1 year old vaccinations - any benefit to getting them separately?

[Starry4321]

1 year old vaccinations coming up. It’s the MMR, 2nd pneumo hib/menc 3rd men B. My mum commented that it sounds like ‘too much for his system’ and asked me if we should get say the MMR next week and then follow up with the rest a few weeks later. What is everyone’s opinions is there any benefit to doing this?

I definitely want him vaccinated in general as I am concerned at how many measles outbreaks I am seeing.

Its not too much, everyone has them like this.. dont worry at all. Better be over at once rather than prolong

Well it's not too much for the vast vast majority of children, so I'd reckon the entire medical system probably has a better insight on this than your mum.

I can never understand why people fuck about with vaccinations! It's literally been tested on millions of children over decades.

So your mum knows better than the NHS, scientific research and the majority of parents does she? For gods sake, speak to a nurse or GP if you have genuine concerns.

Depends if you want to expose your child to the risk of horrible disease, disability or death for a bit longer, I s’pose.

The answer to your question is NO.

All of us are exposed to billions of viruses every minute of every day. A few more ain't going to make much difference .... oh, except help save your child from serious illness.

Sorry, what I mean is, it is a totally personal decision.
The herd Immunity helps protect the weakest people in society.
I'm not sure if any of the diseases are likely to be deadly in strong healthy children, but the jabs stop them getting unwell with it.

BTW I have heard plenty of mums in mum groups say the same about them being concerned it sounds like too much for them in one go. Vaccine uptake rates are dropping so there is clearly an issues out there. I for one am extremely grateful we have the vaccines as the alternative is just not worth thinking about.

No just get it done. My 1 year old had them last week. Cried for about 30 seconds then forgotten about. Wish she’d been able to have them a month ago then she might not have got pneumonia.

A stair bannister, a doorknob, a handshake... all expose you to many more bacteria and viruses than what is in a vaccine. If your kid is anything like mine were, all kinds of things have been in their mouth by now! Your child's body can handle it.

My DS handled the one year jabs better than the early jabs and he had the one year ones all together. He was only really affected by the actual injecting. Cried for a bit and then was completely fine. Plus you can bribe and cheer up easier at this age. Not sure about your son but mine is easily won over with a snack! So I had one ready for straight after and he was happy as Larry.
I just think you would be prolonging the upset if you did them separately. I would much prefer to just get them all out the way at once and be done with it 😊

Thank you my plan is to get them all together as I want him protected as soon as poss but then I started second guessing myself!

Don't do it!
My daughter had the separately and it was a nightmare.
She had them in hospital after a reaction to menB at 4 months. It took 6 months to get her fully vaccinated. You have to have vaccines at least 4 weeks apart.
Honestly they are exposed to a higher number of bugs and stuff on a daily basis. Having 7 in vaccines in one go is small by comparison

My uncle died aged 8 after my gran contracted rubella in pregnancy. He was born with a heart defect as a result and he lived his short life in hospital and never went to school. My dad had to have an operation on his eyes due to damage from measles.

When my oldest was due his 12 month immunisations I had a friend who was a gp. It was a long time ago now but basically the immature of the immune system means it’s far less likely to have an adverse reaction to a group of immunisations.

I have 2 boys with autism and I promise you, in most cases, there’s a genetic component and, in retrospect, my first son showed signs at a very early age, long before his mmr

Well do all those mums know better? Have they showed you the links to peer reviewed journal articles evidencing this? Vaccine uptake is down because people are stupidly getting medical advice from TikTok.

Get them done in one go. Increases fear of vaccinations doing them all separately. Plus exposing them to disease whilst you wait in between.
They are immunised for more diseases in their first set at 8 weeks (diphtheria, tetanus, polio, whooping cough, hib, Hep b, men B & Rotavirus 8 in total) but done in two injections and oral medication.
One year imms (measles, mumps, rubella, hib, men c, men b, pneumonia 7 in total) but done in 4 injections. Most are boosters so already had 3 of them at primary imms.

I would flip your question around and ask where is the data that says having them together is a bad idea?

Just to add to this.
The reason the paediatrician wanted them separately was nothing to do with her not coping with multiple vaccines but more to identify which vaccine she had an issue with. It was how we identified that it was the menB as she reacted in the same way but slightly less intense.

The one year ones are tough because after the first shot they realise it hurts. Best to get the four sore things done in one fell swoop than have to bring them back and increase their fear of the doctor's.

OP

I doubt you have ever seen any of the diseases these jabs prevent.

People in poor countries often have, that is why they will walk for 3 days and queue for hours to get their child vaccinated.

Nothing to worry about xx

Just get them done and don’t take up extra appointments when people are desperate to be seen by a nurse or GP for an actual health concern. I have a suspected cancerous lesion on my skin and currently waiting 3 weeks to see the GP.

Mine both had them altogether. My youngest did have an uncommon reaction to the 12 months one (sort of a reactive arthritis, where he had severe joint pain for about 72 hours and stopped being able to bear any weight on his legs). I’d still get them done altogether again. He’s totally fine nowand had no issues again after those few days. He’s 6 now.

Yeah 'the issue' out there is randoms talking utter shit about vaccines though.

@theaplie "Since some time in the late 90s/early 00s they have taken out the mercury in the jab. Why? They won't say but they've done it for a reason.
It seems now the jabs are safe."

They removed Thimerosal from vaccines due to people being concerned that it may cause autism. It doesn't but they wanted to increase uptake in a sea of misinformation and conspiracies. There is no link between Thimerosal and autism.

I think you've had a few harsh replies OP. Some people suggesting you are not even considering vaccinating. They are fine all together.

Those saying OP would be wasting appointments, our surgery has an afternoon just for baby immunisations. I was once offered a pill check appointment as there was a slot free. But the nurse who does the immunisations literally only does that, pill checks and flu jabs at our practice. It's likely similar at many GP practices.