Scared of jabs

[FlameBat]

Ello

I've got a thread going in health about whether or not to give her that particular jab, but thought I would ask here for advice in general.

Had MMR booster in June, lots of tears with first arm, then the nurse didn't let me turn her head away before producing the needle for her second arm so she saw it coming, knew what was going to happen, tensed the muscle so it all hurt even more.

Drove past the doctors yesterday and she started sobbing that she didn't want to go in there, they would hurt her arms again.

We've had a letter through for her HIB booster and I don't know what to do I don't want to leave her unprotected, but at the same time I don't want to make her fear any worse.

I know that once she has an idea set in her head, it will only change if SHE decides (like the day she suddenly announced that drinking milk was good and downed 3 cartons after refusing it point blank for 6 months of preschool).

I don't know if it is just 4yr old stubborness or AS related, but my gut thinks AS - it is a very black and white issue to her. Doctors = hurt therefore we won't go. Explaining why it needs to be done doesn't tend to have much effect, she takes it in, understands what it does, can tell anyone about the little armies in her body fighting the bad guys, but when push comes to shove doctors=hurt.

Any advice?

well, I don't vaccinate so I would suggest leaving the booster. No scientific evidnce that these extra jabs are required anyhow.

I'm always so torn with the vax issue - part of me screams no, part then worries about all the what ifs.

Big part of me is thinking now about herd immunity being designed to protect those that can't have the jabs for some reason... this could well be one of those reasons.

Flamebat - didn't realise when I posted on your other thread.
While I said that IMO vaccs are a good thing, I do feel that this is the case if the child having them is healthy and otherwise able to have them. If your dd is so very traumatised, I think you should be able to decide to forgo them. If I understand correctly, her next lot wouldn't be until the (optional) BCG at 14.
Also, and I may be wrong, if this jab is a booster, then chances are the first lot would have conferred immunity? Or is that too simplistic?
I don't understand why she needs another jab anyway. DD is 4.5. The jabs she had last week were:
1 arm, HIB/pertussis/dip/tetanus/polio booster.
2nd arm, MMR booster.
Why do you need 3 boosters?
DD was promised by the nurse that she wouldn't have another jab for 10 years. I've also reiterated that. I think if I had a letter saying "oh sorry, there is another" I would find it pretty hard to go back on that.

I was baffled too - going to dig out her red book and see exactly what she was given

Ooh found it - dip, tetanus, whooping cough, polio and mmr

How odd

I thought that injections were standardised. What a shame.
Is there any chance they've made a mistake

Please don't let it be a mistake my end! Because dd has had firm assurances that that was it for vaccinations.