1 year vaccinations.

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Hi, my daughter has only just turned one& is due her vaccinations. I am extremely anxious about it as my niece actually ended up in ICU due to having her vaccinations!

I am hoping to put the MMR vaccination aside for a month or two just so she can recover from her lot of vaccinations first. As I feel like that’s a lot of stuff for her body to fight off and I’ve heard nothing but horrible things about the mmr.

has anyone else done this before? And do I just tell the doctors to hold fire on the mmr and I’ll book in separately for that.

please no hate she’s my baby my choice

I haven't done this - but vaccines are consent-based, so just stand your ground OP. Don't consent to MMR in the first appointment and then contact them again and ask to book it in. I'd say it will really depend on the staff if they're happy to do it or if they do it less happily (as you will be taking up more appointment time). But I can't see any grounds for them refusing to do it.

You can always defer a bit (but please do get them done).

My youngest had one virus after another when she was an infant so I delayed some of her vaccinations until she was a little stronger. There was no problem with doing that. The GP said it wouldn’t have been a problem for her to have them at the right time but I felt better waiting a few weeks.

MMR really gets bad press, but FWIW I don’t recall any of my children being unwell from it, other than perhaps the usual night of grumpy mild fever that seems to happen with vaccines in general (if my response to covid jabs is anything to go by).

Yeah I will get them done I would never not get it done, I am just so anxious about it& personally think it’s too much they are putting into tiny bodies at one time. I will just book it for 6 weeks time I just want her body to cope with the two first& I am pretty sure that mmr vaccines were done at 13 months and not 12 and it’s only recently been bought forward for whatever reason x

Mine had all the recommended vaccines at the one appointment at 12 months - no problems for us. Honestly, if your LO isn't eating dirt yet, they soon will be, and that is FAR more for their immune system to cope with in one go than the 12 month vaccines.

My DD was born in Ireland, where they have all of the same vaccines, but a completely different monthly schedule. Different months, different order, but same end result once the schedule is complete! So unless it says on the vaccination guidance that there's a specific timeline, delaying won't harm your child - it's the health service preference, not the only way to do it. You do what works for yourself and your child.

Yeah I get that and I will get her mmr vaccines done just a few weeks later..

My kids were fine.
But I can't see why it would matter waiting six weeks for the MMR (unless she was very unlucky and got measles etc in that time I suppose).
I am sure the staff will support your choice, especially if you ask to book the MMR appointment straight away iyswim.

yeah that is true it’s just the worry about everything when they are babies

My daughter had to have her 1 year jabs individual due to a reaction to the menB at 4 months
If you do want to separate the MMR from the other 3 I would do it the other way around and give the MMR first then the other 3 4 weeks later. You have to have 4 weeks between vaccines not given on the same day.
My daughter has her 12 months jabs in the hospital under the care of a paediatrician and the paediatrician herself gave my daughter the MMR during our first appointment. The other vaccines are boosters where as the MMR is the first time they are getting it so have no protection against mumps measles and rubella where as there should be still some protection against the other illnesses from the earlier vaccines.

If you really want to split them, I would suggest MMR first, as measles is really on the rise, and currently she has zero protection against it. And there isn’t any decent treatment if she catches it. Personally I’d want to get them all in as soon as possible, but your choice.

I did exactly as you suggest OP with my now-3 year old because I felt it was a lot of vaccines at once. The staff were happy to accommodate this. And she was fine with all of them. I’d do the same again.

did you do the MMR first when you when with your daughter? @raysofhope

No I did MMR second actually, but having seen the rationale suggested by pp on this thread, maybe that would have been the best way around.

You don’t need to have four weeks between any vaccines not given on the same day. Giving duplicate doses of the same vaccine, ie Men B and MMR for example have to have a minimum four week gap, but you could have MMR one day and the Men B one week, ten days, two weeks, three weeks later etc (for example).
We can only give what you consent to and if deferring, the parent has to decide which order for the vaccines to be given.
Practice nurse.

This was just what the specialist paediatrician said had to be done. Maybe it wasn't a general rule.
When we booked the next vaccine in we were told it was a minimum 4 weeks wait. It took 6 months in total to get her 12 months vaccines with paeds referral and then appointment availability

Haven't read all the replies but surely if you're worried about your child being ill from them it would be much better for her to have them all at once, rather than give her one batch and get ill and then once she's over that give her another batch? That doesn't seem fair

My DH was worried about DC having 1yr vaccines. As it happened we had to postpone them several time any way because DC had hand foot and mouth, rebooked, then I was ill then rebooted again and it was cancelled because nurse was ill! When we went at at 15months DC had conjunctivitis and the lovely nurse suggested nit giving the live vaccines. So DC hand MMR 2 weeks later ( although that nurse was critical that they hadn't been given all together). I'm really please that he had them later and then when he was well. He's had his chicken pox jab as well and understandably did a big cry when the needle went in but I felt he could get over it much quicker as he had more understanding ans was keen to say ' bye bye ' through the tears! Also no side affect at all from MMR or chicken pox.

Are you sure of the story about your niece? This would be an exceptionally unusual thing in an otherwise healthy child

Yes 💯 I was in hospital with her when the ICU doctors told us..

What was the reaction? Anaphylaxis?

Superscientist- no. It definitely isn’t a general rule.
Probably done that way with you for operational reasons.