Baby Vaccinations

[mumtobe2025]

Hi,

My baby has received his invite for his first set of vaccines which should be when he is 8 weeks but the date is when he will be 7 weeks and 6 days - is this ok?

Can I still give him calpol as it suggests I do this on the letter but Calpol says it is for 2 months and up?

Thanks

Yes. Totally fine. Nothing is going to change overnight.

It has to be from 8 weeks they aren't licensed before that. You'll need to rebook. The calpol is fine to give

It’s only one day but it does need to be from 8 weeks unfortunately due to licensing

You need to rebook. I had a Receptionist book my DC's two days earlier than the scheduled time, insist it was fine when I called to query - then turned up at the appointment and the nurse couldn't do them. Had to rebook for two days later and go again!

Annoyingly you'll probably have to rebook. My DS ended up getting his vaccines at 9.5 weeks because of a similar situation

Yeah agree to re book. I took my son in as I didn't know and they made me come back! They'd made the appointment for me too, annoyingly

Thanks all! called today and they said they could do it so I guess I'll go to the appointment and see what happens!

This is incorrect, please don’t just guess at things like this.

The PGD states the child needs to be 8 weeks or more. So even if 7 weeks and 6 days, we can’t administer, we would have to rebook for the next day.

I would rebook the next day or up to a week later as licencing is very strict and the nurse would be giving them "off-licence" which I doubt they will be happy to do.

You're right. I messed up there. Apologies.

They’re acting incorrectly if they give.
Practice nurse.