rash a couple of weeks or so later, which is also a normal but uncomfortable reaction. I suppose you could do four separate appointments a few weeks apart but you might be prolonging the agony for your child given that many don’t have reactions

Ask to split up jags (obv you can’t split mmr though) but I mean get mmr, go back four weeks later for another etc. It’s a lot for a little kid at once. That’s what I did. Saves holding them
Down over and over for jags all in one go too