Calpol before or after 8 week immunisations?

Baby boy has his 8 week immunisations tomorrow. I’m sure when I had my little girl 6 years ago, we gave calpol around 30 minutes before the appointment. When booking my sons, they said to take the calpol with me.. what has everyone else done?

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She had calpol straight after. Not before.

We were advised to give it after :)

My little one just got some right before them in the doctors office. As there was one that went into his mouth and didn’t taste nice

I was advised to give it before. My LB is 7 month now and was ok after his first jab so I gave it before them all

Just before we were told and followed 👌🏼

Gave it straight after - was specifically told not to give it beforehand x

I gave it before x

So they have an in mouth dose of a virus and then their jabs. We were told by the nurse to give it after the liquid but before the injections

The nurse gave my baby hers immediately after. Was told to bring it with me

We was told it’s more effective if given within 30 minutes after xx

One dose before and one dose after

Straight after. The effects you want from the Calpol work best up to 30 minutes after it’s taken. If you take it before you go in and end up waiting around it could have worn off by time you need it

3 doses. First dose 30 minutes before immunisations, second dose 4 hours after from the first dose and third dose 4 hours after. It says on the leaflet. Although it depends what your doctor/hv advises you. Best to contact one of them instead of having wrong advice

Also were advised to do it after, as if you do it before it can mask any reaction they might have. We literally took it with us and gave it to him as soon as the second lot was done. The taste helped him forget about the pain. Not so much me 😂 I cried more than he did 😩

Straight after, my health visitor told me not to give it beforehand as it could mask any of the symptoms that they could develop, we gave it straight after x

After because they can only have 4 doses in 24 hours so it’s best to give it them straight after and for the rest of the day/evening xxx

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