babies first shots
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Nothing to really add that hasn't been posted already.
Its so sad to see them hurting, especially if they need multiple shots.
I try to have the doctor space them out as much as possible.
For me, the heel prick the day after birth was agonizing to watch and I am considering refusing it for my fourth (currently preggo).
I was so traumatized by my son's PKU test (the heel prick) that the memory is still fresh some 45 years later. They have to get a dab of blood in several different squares on a card. When the test was first done they didn't get a sufficient sample so we got called in to have the test repeated when he was two months old. Talk about panic and sleepless nights. I understood that the condition they were testing for had something to do with way the baby metabolized protein and that if he had that condition and was not treated immediately for it, it would cause mental retardation. So TWO months later?! How much damage might already have been done?
Then there was the test itself. It had to be done 4 hours after a feed. 4 hours after a feed my baby boy was STARVING! In total distress before that lancet ever touched his heel. Through the whole process he never took his eyes off me. Why wasn't Mommy feeding him? Why was she letting this nasty nurse hurt him? Betrayal! :sad:
I am a NICU nurse and regularly perform these tests. The heel poke penetrates the skin approximately half of a centimeter (less than 1/4 inch) and we use 0.2ml of blood to fill those circles......there are 3ml in one teaspoon, so we are talking about a tiny bit of blood. Although the test is commonly called a PKU test, it is actually testing for a collection of metabolic disorders, one of which is PKU....the collection differs from state to state. Yes, most of the disorders are rare, but they can cause serious problems, including death, so it seems worth it, don't you think?
Oh definitely worth it! And his "pain" was over the minute he got the nipple in his mouth.0 -
i advise all of you to look up the ingredients in vaccines..you might not ever get them again
Assuming that people are less educated than you is a dangerous trap. Several people on this thread have already mentioned their personal experience levels and they definitely trump yours.
I, personally, looked up every ingredient in every vaccination I gave my daughter. My knowledge of biology and chemistry helped me decide that vaccinating was, in fact, the right thing to do.0 -
i advise all of you to look up the ingredients in vaccines..you might not ever get them again
Assuming that people are less educated than you is a dangerous trap. Several people on this thread have already mentioned their personal experience levels and they definitely trump yours.
I, personally, looked up every ingredient in every vaccination I gave my daughter. My knowledge of biology and chemistry helped me decide that vaccinating was, in fact, the right thing to do.
i did not say that it wasnt a good idea for everyone..im just saying generally..get educated on what exactly is going into your childs body and how it might affect them in the long run0 -
I work for a company that makes software that tracks and forecast immunizations. You do not want to skip any of the shots your baby is suppose to get or mess with the schedule. I know its hard but these diseases are so much worse than the shots. Your child might be healthy enough to survive but if she gets measles and spreads it (disease take days to have symptoms) to a baby who is too young to have had that shot, it may very well cost someone else their baby. I know I could never live with myself if knew I caused the death of someone else's baby and I certainly couldn't live with myself if I went against medical advise and caused the death of my own child.
To each his own. Immunizations of any sort are certainly not right for my family. Thanks for the guilt trip though.
You are welcome for the guilt trip. If you aren't vaccinating your child you are putting my tiny baby at risk so a guilty trip is warranted don't you think?0 -
i didn't cry. my wife didn't cry. my son didn't cry.
we monitored his temp, but never needed anything. he was fine.
Ditto on my twins. They never had a moment of panic before, during or after regular immunizations. Neither did I.
The only traumatic experience was when they both got sick (at 10 months old) and the smallest of my twins was so dehydrated that they were putting an IV in his scalp. He cried then and I held him, but we made it through just fine. It was all for medical purposes and didn't really seem like anything I should be upset over and in-turn upset my child. They're going to have to have shots from one reason or another all their lives. I was made to fear shots when I was little and was terrified of needles until my late 20s. Don't want to do the same to my kids. Now, they're super brave 8 year olds that regularly go with me when I give blood and they watch the needle stick and everything and are both excited to be old enough (16 years old - so eventually old enough) to have parental consent to donate blood as well.0 -
I must be hard-hearted - no crying, no fussing, no over-coddling. 2 kids both made it through just fine and if you ask them if they were traumatized by it they'd look at you as if you'd grown wings out your ears.
I do understand the whole "don't want to hurt my child" thing, I just recognize that I am the parent and sometimes good decisions hurt.
As to the vaccine thing, I'll chance the risk over smallpox or polio any day. Or like someone else mentioned, letting my un-vaccinated, infected child give a deadly disease to the person in the grocery store who has a serious immune deficiency.
To each their own.0 -
i advise all of you to look up the ingredients in vaccines..you might not ever get them again
You might think differently about immunizations if you had grown up when I was born and babies and children my age were getting polio.0 -
Nothing to really add that hasn't been posted already.
Its so sad to see them hurting, especially if they need multiple shots.
I try to have the doctor space them out as much as possible.
For me, the heel prick the day after birth was agonizing to watch and I am considering refusing it for my fourth (currently preggo).
I was so traumatized by my son's PKU test (the heel prick) that the memory is still fresh some 45 years later. They have to get a dab of blood in several different squares on a card. When the test was first done they didn't get a sufficient sample so we got called in to have the test repeated when he was two months old. Talk about panic and sleepless nights. I understood that the condition they were testing for had something to do with way the baby metabolized protein and that if he had that condition and was not treated immediately for it, it would cause mental retardation. So TWO months later?! How much damage might already have been done?
