Vaccinations Today

Hi M.,

My daughter's shots are more traumatic for me too. It breaks my heart and it is hard!! But she is usually over it pretty quickly (much quicker than I am!!) I agree with the Tylenol about 20 minutes before the shots. I keep her on it every four hours for the first 24 hours (per my Dr.) Also, when she was that age (she is a year now) I would get in the bath-tub with her and let her "kick it out." I got this advice from my mom and it really helped with the knots they get at the injection site. Other than that we take it easy for the day and give extra cuddles. As always, each child is different. Our daughter was fussy and slightly fever-y for all shots up until her 1-year ones. But my husband says my step-son wasn't fussy or fever-y or anything.

Good Luck!!
A.

Hello M.. What I found to be helpful is giving a baby some tylenol prior to the vaccinations, at least a half hour to 45 min. before that way it'll be in their system to relieve some of the pain they will endure from the shot. I was given this advice from my pediatrician some years ago and I have three children almost all grown (11, 15 & 19) and it helped with their discomfort because it made them drowsy and they would get their shots, cry a little and fall back to sleep, therefore sleeping through their pain. Hope this helps.

As someone else said, it's usually harder on mom than it is on baby. Jut be prepared to let him sleep a little more than usually. his legs will probably be a little sore too. Tylenol and love, that's all he'll need!

Just to add, he is not too young for tylenol, but he is for motrin. Motrin is not recommended to babies under 6 months. check with your doctor for the correct dosage based on your baby's weight.

Giving him Tylenol about 20 minutes before his appointment will help. Plan to let him get lots of sleep this afternoon and tomorrow.

He it too young to do Tylenol which can help when they older.
Just be prepared to nurse or give him a bottle and comfort him. My kids only had like a minute of crying hard then calmed down. My kids were fine afterwards, usually wiped out from the crying and after they ate slept. When he gets older you can give him tylenol ahead of time to help a bit.

I swear, shots are more traumatic for mommies then for babies. My babies both cried for about 2 minutes and mommy cried for 10. Just hold and cuddle for a few minutes after the shots are given. He'll be fine...

Hi M.- how did the shots go? I hope everyone was ok- i know it is never fun. Have you spoke with any friends that chose to not have the vaccinations? I used to vaccinate until i found out my pediatrician was not immunizing his own child due to the same concerns I had. I just wanted to share that we do have choices. I bet some of your friends chose not to they just dont freely share it since it is uncommon- but becoming more common.
Best Wishes,

If you are nursing, nurse him during the shots. This worked really well with my daughter - our ped now recommends it to all her patients. Good luck and hugs. It's tough to see them hurting.

tylenol is your best friend! lol give hi the recomended dose about a half hour before going and that will help alot, and afterwords just hold him and love him, he will feel back to noral in no time!