One year vaccinations - getting them later than planned

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Hello, perhaps a silly question but I’m hoping someone might be able to help. Does my baby have to have his one year vaccinations when he is exactly a year old, e.g. in the same week that he turns one? Or is it okay if he has them a couple of weeks after he turns one, e.g. three weeks after he turns one? Thanks for any thoughts that you have about this.

That's fine. They should be delayed if ill too.

It’s totally fine, you’re just overthinking it. Baby can have them whenever. Obviously the earlier the better but a matter of weeks is nothing. My baby was born just before Christmas, there is no way she can have 1 year vaccinations until January as my GP surgery is closed other than emergencies over the Christmas period!

Later is fine - ours coincided with starting nursery and it took 4 attempts to find a window where he didnt have a temp 🙄so he was 14 months in the end!

Thanks everyone for your responses 😊

My daughter had one of her sets of vaccines about three months later than planned due to illness and then Christmas. I was convinced they’d tell me off but they didn’t bat an eyelid!

12-13 months is fine.

I wouldn’t leave it too much longer than that as maternal measles antibodies decline after one.

DD had hers yesterday at 14 months.

DS was 3 and 3 months when he had his.

That’s absolutely fine. My son was about a year and a month old having his

My son was ill for his first set of jabs, which then delayed the rest of them for several weeks. Then he was ill again for his 16 week ones. Between that and just getting an appointment, by the time he had his 1 year jabs he was 16-17 months old. It turned out to be the hottest day of the year (July/August), and his birthday is in March.

My daughter had her 12 months vaccines at 15, 17 and 18 months. She had a reaction to the menB at 4 months so we had to have a referral to paeds for the 12 month olds and the MMR and menB individually and then the other 2 together.
The MMR is really important to get as soon as possible but in most circumstances a few weeks here or there won't make a huge difference. It would be bad luck to catch measles at 12 months and 3 days before you had chance to get the MMR and for it to have had the time to give immunity. It's not impossible but it really would bad luck! The rest are boosters so they are adding to the immunity so are less of a worry for being delayed. We had to have the MMR first and the consultant gave it to avoid an additional wait for the op clinic that she had the other two jabs in.

It’s fine but I wouldn’t wait too long if going to nursery or lots of playgroups and soft play. You want them protected as soon as possible.

Yes, it's fine

It's not a precise medical deadline, just get them done at around that time and it'll be fine.

Make sure you book an appointment when the reminder comes in! Awfully easy to overlook by mistake if you don't.