MMR - what to watch out for?

[oobster]

Folks

Our 13 month old daughter is getting her MMR jabs tomorrow - just looking for some real-world experience on what to look out for afterwards (in terms of fever, sickness, drowsiness etc) and what we can use (Calpol?) to keep her calm before/during/afterwards.

Cheers!

[off_again]

Pretty much everything you said. Expect a fever and general lethargy afterwards, can take an hour or two to occur. Treat using your normal method, such as Calpol and keep an eye on what is happening. My daughter was fine after about 3 hours, but my son really suffered for a day. After a good nights sleep both were fine again.

[hugoagogo]

not much help I suppose, but it didn't affect my daughter at all noticably, perhaps went to sleep a little earlier

[anonymous-user]

Our daughter was fine after it, Calpol is your friend

[Big Rod]

Different children react in different ways, you might get minor symptoms of the virus' but really you hit the nail on the head with Calpol. Medised's another good one. You'll be told all about it at your appointment.

The other thing you need to look out for however is staring into space and an uncanny ability with maths/numbers!!

[Smart roadster]

Our daughter had a bit of a rash and drowsiness about a week later. She does suffer from a bit of exma so it might just have been that.

[JRM]

Apparently you need to be most alert to issues a week after the injection as it's 'living' or something. My son was fine though, just had a bit of a temperature

[Mr Will]

oobster said:

Folks

Our 13 month old daughter is getting her MMR jabs tomorrow - just looking for some real-world experience on what to look out for afterwards (in terms of fever, sickness, drowsiness etc) and what we can use (Calpol?) to keep her calm before/during/afterwards.

Cheers!

If you've got time between now and then, I'd suggest reading up on the plus and minus points to getting the MMR jab. Don't do it just because the NHS tells you to!

[R4PID]

Mr Will said:

oobster said:

Folks

Our 13 month old daughter is getting her MMR jabs tomorrow - just looking for some real-world experience on what to look out for afterwards (in terms of fever, sickness, drowsiness etc) and what we can use (Calpol?) to keep her calm before/during/afterwards.

Cheers!

If you've got time between now and then, I'd suggest reading up on the plus and minus points to getting the MMR jab. Don't do it just because the NHS tells you to!

Care to elaborate? I'm assuming you're referring to the media fuelled panic that MMR causes autism?

[off_again]

Mr Will said:

oobster said:

Folks

Our 13 month old daughter is getting her MMR jabs tomorrow - just looking for some real-world experience on what to look out for afterwards (in terms of fever, sickness, drowsiness etc) and what we can use (Calpol?) to keep her calm before/during/afterwards.

Cheers!

If you've got time between now and then, I'd suggest reading up on the plus and minus points to getting the MMR jab. Don't do it just because the NHS tells you to!

Dont start - any link between MMR and IBS or Autisism has been comprehensively and internationally been unproven. The risk of not getting sufficient immunisation coverage is the bigger risk here, and remember that measles is a killer if untreated.

[Mrs Fish]

Any real symptoms occur 7-10 days after the jab, so look out for any temperature or sickness, my first son had a measels like rash appear for a few days but my second son had no effects at all

Calpol should do the trick if needed.

[Mrs Fish]

Big Rod said:

Different children react in different ways, you might get minor symptoms of the virus' but really you hit the nail on the head with Calpol. Medised's another good one. You'll be told all about it at your appointment.

The other thing you need to look out for however is staring into space and an uncanny ability with maths/numbers!!

We still use this for Ben (16 months) but you can't actually buy it for under two's now they have changed it, unless you lie to them behind the counter.

[Skyrat]

R4PID said:

Mr Will said:

oobster said:

Folks

Our 13 month old daughter is getting her MMR jabs tomorrow - just looking for some real-world experience on what to look out for afterwards (in terms of fever, sickness, drowsiness etc) and what we can use (Calpol?) to keep her calm before/during/afterwards.

Cheers!

If you've got time between now and then, I'd suggest reading up on the plus and minus points to getting the MMR jab. Don't do it just because the NHS tells you to!

Care to elaborate? I'm assuming you're referring to the media fuelled panic that MMR causes autism?

I'm sure he is. Has that ever been proved? I don't think it has. Serious question.

I think I'd rather get my child vaccinated mind you.

[Mr Will]

R4PID said:

Mr Will said:

oobster said:

Folks

Our 13 month old daughter is getting her MMR jabs tomorrow - just looking for some real-world experience on what to look out for afterwards (in terms of fever, sickness, drowsiness etc) and what we can use (Calpol?) to keep her calm before/during/afterwards.

