Baby's 1 year vaccinations next week. What to expect?

[Jay185]

My baby is having his MMR and other 1 year vaccinations next week. Can you give me your experiences and what to expect. How were your babies after? This that had symptoms how long did they last? Thank you

I can't remember exactly but what I do remember is that the side effects started a week after the injections and the same was true for a lot of people i know. So watch out for that!

He had them at 10 months, and absolutely no reactions whatsoever

3 x babies all fine

do your baby a favour and give the paracetamol 1/2 he before so it takes the edge off the pain. I switched to this and appointments were much smoother after.

trying to get paracetamol into a screaming baby who has just had two sore needles in their legs is not easy and it’s too late to help with the pain

13 month old had his last month. Cried after a bit but a nice snack and a cuddle straight after sorted that out. Absolutely fine after about 10 minutes. No side effects
I cried more than him !

Good luck. Baby will he fine x

Neither of mine reacted at all. A momentary cry when they actually got it, nothing else.

DS is having his week after next. With DD I did calpol at home, dressed her in shorts and short sleeves so we didn’t have to faff about getting clothes on and off (4 needles so one on each limb) and I kept her on the carrier. As soon as last one was done she was straight on the boob and stayed there on the walk home.
Planning on doing the same with DS as it worked so well.

Not too much drama at the time. Bit of a temperature and tired that evening. Bit washed out the next day. Fine otherwise.

Thanks everyone, his other vaccinations went well so I'm hoping he doesn't have any side effects to these as well. They really couldn't come soon enough with the latest measles outbreak news!

I can't remember the eldest having any reaction (other than crying a bit) but the youngest did have quite the temperature the same night despite calpol- she doesn't take it very well so not full doses I don't think. But she was right as rain next day and never got any of the delayed reaction symptoms either, was just sad and hot that night. It caught me out a bit as her big sister didn't have that so just wanted to mention to keep an eye out for it.

Why was that? MMR possibly for travel in exceptional circumstances but according to guidelines, others shouldn't be done before 12 months if primary course up to date and even an early MMR would have to be repeated after 12 months.
Practice nurse.

@cptartapp sorry didn't see that you had replied. We're not in the UK and here it can be given earlier, and should be if the child is entering nursery. All official guidelines too!

I'm really worried about it as I've come across stories of babies developing encephalitis after the vaccine, as rare as it is even one case is terrifying. I know the risk is higher if he's not vaccinated so it's best to vaccinate but it's all so worrying 😩 did anyone's child become ill after 7-10 days or have an even later reaction?

OP it’s easy to get stressed if you google side effects of vaccines. I did that and began to wonder if I shouldn’t give them to my baby, BUT then I googled the physical consequences of measles and whooping cough and diptheria and after seeing the images on google, I couldn’t get my baby vaccinated fast enough! I also strongly recommend the chicken pox jab, especially if you have a daughter. It’s optional in the UK and costs about £80, but it is a lot more pleasant for your child than having itchy pox under the eyelids and in the vulva. (It’s compulsory in America.)

Am currently sitting next to DH who is shivering and aching with covid (he didn’t have his covid booster when invited). DD and I are up to date with covid vaccines and have no symptoms.

Bottom line is, your baby is going to get exposed to some extremely nasty life-threatening diseases during his/her life, and you can choose to give vaccines or not, but the risks to your child of not being vaccinated are far higher than the risk of vaccine side effects.

My baby’s age 1 vaccination experience:

I held DD and told the nurse I would feed DD throughout. I then started to breastfeed. Nurse injected vaccine. DD let go of the breast and gave an angry squark. I offered the breast and DD instantly began to feed again. That afternoon and also the day after, she was much more sleepy than normal and had long naps. That was the only reaction.

My baby’s toddler vaccine experience (is this age 2 or 3? Can’t recall):

I sat DD on my lap and said there will be a little ouch and then you get a biscuit (which was then a rare treat). Nurse did the injection, DD shrieked, I gave DD a biscuit in one hand and a brand new toy she’d never seen before in the other. DD ate the biscuit and stared at the toy. No physical reaction at all.