1 year jabs?

[KellyJellyfish]

Sorry if this is a confusing question! Might be one for the GP really…

My DD is currently 9 months and I want to get her 1 year jabs as soon as I can because she turns 1 in early Jan and also starts nursery at the same time.

BUT - when she was small we had a bit of trouble with her 12/16 week jabs because they fell on a public holiday so we’re delayed a week or so. This caused havoc with their next jabs as we made an appointment for the day she turned 16 weeks but were turned away as less than 4 weeks had passed Since her last jabs.

I don’t want this to happen again, so my question is - do they count the weeks since her last jabs? Or can I book these for like the day after she turns 1 (she starts nursery a week after that so I don’t want her feeling ill from jabs when she starts nursery).

I imagine by 1 year old one week either side will matter less - 12/16 weeks is a much smaller time frame. But definitely ask the GP to save you a wasted trip and unnecessary time off work.

In my experience, these have always been closer to 13 months. You can ring and see if you can book in, though you may need to wait to be called.

You need to phone your GP surgery. People might come in here and say their DCs has their jabs rhe day after their first birthday but it could that your surgery has a different policy.

I had one of my covid jabs a few days early (it was meant to be at least a certain number of weeks after the previous one). The staff had to go and check with the GP who was there that day if it was OK .

Thanks all, I’ll give the GP a call closer to Jan and find out!

That's been my experience too.

I give these jabs.

They can be given from the first birthday and not a day earlier.

The reason for the hassle you had with her baby jabs is that they HAD to be given at least 4 weeks apart. That isn’t the case now, she just has to be one. Not even a day before.

DS 2 had his done on his birthday. When I went in to book it it was the first appointment they could give it to me from. Said it had to be from 1 year exactly.

May differ from surgery to surgery though so I would ring and check.

It won’t differ from surgery to surgery. It’s part of the childhood immunisation schedule and the rules are clear - under no circumstances are they to be given under age 1 routinely.

Agree with others - you won't be able to get them before 1 year.

My surgery has always just sent out an appointment automatically for all baby and childhood vaccinations. I've never had to book them myself.

We got an appointment letter for all of them up to the 1 year but was told we had to make the appointment for the 1 year and beyond ones.

We're not in the UK, but if the 1 year jabs include MMR, my son had that one (plus chickenpox) at 9.5 months, the 6in1 plus pneumococcus at 10.5 months, and the second MMR (plus chickenpox) at 13 months. So I doubt there's any danger in having them earlier

We got ours the day after DDs birthday. I don’t think the gap with the previous ones matters. Also think about booking them in for chicken pox if you are going to get it. We have had a lot of emails from nursery about chicken pox going round.

Thanks yes I plan to get chicken pox jab privately. When did you get yours? I’m not sure how far apart it needs to be from the nhs 1 yr old jabs

I think it needs to be 30 days later but double check when you book it.

This is a bit of a non issue. The jabs are not intended to happen exactly at 16 weeks or exactly at 1 year.
Your GP will let you know when they are due.

I think they are 12-13 month jabs. We were told when to book ours. I got a text. My kids weren't particularly ill. I gave Calpol 30 mins before the appointment. DC was fine after.

With multiple vaccines you either have them on the same day or you have to have them a month apart.
The newborn set are timetabled to be a month apart so the time of the previous one would impact when you have the next.

Unless you have had a private vaccine within 4 weeks of booking your 1 year jabs you can book them when you want. My daughter couldn't have her 1 year jabs together due to a reaction to the menB at 4 months so we had to have them at least 4 weeks apart. She had the MMR at 15 months - delayed due to needing a hospital referral, menB at 17 months - delayed because of appointment issues and the other 2 at 18 months together.