8 week vaccinations - help!

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My baby girl had her 8 week jabs today, they told us in appt to give calpol within an hour which I did and she seemed okay, she is now screaming inconsolably when I try and put her down to bed, she normally goes down awake and falls asleep when she is ready.
Is this normal?! Has anyone else had this? What can I do it's awful!
TIA x

You can give another two doses of calpol, each spaced between 4-6 hours apart if you haven't already the only thing to do is make sure she's had the calpol and give lots of cuddles unfortunately, it does pass have you checked her temperature?

I hadn't given her another dose but will do, thank you.
It's awful, I really wasn't expecting this poor baby!

I know, it definitely affects us parents longer than it does them though hopefully after a bit more calpol she'll feel better, I don't think my DD let me put her down all day after them!

This happened when our son had his vaccines. He was very grumpy, crying, screaming that night and not quite himself the next day but like furryelephant said, it will pass. Just make sure you give her the calpol, check temp and lots of cuddles. My heart goes out to you!

Hope you managed to get some sleep OP and that your little girl is feeling better today.

Same thing happened with my DC1 after the 8 week shots - he was up most of the first night and didn't want to be put down as he didn't feel very well... Apparently the shots can give them a tummyache and also achy arms and legs. He was much better the next day and slept really well the night after so hopefully you have that to look forward to tonight!

Hiya,

I know this post is a few months old and I hope your little girl is thriving! I'd just like to point out that some babies (including my daughter) suffer with a severe reaction to the whooping cough jab included in the 6 in 1 vaccine. When my daughter had her first round of immunisations she was 10 weeks old, she cried in the room (obviously) and then fell asleep on me, we went home and she had her 12 feed happily, she went back to sleep and I popped out with my mum and suddenly at about 1:30 she woke up and screamed, she couldn't be soothed or touched or calmed down it was a persistent screaming - like I'd never heard before, this carried on through into the evening and when she did sleep it was through exhaustion but she would only sleep on me, if o dared to even take a deep breath she woke screaming. We got through it by pure grit and two weeks later she wasn't sort of back to normal, at 13 weeks she went for a weigh in and I spoke to my HV told her about how horrific my daughters reaction was and I was told 'completely normal, nothing to worry about - probably wasn't anything to do with the jabs anyway...' even though all of my nephews are older than my daughter and when they had jabs they didn't react that way. She's now 21 weeks old and this Monday we went for her second set, I explained her reaction to the nurse and she swiftly exited the room "looking for a thermominter" and came back, she'd spoken to the doctor and this sort of reaction is a huge red flag, the entire day my baby was crying it was due to a reaction that causes the lining of her brain to swell and put immense pressure on her skull and brain, therefore when she was screaming in agony it turly was because she was in pain all day. And apparently if babies react this way the first time round the likelihood is that the second round will be worse, so she now has to have her jabs in hospital to be monitored by doctors to ensure her brain doesn't swell to a dangerous level and they can reduce he swelling.

You need to tell your GP if you experience this type of behaviour with your baby after jabs, it's not normal or typical it's dangerous. Sorry for the rant but no one mentioned anything like this to me what so ever before she had them and I don't want people to be fobbed off with excuses that cover the NHS's back. I understand the herd immunisations are important and my daughter will have them for her own long term health but we should be informed of how severe they can react.

Rant over.

How is your baby now Wiggles? So sorry your baby has had an adverse reaction.. it's all too common :( they never tell us how bad it can really get. Have you reported this to the UK Yellow Card Scheme? It's important parents report these problems so they can assess the safety of vaccines x