4 injections for immunisations at 12 months old?

[Starlou]

I took my 1 year old for his vaccines today and discovered that he had to have 4 injections. I am a third time mum and I cannot recall my older children having 4, I recall one in each leg. I did say this to her but she said it’s been 4 separate injections for many years and I likely cannot remember it. According to gov website which was updated in December 2024 it details the vaccines to be expected at 12 months, which is 4! I am just wondering how on earth I couldn’t remember this from my older children! Is it just me?
I also cannot remember the side effects being this bad, I remember the irritability and tiredness but my son doesn’t seem to want to roll on his side, is crying when he sits and as I write is sleeping on his back instead of rolling onto his side to sleep which he normally does, his legs must be in so much pain!
PS this is not an anti vaccine post at all, they are incredibly important! Just wondering if it’s just me!

If it helps, humans encounter roughly 10,000 antigens every day. An extra 4 makes no odds.

Yes, sorry I don’t think I explained myself well, I just cannot recall it being 4 separate injections, I honestly only recall 1 in each leg, not 2! I am just wondering if I have finally lost the plot 😅😂

It’s been four vaccines for years, since about 2015 I think when MenB was introduced.

Before that we gave them separately at 12 and 13 months, which was a nightmare!

That’s odd. Yes, I took my firstborn in early 2024 and it was a jab in each leg. However, I also recall something he had to take orally? My daughter has just turned 1 so I’ll get hers booked in for next week and tell you what happens!

It’s confirmed. I am finally losing/lost the plot 😅😂

interestingly though, when I went into the office and talked to two of my colleagues they said they could only recall two injections for their children! I wonder if the trauma of it all just makes you forget perhaps!

Best of luck 😃❤️

Wasn't one of them oral? DS is 4m and I remember one was a gel that made his nappies awful as it was a 'live vaccine' or something

I've always asked for the meningitis one separately as it just seems like too much at once (more so for the earlier ones). They then don't ask you to automatically give the paracetamol, unless they actually get a fever so that probably does tell you that having it all at the same time is tough on the babies.

My son who is 3 definitely had 2 in each leg AND an oral something or other but that may have been a different appointment

My son had 4, 2 in each leg back in the summer. Awful at the time but he doesn't remember it now!

Yeah both of mine had 4 injections

Yes has been 4 for a while now! And the oral one people keep mentioning is the rotavirus one which is given twice amongst the first 3 sets of vaccinations 😀

And @Hungrycaterpillarsmummy i think the oral one was the rotovirus one? They only give that at 8 and 12 weeks.

Oops cross post! Yes what @Emmacb82 said!

Are 3 of them measles, mumps and rubella? They can come as one vaccine the MMR, there's even an MMRV now the 4th being chicken pox. Some countries give as one shot or two. Also diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus can be given as one combined vaccine.

No you haven't lost the plot. My little one is only 2yrs3months so wasn't that long ago and it was 1 in each leg. I don't think I could have watched them do 4. I'm a needle phobe and 2 was bad enough 😅

It shouldn’t have been unless they did one in each leg and one in each arm.

In England they get 4 needles at about 12 months -

1. MMR
2. Meningitis B
3. Hib/Men C
4. Pneumococcal

So 2 jabs and 1 oral vaccine at 2 and 3 months. Then 2 jabs at 4 months. Then 4 jabs at 12 months and 2 jabs at 3 years 4 months.

Thank you all for your replies 😃❤️

he seems to be more able to move his legs today thankfully!

Glad it’s not just me 😂❤️

This is what I thought that some were combined and that why there was only 2, but someone has responded on the thread and explained each one

Nope, 4 injections 😥😅

How’s little bubba feeling today?

Lots better thank you bless him, he will now use his legs 🤣😂

My grandson, same age, had 4 injections last week. One in each leg, and one in each arm.
Poor thing was very unwell the next day, but a couple of days later was back to his normal self.

Unfortunately it is the case, my little one has his booked in tomorrow - dreading it. It is awful they have so many in one go but the alternative is that they give 1 every few weeks. I guess the rational is to get them all out the way in one go. I am pro-vaccine but dread it when it comes round for the kids