1 year imms

Not got that far yet but remember getting the jabs now are a lot less scary/traumatic than your child contracting a serious disease that could have been prevented.

I was resistant and waiting till 14 months but I work in a school and there was a measles scare and it just seemed more important to me to have her covered than all the shit online, she’s doing great, 18months can count to ten independently walking and talking almost full sentences at this point, don’t let it put you off, their safety is priority always. It’s a lot easier to manage god forbid they ever did get seriously ill x

There may be a few tears but use lots of distraction, try not to be anxious, worried or nervous yourself as they will feed of how you're acting and behave the same way, be really excited for them, "yay they are going to keep you safe and healthy" "it's going to hurt a little but you'll be so much stronger" communicate what is happening even if you don't think they understand and then make a really big fuss about how amazing they are, it's really tough to see your child feel pain but it's really not too bad, distract them with a preferred snack or extra attention and they will forget it even happened. I haven't heard anything or experienced it myself of them becoming ill after, they say to give paracetamol just incase their temps going a little higher x

My daughter is 2 now. But when she had her 1yr vaccinations, she a bit off colour. More clingy than usual for a few days and had a slight temperature, but nothing that couldn't be handled at home.

She did cry when she had them done. Tbh she cried more at her 1yr vaccines than any of her others, and I think its because they are more aware of pain as they get older. However as soon as she was in the car she fell asleep and everything was forgotten about

You’ve got to think about it like this, if you had a good experience would you feel the need to get support from other people online 🤷🏼‍♀️ most likely not! If you had a bad experience, which isn’t very likely statistically, you are going to want to see if others can relate or support you! When people say things like I just want to make others aware, or warn people etc, it’s because it’s a trend they see so they copy it! Vaccines have been one of the most incredible scientific discoveries for medicine and a few seconds of discomfort and an evening of a high temp and disrupted sleep is a lot better than watching them suffer from measles, mumps or rubella (I’ve had the last one and gosh I was ill, so I can’t imagine what would of happened if I wasn’t jabbed). Your anxiety is so valid, but you need to tell it do one as your knowledge is more powerful 💙 Ya doing amazing mum☺️