advice re immunising older children, please

[noonar]

hi, i'd like to ask if anyone has had their older children immunised, having decided against it when they were babies.

my dds are 5 and 7 and they are both having tetanus/ dipth etc. dd1 has had first dose without difficulties. I am also contemplating other immunisations.

anyway, i'd like to ask those of you who have concerns about jabs... do you think a robust 5 and 7 yo would be lees at risk than a baby, or do you still think risks are too great?

tia

anyone?

Is there anything in the medical history of your family that makes you think they are part of the tiny group of children that may be affected by vaccines?

If not, they have been robust enough for a good few years I would say...

DS2 (now 7) will need to get tetanus sometime soon I think. Next year he goes on an outward bound course with school so I think given that he is robust with no developmental problems it makes sense to give it to him before then. I'll probably leave ds3 a while.

Which one did you give - was it the 5 in 1? Or just a DT? If just a DT where did you get it?

(sorry questions, but I need to start thinking about it at some stage)

biobytes, do i detect a not of sarcasm? sorry if i got that wrong. anyway, they are fit and well, just had a mum concerend with this issue.

was the 5 in 1. my 7yo had it following a deep cat scratch.and we're jsut got a pup with sharp teeth! am tempted leave at the that, tbh.

'note'

we are in the same boat though children are younger. Problem is I want to avoid pertussis element so will have to have 3 lots of 3 singles [dip, tet, polio] plus measles. Considering prevnar at moment for older child because of Swine flu [many cases of bacterial pneumonia] Youngest has had it already. Not looking forward to having to give older dc so many jabs in singles. Don't you have to do course of three for immunity with the 5in1? Did your local surgery do it without problems or did they moan at you? I got a mouthful when I took in dd for the Prevnar.

i think its one jab, and a booster 4 weeks later. got a few raised eyebrows at recetion... ie 'you mean they havent had it already??'

Where will you get the singles insnognito? Admittedly it's been a while but my GP couldn't source singles for the under 10's last time he tried. (He was happy to). I only really want T, or the DT.

Halvorsen offers them saintly.

but he said ds, 5, needs 3 lots of 3 [dip, tet, polio] Which seems a huge amount and will take a long time with a month in between each. Did your surgery say they just needed one 5in1 noonar?

oh yes I know, but that's a massive trip for us.

it is, I know. I don't know where else you can get them, but, as they exist, a private doc ought to be able to order them in.

sorry i mean your gp. Don't suppose he could source them from Halvorsen?

No sarcasm. Mine has reacted to every single vaccine he had, hence going for singles. Still wondering whether to get a 5-1 now that he is older. But, with our family history and with DS landing in hospital in previous ocassions... well, I'm watching this thread.

sorry bio, i thought you were implying that there was a 'small' ( or possibly nonexistenet) group of susceptible children, and that i shouldve had it done years ago! sorry to infer wrong meaning.

every vaccine, has a risk. you have to weigh up the risk of reaction to a vaccine compared to the possibilty of sufferring the disease. In todays climate with so many parents choosing not to vaccinate, the risk of disease has increased dramatically.
Every parent has to make the decision of whether to vaccinate or not, but please make sure it is an informed choice, not from hearsay.