1 year jabs

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My son has his 1 year jabs booked in on Friday. We decided to go with a late afternoon appointment so it’s closer to bedtime.
Any advice or insights on what we should expect? All I’ve been told is that both me and my partner should go and it’s the worst of all of them!

Goodness they've really put fear into you! It was a total non-event for us. No reactions, no worse than any other jabs.
No idea why you both have to go????

You don't both need to go. What silly advice.

It's just like all the other jabs. Make sure you have calpol on standby and be prepared they might get fluey symptoms 7-10 days after as the MMR jab kicks in.

My dh never went to any of our injection appointments! Is it because they get 4 injections that they say its bad?

Blimey, you were advised you should BOTH go?
Bonkers...most people do not have that luxury anyway and its needless!

As PPs have said, expect a reaction 7-10 days afterwards...possible temperature, irritability maybe as symptoms mimic a viral illness so he maybe a bit achey, may get a bit of a rash. To be honest, it's better to witness a reaction because it indicates his little body is making the necessary antibodies needed to protect him. Its simply a robust response.
The children who do not react often are the ones who are not optimally covered so are still vulnerable to the diseases and why the 2nd dose at 3 years 4 months is so essential.
Have calpol/ Ibuprofen syrup in.

Approach it with firmness and cheerfulness.
Don't let him pick up on any fear/anxiety you may have.
Yes, he'll probably cry briefly ( it's a surprise and hurts slightly) Lots of cuddles afterwards and a chocolate button, maybe?

I'm a practice nurse, I've done thousands of these. And had it done on my own 3 DC.

It's such a non-event. I think mine barely twigged what was going on and didn't even cry. You certainly don't need 2 of you and you don't need to plan your whole day around it.

What I would say is be mindful that there may be side effects for the next 2 weeks or so. These will likely be mild, but just so you expect them. My youngest did have a somewhat unusual reaction, like a reactive arthritis, where his back and hip joints became really painful. I literally could not lie him down, not to change him, not for him to sleep, and he couldn't walk or bear any weight on his legs for about 48 hours. I had to literally sit up all night on the sofa holding him to sleep because he could sleep sitting up against me with legs apart, but not lying down as the hip joints would move. I can't remember when it started, maybe within about 24 hours and was over in about 48. GP confirmed what it was and said it's a known but rare side effect. It was a miserable couple days, but totally fine after that. My eldest had no side effects at all.

So no, I wouldn't plan your whole day around it being awful because more than likely it will all be fine. But if something does happen, don't panic either because side effects are quite normal. Just enlist your partner to be available to relieve you if for example, you get no sleep one night, so you can hand him off as soon as he's home from work and go to bed yourself.

The 1 year jabs have two vaccines that might make them feel slightly unwell and maybe a fever for a day or so. The menB and MMR. My daughter had them separately and started with chicken pox the day before the mmr although it was only apparent after the vaccine that the spots were chicken pox, she was fine no worse than slightly unwell and wanting a cuddle and that was with illness and the vaccine.

The menB was in the 8 and 16 weeks set so I would expect them to react in a similar way to then. My daughter had hers separately due to a very strong immune response to her menB at 4 months and screamed continuously without pause for 3 days and had to be seen in paeds. When she had the menB with the 12 months set and she had a similar response but less intense and didn't require medical attention. The difference between the two times was her reflux and allergies were out of control at 4 months and well controlled when she had the 12 months vaccines

It makes me feel so much better knowing that for a lot of you it wasn’t much different to the other jabs. It was the health visitor of all people who spooked us a little.
Fingers crossed he’ll be fine like the others, although he’s teething at the moment so the crankiness is normal!

4 jabs, usually one on each limb so unpleasant in the moment but over quickly. My DD didn’t experience any side effects, they were in fact the easiest of all the jabs

My LO had them last Friday. He did cry each time the needle went in, but was laughing by the time we got to the car.

He did end up with a 39.4 fever that night, which I wasn’t completely prepared for as many had told me the fever would happen in 7-10 days time. In any case, it lasted one day and back to normal again (he since has come down with tonsillitis, but is a recurring sufferer of that and it’s unrelated!). Waiting to see what symptoms he gets after 7-10 days now as we are already on antibiotics for the tonsils!

No need for you both to go. It's not any worse than any other jags.

Calpol if baby runs a temp and you might get a few unsettled days.

never heard of them being done one in each limb, the arm muscles aren’t usually used in this age group. Usually 2 in each leg, prepared before you go in and then nurse should go over vaccines being given and side effects then ask if you have any questions, it’s usually pretty quick but they will be upset. Hope it all goes smoothly op

My top tip is to give Calpol preventively - so I always gave Calpol after the jabs and then before bed. As it's close the bedtime that might coincide. Then be prepared to give it in the middle of the night if she wakes up and is miserable (obviously with the right spacing between doses).

DH felt it was overkill and didn't give it after one of her jabs and she was so much more miserable. He listened to me after that!

Agree with everyone else - absolutely no need for 2 of you to go. It was 2 in each leg for DS and was over super quickly. He had a slight temp afterwards and was a bit grumpy the following day just wanting cuddles. Like others have said, a bit under the weather about a week later but nothing major.

Make sure you have some Calpol handy and you’ll be fine 😊

DS had his 3y ones the other day and they were worse tbh as he understood what was going on and was not a fan of having to get a second one after the first was done 😅