Then there was the test itself. It had to be done 4 hours after a feed. 4 hours after a feed my baby boy was STARVING! In total distress before that lancet ever touched his heel. Through the whole process he never took his eyes off me. Why wasn't Mommy feeding him? Why was she letting this nasty nurse hurt him? Betrayal! :sad:
I am a NICU nurse and regularly perform these tests. The heel poke penetrates the skin approximately half of a centimeter (less than 1/4 inch) and we use 0.2ml of blood to fill those circles......there are 3ml in one teaspoon, so we are talking about a tiny bit of blood. Although the test is commonly called a PKU test, it is actually testing for a collection of metabolic disorders, one of which is PKU....the collection differs from state to state. Yes, most of the disorders are rare, but they can cause serious problems, including death, so it seems worth it, don't you think?
Totally worth it.
With ZERO family history of anything like this, both of my girls have PKU. One classic and one just "hyperphe."
My oldest daughter was the only child in our (western) state diagnosed that year and my younger daughter was one of two. Complete and utter shock.
However, with intervention and vegan diets (plus phenyl-free formula) they are gorgeous, bright girls.
No heelprick/newborn screening/PKU test? My girls would be severely mentally retarded. They are currently honors students and one is an elite athlete.
Please get the newborn screenings!0 -
i advise all of you to look up the ingredients in vaccines..you might not ever get them again
You might think differently about immunizations if you had grown up when I was born and babies and children my age were getting polio.
Yes exactly - try looking up the diseases you are being vaccinated agaisnt - you might never miss another vaccination
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I have 2 kids and taking them for their immunisations isn't nice but i always thought it was worse for me! They were always fine. I had to take my son for his pre school boosters on Monday and he didn't even cry, just said ouch at the 2nd one. I gave them calpol (not sure if you gave that in the US. It's paracetamol for kids.) each time.0
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What country do you live in? In the US, you have to be 21 for this.
I live in Australia - but I dont understand your comment - what do you have to be 21 for?
obviously not for the infant vaccinations.
In Australia, the parent has to give consent for the baby - regardless of how old the parent is -if the parent is under 21, (or under 18 - 18 being the legal adult age here) they still give consent.
This poster was making a joke. See the other posting above with pictures of shots...of the non-vaccine variety...0 -
i advise all of you to look up the ingredients in vaccines..you might not ever get them again
You might think differently about immunizations if you had grown up when I was born and babies and children my age were getting polio.
THIS!!!
My friend's 3 week old baby died of pertussis. That should not have happened in the 21st century.0 -
Exactly, my grandfather had polio, it changed his life forever. Plus I work in elder care and have seen what the effect of polio has on the body... I am glad I do not have to worry about my kids, or myself getting it.i advise all of you to look up the ingredients in vaccines..you might not ever get them again
You might think differently about immunizations if you had grown up when I was born and babies and children my age were getting polio.
She is over it now, and I know her memory is short and all that but it bothered me to see my baby cry. Plus the made me hold her legs so they could stab her. :grumble: Personally needles do not bother me at all, but that bothered me. She has a lump in her leg where they vaccinated her, but it doesn't hurt her and she wasn't fussy at all after her shots.0 -
We gave our kids all their shots, just not all at once like they "recommend". We just spread them out...its more shots (actual needle into your child) then following the doctors rules, but its much safer.0
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I would recommend Ibuprofen instead of Tylenol since it is an anti-inflammatory and will help a bit more if the little leg muscle is sore.0
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My kids getting shots never bothered me. Never really bothered them either.0
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I cried too lol I hate seeing my baby in pain but they both got over it super quick and they wont remember it so dont worry 0
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I would recommend Ibuprofen instead of Tylenol since it is an anti-inflammatory and will help a bit more if the little leg muscle is sore.
Ibuprofen is great, but last I checked was only approved for kiddos over 6months. Maybe? 0 -
I didn't cry, but they had to make me leave the room because apparently I looked "threateningly" at the nurse...
And my daughter, that little freak of mine, is now three and keeps asking me when she gets to go get more shots. She's never had a problem with them- she has an oddly high pain tolerance. She cut off the tip of her toe last month while attempting to cut her own toenails with a pair of scissors (I swear I'm not a bad mom- my husband left my hair cutting shears out on accident), and she never said a word. Not a whimper. I only realized something was going on because there was an odd little trail of blood all over the house. I have to watch her like a hawk.0 -
I work for a company that makes software that tracks and forecast immunizations. You do not want to skip any of the shots your baby is suppose to get or mess with the schedule. I know its hard but these diseases are so much worse than the shots. Your child might be healthy enough to survive but if she gets measles and spreads it (disease take days to have symptoms) to a baby who is too young to have had that shot, it may very well cost someone else their baby. I know I could never live with myself if knew I caused the death of someone else's baby and I certainly couldn't live with myself if I went against medical advise and caused the death of my own child.
To each his own. Immunizations of any sort are certainly not right for my family. Thanks for the guilt trip though.
You are welcome for the guilt trip. If you aren't vaccinating your child you are putting my tiny baby at risk so a guilty trip is warranted don't you think?
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I would recommend Ibuprofen instead of Tylenol since it is an anti-inflammatory and will help a bit more if the little leg muscle is sore.
Ibuprofen is great, but last I checked was only approved for kiddos over 6months. Maybe?
It's safe from 3 months in the UK.0 -
I remember them going in completely happy and trusting and the needle goes in and the lip ohhh the lip, totally heartbreaking.0
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My parents got my ears pierced at 3 weeks old. LOL! I wonder if my mom cried...0
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We gave our kids all their shots, just not all at once like they "recommend". We just spread them out...its more shots (actual needle into your child) then following the doctors rules, but its much safer.
Safer in what way and according to whom?
Dr's recomend a schedule following researched medical guidelines - am wondering on whose medical advice or recomendations or research you are basing your different 'rules' ?0
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