Immunisation Horrors

My eldest was like that too. sorry no real advice. I find dosing with pamol before you go to the docs helps a bit.

It is quite common for them to feel like utter crap especially cos they are so little they have no idea what is going on and well - it hurts!! think about when you had you rlast jab and you'll know why they are so grumpy!

Pamol can help - but won't actually take away the pain of them being done, it can settle them a bit though, and afterwards can help with the pain etc in their legs. And like it's been said, lots more cuddles, they may want to feed for comfort, not be put down etc.. and sometime sin those instances it's ok to bend the rules out of usual routine. If their temp gets worrying, or the injection sites get any more than a little raised red bump then you need to go back - that's what the docs/nurses are there for.

Also, we have found we tend to take our girls for their imms on a saturday first thing in the morning... it may ruin the weekend if they are grotters - but at least if they are gonna start having any reaction it is still during the hours the medical centre is open, and we have the whole weekend to recover.. we can both take turns without worrying about one having to work the next day.

owe! i shouldnt of read the bad reactions! i hate needles and make hubby take my girls along for their ones. so far we havent had any bad reactions, except for the common being a bit unsettled and wanting a bit more feeding. my cousin had her wee boy done a few weeks back and he came out in a nasty rash.... had to stay at docs for a while... he has to have his next lot done up at the hospital i think, just to be safe.

I was advised to take rescue remedy and arnica for my labour and birth, unfortunately after I bought it I was told I was to have a cesarean so I stuck with the morphine! The week after my 6 weeks immunisations my MW told me that I could use these for Olivia! OMG I could have kicked myself for not using it sooner, Rescue remedy after the injections and some arnica a little later on. It did help a little and I felt better offering an alternative to pamol (even though I used that as well) and will probably use them for the 5 month jabs!

We had a VERY scary night after Caitlin had her jabs! She was fine all day long no redness around the jab sites so we thought we had gotten away with it.
About 8.30pm we were playing with her and I noticed her back was REALLY hot (for no apparent reason) - I took her temp and it was 38.4oC!!!!! Off to White Cross we go, they checked her heartrate and it was 211 (should be around 150-160) and she wasn't feeding properly, so we were sent off to Starship and spent the night there after blood tests and a catheta my poor little darling! But after a really good feed at 3am she changed back to her old self and within an hour or so her temp and heart rate returned to normal. It was the worst night of our lives and they can't say if she will react like that again to her other jabs