Preparing for immunisation

Get someone else to hold her. That was the hardest thing for me so I got DH to hold Andrew. The dr will prob give you a script for panadol that you can give her afterwards if she is a little unsettled.

yep get someone to hold her i could,nt do it either and mum ended up holding james for me and as done so for all imms and dont worry jax i cried like a baby with all of james

OK - buy Pamol beforehand if you don't have any, so you don't have to wait for ages at the chemist afterwards.  She might not need it, but it's great to have in the house just in case.  And if she does end up needing it, then try giving it to her before her next lot of immunisations - that's what our nurse advised for Ella, and it helped.  Our GP said not to give them Pamol before their first ones though, because not all babies need it, so it's best to wait and see. 

And if possible, ask if there's 2 nurses available to do a shot each at the same time.  Ella had 2 injections and the first appointment that's what they did - she only got the one fright, rather than one after another.  Second time around they didn't have 2 nurses there, so we lucked out.  Fay will be OK - it's more worrying for us than it is for them.  She won't see the needle so she won't be panicking at all beforehand. 

It might sound a bit cold, but I don't think that babies are born with a fear of needles or even the knowledge that they're gonna sting... so seriously guys, bubs won't have any idea anything is up before those first immunisations!!  So try not to panic, chances are your baby isn't! 

i just think it is the thought that she is soo little, and that is my defense against anything really.
I am a nurse so i have no phobia of the needles and would hope not to pass my concerns onto Fay,she had several blood tests while in hospital for one thing and another, it was more the after effects I was thinking of for her.
I have Pamol now, after an embarrassing trip to A&E last week, might fess up to that one in another thread whne I stop being so embarrassed, but just wasn'tr sure about giving her some before hand, or wait and see how she is. I will take a bottle with me to feed her during or just afterwards and her dummy
thanx guys

Good luck to all babes who are due their 6wk imms. I was totally distressed at taking Alize for his and Im a practice nurse who done imms everyday at work(before mat leave) lol. Different when their your own

yeah i thought that too actually about the pamol.

Definately be prepared to give baby a breastfeed or take a bottle to feed her so that you can have it right there, take the dummy if you use one. the nice thing is that they forget so quick with the first ones.. and even the next few. once they get to 15 month ones it's harder.. can only imagine what 5 yr ol ones are like. lol.. have done a few stints in gp's practices and it's the 5 yrs ones and some of the 11 yr olds that seem to make the biggest fuss. (cannot beleive the amount of trouble and chaos we had trying to give an 11 yr old his imms once.. ended up sending him home without them.)

I don't really like the idea of having them both done at once. I think it seems a bit brutal.. but just my opinion, works for some, but i like being able to hold baby properly so leg doesn't kick around while the injection is being done, and cuddle them into me, give them a hug and turn them around takes 2 secs longer.