8 week jabs!

[Alicia870]

Baby having jabs tomorrow :( poor little toot- any tips on what to expect after? Do they normally not sleep well after? Do you use calpol in case they have a temp?

My DD has hers last week and was fine. I gave calpol 30 mins before and at 4 hourly intervals twice more (as advised by doc). She was totally fine, no major change in sleep or temp

Ah great! So you gave he calpol even though she didn't show any symptoms or upset?

Your little one will be having not only dip/ tet and diphtheria but Men b too. It is the combination with Men b that can cause temp spikes, so expect the worst and hope for the best, but do give a 'preventative' 'dose of liquid paracetamol when you get home and prob 8 hours later to prevent temperature spike.
However, this is actually NOT recommended if the Men B is not included in the immunisation ( so not at 12 weeks) as there is good evidence that this paracetamol dose can, in fact, waylay the way it can affect the process of immunisation protection.

My little boy was poorly, had a high temperature and slept badly for two days. Whimpered in his sleep etc but was fine with Calpol

I don't think babies should be given medication unless they have symptoms. I believed health professional had stopped this advice years ago. It is old fashioned He/she may be a little fretful or run a temperature. If so medicate. Some babies go very sleepy and some very pale. Symptoms should only last about 48 hours. If longer is likely to be something else. There may be a hot red lump at the site, if so bathe in tepid water and medicate. Many babies have no symptoms at all

The actual jabs themselves were horrendous for my little boy and I'm dreading the next lot :( he went bright red and screamed like I've never heard him scream. He fell asleep after but when he awoke he screamed the awful screams again for 2 solid hours. However, he was fine and actually slept really well that night (no fever) and was back to normal the following day. He hated the calpol though which was a surprise as I thought he'd like the strawberry flavour.

It'll be worse for you than him but just bear in mind how bad the alternative of not getting the jabs would be.

Good luck

My DD was pretty much fine apart from a sore leg at one of the injection sites.
You’re advised to give Calpol as the MenB can cause a fever, so it’s preventative. Mine hated being given it and retched and coughed something awful - it wasn’t til the following week that we discovered she had a sensitive gag reflex! Poor thing.

Oh, bless you. There's no sugar coating it really, they are horrid. The eight week ones are the worst imo. I cried. take calpol with you, the nurse will tell you when to use it. On the plus side, mine had no obvious side effects except a dodgy tummy from the norovirus jab.

Sorry, norovirus vac, not jab!

@ConfusedBeetle

I don't think babies should be given medication unless they have symptoms. I believed health professional had stopped this advice years ago. It is old fashioned He/she may be a little fretful or run a temperature. If so medicate

It is out of date advice not to medicate. The current set of jabs at 8 weeks includes Men B. This has been included for less than 3 years. It carries a much higher risk of causing a fever than the others so a prophylactic dose of Calpol (I took it with me and did it right away) is sound medical advice.

How did it go, OP?

It went fine! She screamed so loud when they jabbed her the tears were hard to hold back for me! But she settled quickly and I was advised to give calpol 20 minutes after, then with 2 more doses at 4 hour intervals the rest of the day. It's because the men b can cause fever. But she was fine- slept more than usual that day and day after but didn't seem to bother her too much :)