Another small reason to delay the first vaccinations (and a bit of a rant sorry)

[mamatomany]

This actually hadn't occurred to me before.
We had the first set today simply because I had 3 other children off on school holidays and couldn't face baby howling along with 3 concerned siblings either fighting over him or howling too.
Anyway after i'd had the eyes rolled at me for wanting to breast feed him during the procedure to lessen the pain which they didn't allow incase he inhaled the milk and choked (which i couldn't think of a counter argument to that so agreed reluctantly but if anyone can for the next one i'd be grateful), he had the injections and went bloody nuts.
So whilst he's screaming and I'm trying to clam him down (and the nurse is continuously trying to take him off me for a cuddle, yeah like he want to go to a stranger who's just jabbed him over his mother), she says of course because he's that bit older he can have more calpol, the poor little 8 week olds only get one 2.5ml, he at 12 weeks can have two 5ml does.
So that for me seems another reason to delay.

Better off looking at other ways to manage the reaction IMO.

Ones that don't give a window of opportunity for a infection.

There have been some good research done on how to reduce pain during vaccination. Here's a review.

Quite a few options:

Local numbing (through cold or anaesthetic).
Sugar solution on tongue.
Non-Nutritive sucking (pretty sure that's a dummy).
Breast feeding (although the results are worse than other interventions).
Oral painkillers (less evidence available than other therapies).

On this basis BF seems to be a good option, perhaps they didn't have the staff available if there was a problem.
But I really think there are better options for managing the discomfort than delaying the vaccination.

The not bfeeding thing does seem a bit strange - I have always been encouraged to bfeed mine to keep them calm. And that includes when DD3 was just days old and requiring frequent heelpricks to check her bilirubin and iron levels.

They were adamant that there should be nothing in his mouth, i shall tell them next time he's having the dummy or he's not having it.
There were two of the nurses so how many staff do they need, however the fact that one of them just wanted to cuddle a baby to hell with how he felt or me for that matter just shows their attitude towards doing the best for their patients comfort.

I had the dummy banned too, and ds was pissed off before they even did it as he was sleepy and wanted the dummy anyway.

That's interesting, I was advised not to BF during but to save it until afterwards, in case dd developed an association between feeding and being stabbed in the leg :(

Mine have always either had dummy in or been breastfed during vaccinations - never been a problem for the practice nurses.

Mine have also not usually needed any calpol afterwards. No fever that would warrant medication.

Though dd did have mild symptoms 10 - 14 days after MMR (which could just as easily have been something else).

I was advised not to BF during but to save it until afterwards, in case dd developed an association between feeding and being stabbed in the leg

Yes I was told that back in 2004 too with DD2 but then I went home and thought about it and unless you were doing that every time you BF I don't think they would make the connection and even if they did I still think my 4 would consider being stabbed in the leg a small price to pay for a booby feed.
I've decided I am not going back to that practice.