17mo DD having MMR this afternoon, should I give Calpol beforehand ?

[WSM]

After much procrastination DD is having her MMR jab this afternoon at 2.55. I was wondering whether or not I should give her a dose of Calpol beforehand, would it help her cope ? She has not had a prob with jabs before but then she was only 2,3 & 4 months old at the time.

Rapid replies much appreciated
Thanks
WSM

Thanks Dino.

sorry I'm so thick - when I saw 2.55 I thought you meant dd was two and a half - ignore that bit then!

No ! The time is 2.55, DD is 17 months old !! Will arm myself with milkybar buttons though, whatever happens !

Chocolate is sometimes the best medecine.

Hi WSM - ds had his at 14 months (2 months ago) and I didn't give him calpol unlike the other jabs. He cried at the moment of the jab, calmed down really quickly and was fine. As far as I can tell there were absolutely no side effects whatsoever - no grumpiness and no problems sleeping - I'd been expecting 3 weeks of misery while each vaccine kicked in, but he seemed totally himself.

Our practice nurse told me the stats for the number of babies who might get a mild measles rash etc and when to expect it, but I can't remember them now. Worth asking though, so you know what may or may not be in store.

I think loads of cuddles and a favourite toy to be produced at the right moment and your dd will be fine, but Calpol's not going to hurt anyway. My GP once said that calpol's for the parents anyway All the best!

Thanks bobsmum, much appreciated Have to go and get her up now.

I'd give the Calpol personally. Won't harm and might help

Do arm yourself with Calpol & baby Nurofen (if she can take it that is) ready for 5-10 days time though (I think official time is 7-10 days, but ds got his high temp at 5 days) just in case she goes through the high temperature stage.

hugs will be thinking of you both this afternoon.

I'd leave it as long as possible after she's had the jab. Time it backwards from when she goes to bed (isn't it every 4 hours) then at least you know that if she does get a temperature you can give her a dose just before she goes to sleep for the night.

Agree with chocolate as medicine. Insert chocolate button into child's open mouth at exactly the same time as the needle goes in. we did this for ds's measles jab and he didn't even look down! No side effects whatsoever either. Good luck.

Hope all went well -

We gave dd Calpol before she came home then up to 24hrs later and she was fine - just helped her sleep better.

Hi, a quick update.

DD had her jab this afternoon, was perfectly happy and active in the waiting room beforehand, was chattering to the nurse when we got in and was extrememly brave for the needle itself. She didn't flinch when it went in, but did start crying. However, the crying did stop the minute the needle was removed.

She also had the hib jab in her other arm too, as we'd had the letter AGES ago and I hadn't acted on it. It seemed sensible to kill two birds with one stone, so to speak. The nurse seemed perfectly happy for DD to have both jabs in the same sitting so thats what we did. Again just tears for the duration of administration.

When the nurse had finished DD shouted 'MORE !!!' at the top of her voice, that's the Mancunian side coming out She then quite happily sat showing the nurse the tellytubby thing she'd found underneath the treatment couch. I'm just astonished by her bravery

She has been absolutely fine since, ate her tea up without fuss and drank all of her milk beofre her normal bed time. She went down at the normal time and I haven't heard a peep since. Am VERY relieved and exceedingly proud of my little angel, she did well today

Have stockpiled Nurofen and Calpol, just in case.

Thanks for all your advice, in the end I did give her a shot of Nurofen. I have no idea whether it did help her or not but it certainly didn't harm her.

WSM
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Apologies for the number of typos in that post !!!

Glad to hear it WSM

As I said, watch her like a hawk somewhere between 5-10 days. That's when my ds ran a very high temperature for a couple of days (no other symptoms so almost certainly related to the jab). It's supposed to be 7-10 days as far as I remember from the leaflets, but ds' definitely started two days early (keen to get it over with, obviously!)

WSM - dd had her jab about 2 weeks ago and was fine in the surgery and after. However, on Friday she turned into a demon child and I had approx 5 hours sleep Fri, Sat, Sun . Was v worried as she was hysterical but took her to the docs yesterday and she is fine. Doc asked if she could be teething and when I thought of it, she has a biggy coming through at the back. DURRRRR. I put 2 and 2 together and made 5 in the cold dark nights trying to get her to sleep 'its the MMR jab, she's doomed etc' when it was simply teething.

What I am trying to say in my waffle is: if she does go off colour, it's not necessarily the jab, could be something totally normal. So don't panic like I did.

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PS Slept through last night, but coughed a lot and still kept me awake grrrrrrrrr