Cheers!

If you've got time between now and then, I'd suggest reading up on the plus and minus points to getting the MMR jab. Don't do it just because the NHS tells you to!

Care to elaborate? I'm assuming you're referring to the media fuelled panic that MMR causes autism?

Not particularly, and my daughter has not reached that age so I haven't made my own mind up yet, but it is relatively ineffective at preventing the diseases that it is supposed to, which are not particularly serious in children anyway.

Just seems a lot of stress and strain on very small bodies for very little gain, and that is before anything goes wrong.

[Plotloss]

off_again said:

Mr Will said:

oobster said:

Folks

Our 13 month old daughter is getting her MMR jabs tomorrow - just looking for some real-world experience on what to look out for afterwards (in terms of fever, sickness, drowsiness etc) and what we can use (Calpol?) to keep her calm before/during/afterwards.

Cheers!

If you've got time between now and then, I'd suggest reading up on the plus and minus points to getting the MMR jab. Don't do it just because the NHS tells you to!

Dont start - any link between MMR and IBS or Autisism has been comprehensively and internationally been unproven. The risk of not getting sufficient immunisation coverage is the bigger risk here, and remember that measles is a killer if untreated.

Yep.

Even the bloke that said there was a link has since entirely retracted it stating that it was a bad data set on which he based his conclusion.

[Mrs Fish]

I would rather my boys have the MMR that has no substantiated health risks than risk them getting measels which has been said, can be a killer.

Measels is on the rise in the UK since this whole debacle was started.

[warmfuzzies]

Plotloss said:

off_again said:

Mr Will said:

oobster said:

Folks

Our 13 month old daughter is getting her MMR jabs tomorrow - just looking for some real-world experience on what to look out for afterwards (in terms of fever, sickness, drowsiness etc) and what we can use (Calpol?) to keep her calm before/during/afterwards.

Cheers!

If you've got time between now and then, I'd suggest reading up on the plus and minus points to getting the MMR jab. Don't do it just because the NHS tells you to!

Dont start - any link between MMR and IBS or Autisism has been comprehensively and internationally been unproven. The risk of not getting sufficient immunisation coverage is the bigger risk here, and remember that measles is a killer if untreated.

Yep.

Even the bloke that said there was a link has since entirely retracted it stating that it was a bad data set on which he based his conclusion.

And to add, only based on a sample of 12 children, 12 FFS......

Kevin

[Smart roadster]

Isn't measles now becoming more common due to the loss of herd imunity caused by the previous scare? As for not very serious illnesses, measles can kill, rubela can cause problems in pregnacy in later life and mumps can be very serious if caught as an adult male.
The stress placed on your little one will be a couple of minutes of pain which they will have forgotten by the time they go to bed that night and maybe a couple of days being grumpy in about a week after the jab.
OP your little one will probably have the pneumonia booster at the same time so she will get two jabs.

[Skyrat]

Mr Will said:

R4PID said:

Mr Will said:

oobster said:

Folks

Our 13 month old daughter is getting her MMR jabs tomorrow - just looking for some real-world experience on what to look out for afterwards (in terms of fever, sickness, drowsiness etc) and what we can use (Calpol?) to keep her calm before/during/afterwards.

Cheers!

If you've got time between now and then, I'd suggest reading up on the plus and minus points to getting the MMR jab. Don't do it just because the NHS tells you to!

Care to elaborate? I'm assuming you're referring to the media fuelled panic that MMR causes autism?

Not particularly, and my daughter has not reached that age so I haven't made my own mind up yet, but it is relatively ineffective at preventing the diseases that it is supposed to, which are not particularly serious in children anyway.

Just seems a lot of stress and strain on very small bodies for very little gain, and that is before anything goes wrong.

Relatively ineffective? Cite your source if you're going to make claims like this.

I assume you don't give your kid Calpol either?

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/he...



I'm not a father yet, but I'll not hesitate to give my child the MMR.


http://www.mmrthefacts.nhs.uk/resources/pdf/mythsa...

[RedLeicester]

Ignoring all the crap - have the goddamn jabs.

Medised can be given to under 2s, it's just the usual medical world gone mad. Certainly found that more effective than Calpol for the likes of jabs. Would suggest you give it to them 20mins BEFORE the jabs, not after - that way it's already running round their system. The anti-histamine in it will calm them, and it will be working from the minute they're stabbed.

Our two have now had their full complement of jabs, and not had a problem with any of them - a little ratty for 24hrs mebbe, but that's about it.