Would you take your DC for their first jabs on Christmas Eve?

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DS has an appt on Monday for his 8 week jabs and I can't decide whether to just go and get them over with, or to try to move them so we don't end up with a feverish miserable baby over Christmas Day.

My other DC never seems to react too much to the jabs so I was going to take him, but so many people have been horrified that I'm even considering it that I'm now thinking I shouldn't take the risk in case he's the one who really struggles afterwards. But will that put his whole immunisation schedule out of whack?!

WWYD?

I’d put his health first, and get his jabs

Totally up to you. I put my daughters back until the new year this week as she has a stinking cold. I don’t want her fighting off two things at once! But she reacts quite bad to them anyway. People will always have an opinion - do what you thinks best

My DS is getting his 3rd lot of jabs on the 27th. I could of moved them but I would prefer just to get them over and done with x

Yes I would.

My baby just had his and he was fine the day after - I will be getting future jabs done in the morning again to give him the full day to recover. Which hopefully means a good night!

Always always have the jabs. No way would I put such an important thing off: especially as it’s so close and you’d be wasting that appointment now and it would likely be a few weeks until you could have them done.

Plus the high risk of infectious diseases at this time of year. Don’t delay them, there’s no need.

Could you ring and see what dates would be available if you rearrange? That would be the decision maker for me. If they could get it booked in for the 27th or 28th sort of time I'd change it, if it's going to be any longer than an extra week away I'd keep the original app. Better to have a groggy baby on Xmas day who can just sleep it off than risk them catching something worse waiting for their immunisation.

If yours are usually fine with them I'd go ahead. Mine on the other hand... were never okay with jabs. It's all very well to say "put their health first", but both of mine had to go back to the GP within 24 hours of having theirs (one allergic and the other screamed so hard he burst blood vessels which presented as a non-blanching rash), so if I ever had this with a third child I would never have accepted the appointment! Wouldn't fancy finding a doctor on Christmas day.