What age did your child have the rider MMR?

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Mine will be nearly 15 months which I worried was too late! Thanks

Rider?

Well, my children had their first doses at 12 months.

I had it at 29 though, so I don't think 15 months is too late! Afaik, the only way it can be "too late" is if they catch one of the diseases beforehand (which I never did, in all those 29 years - not that I'd recommend leaving it that long!). The vaccine itself doesn't depend on age given for effectiveness.

Why didn't you have it as a child @110APiccadilly? I wasn't allowed the vaccine as a child because I had an egg allergy so I got measles instead.

My mum's an anti-vaxxer, that's all there is to it!

It was an odd experience getting it as an adult - the surgery were quite reluctant to do it! I was asked why I wanted it and the only reason they'd listen to was that I was about to get married and wanted to make sure I'd had MMR before any possible pregnancy. "I don't fancy getting ill," wasn't a good enough reason apparently!

14, years not months, in a hospital with a PICU, severe allergies and other significant health issues. Delayed because consultants wouldn't give it until 14.

Seeing this sent me down memory lane.
MMR wasn't available until 1993, so being very vaccine aware, took my youngest for his jab when he was 11. The nurse at the surgery was so full of praise for him (They were having difficulty promoting this vaccine) that he wore his Mr Men plaster as a badge of honour when he went back to school .

12 months both times.

@SiouxsieSiouxStiletto is it bad to have it this late then?

It's not an issue.
Anyone of any age without two documented doses of MMR are entitled to request and have if no contraindications (it's a live vaccine). No upper age limit. If you've only ever had one dose, then you can get another. It doesn't matter whether you think you've had the illnesses or not.
Practice nurse.

How weird @110APiccadilly. Why on earth would they not want you to have the MMR? The consequences of those illnesses are so much more dangerous for adults than for children.

Students at uni now are the cohorts severely affected by the Wakeman scandal, and they get bombarded with info encouraging them to have the MMR if they missed out as children.

There were epidemics of mumps at the university where one of my dcs was. Despite being fully vaxed, my dc caught mumps and ended up with a severe, life-altering auto-immune condition as a result.

No, you can have it at any age. Why do you think it would be bad?

It's only an issue in that toddler could contract measles, mumps, or rubella while not vaccinated - but that's unlikely.

If you're worried you can look up the UK case numbers, should put your mind at ease.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/measles-confirmed-cases/confirmed-cases-of-measles-mumps-and-rubella-in-england-and-wales-2012-to-2013

Based on @tokesqueen 's post, it sounds like it might have been my GP surgery being weird, because they definitely weren't following those rules - they actually made me have a blood test to check for anti bodies before they'd vaccinate. It wouldn't have been the first time; the practice I was registered with at the time did make some very odd decisions.

15 months in hospital due to reaction to previous vaccines. She had each of the 12 months vaccines individually and it was 18 months before she had all of the 1year ones.

The consultant recommended we started with mmr as the other vaccines were boosters so she had some protection where as the mmr was all completely new so she had no protection