Vaccinations

[Jojo]

Matthew has to get his 2 month shots next week. ( I think there is 4 or 5...I can't remember)

How do they do this? 4 separate shots or are they combined?? I am not looking forward to his crushed little red face :(

[Jenni]

Some are combined and some aren't - I thin the most the girls got are two in each leg - but seriously, those pedi nurses are super fast and it's over in a second.

[Andrea]

Yeah, I think it's 2 in each leg. And they are really fast...still breaks your heart though.:( Ava was always calmed down a couple seconds after I picked her up, so I think it only bothers them for a short time. :bluehug:

[Ashley]

I look away, lol! It's soo fast, though, and Lily had two in each leg.

Oh, and if he gets a little lump there it's normal, in case they don't tell you. Tyler's pedi didn't warn me & I was convinced he had some disease :blush:

[Elaine]

Ben had 2, one in each leg, but I'm pretty sure our vaccines are completely different here. Oh, and he cried for all of 1.5 seconds. I was prepared for him to scream his head off but he didn't.

[Farah]

Charlie got 2 in each leg. I remember getting the look of horror like "MOM WTF was THAT?!" but as soon as he had registered that it hurt she was done and I picked him up and he was fine. I do remember that he was pretty cranky and drowsy after those vaccinations, though.

Good luck! :support:

[Jojo]

oooh drowsy? Yay! :lol:

[Leah]

Ditto to the two in each leg. They are super fast and he usually doesn't cry until they are done or almost done and then is fine less than a minute of being picked up and cuddled. The first couple times he had vaccines I was so nervous and made dh come with me for moral support. It was not nearly as tramatic as I thought it would be. I usually give him Tylenol right before and every 4 to 6 hours the rest of that day. When he was little the vaccines did make him more sleepy and nap more.

[Jojo]

Oh yeah, I was gonna ask if I should give him some tylenol. I was thinking of doing it but wasn't sure what the protocol was. Thanks Leah!

[AshleyMommyto2]

Yeah Eli got one in each leg and arm. And had the WTF look and his face too followed by crying. Our Pedi is soo fast they only way I know how many he got is from the bandAids! LOL Good Luck! You can give him some tylenol right before the appt and everything 3 hours after that!

[Cindy]

They usually had two people in there, one for each leg. They would give him one at the same time then hurry and stick him with the next.

Shots suck. :bluehug: