8 week jabs dilemma

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Having to travel soon (to somewhere not too far and with a developed healthcare system ) and baby will be 7 weeks , trying to work out if it’s better to give jabs at 7 weeks (if alllowed !) or at around 9 weeks after the travel . Has anyone ever been able to give 8 week immunisations a week early and if so, how did baby react ? Im just worried about side effects hitting them harder, even though it would only be a week earlier . Baby is breast fed so I hope that’ll help with immunity too, if I do it a little later …

You won't get them early as 8 weeks is the minimum age for them

As above they won't give early unfortunately

8 weeks is the minimum age! Would be fine to wait until 9 weeks x

This is not correct…..immunisations can be given from 6 weeks if travelling to an endemic country….see chapter 11 in the green book on schedule flexibility

So it depends where they're going?
Where are you going OP?

As @Kitkat1523 said can be given from 6 weeks in exceptional circumstances but depends where you’re going and how long for.

Hmmm maybe push them back a week? My LO had his 8 week jabs on time but we had to then travel so his 12 week ones were pushed back to 14 weeks. I think doctors would be more likely to push it back.

Also the baby paracetamol (calpol) is only recommended from 8 weeks onwards. Having them at 9 weeks instead of 7 may mean your LO is a bit more resilient to any fevers or side effects too possibly. The rotavirus element of the jabs really knocked my son for six bless him.

my son is having his 3 days early as we will be travelling when he is 16 weeks to bring it all forward and make sure he is fully immunised. You need to discuss with the Gp to clear it as it’s a licensing issue. The GP will then have to also make sure the nurse giving the vaccine is aware

@SameDi23 ahh, I’ve read different things but I did see an nhs policy document that said a few days early is okay. For me it would have to be 7 days early so I don’t know if that’s too many days . Also for my baby it’s the first set so they’re still very young and it will be the first exposure , so I don’t know how tough it will be on their little body , as someone said above their baby really struggled with the rotavirus one. Really hard to judge !

They can be given early at six weeks if necessary, but only once. Subsequent doses have to be given at twelve and sixteen weeks (or later). Calpol can also be given at this earlier age, but baby must weigh over 4kg to have the three full 2.5ml doses after the Men B, otherwise the dose needs to be calculated and reduced depending on weight.
Practice Nurse.

@cptartapp thank you so much for your answer, I’ve heard this too about 6 weeks in certain cases being allowed. If I’m not going to a high risk country, in your personal opinion do you think there’s benefit to doing it after 8 weeks (before 9 weeks) to allow baby to be a bit stronger for them and cope a bit better ? As opposed to doing them earlier and baby struggling more with potential side effects? Baby is also having the bcg vaccine before travel, so I don’t want to overwhelm their body too much if I don’t need to x