Baby jabs

It's normal, super common, and doesn't last long. Try and chill. You can give more doses of Calpol if you need buy only after the 4 hours. If temp is under 39 just keep baby cool and topped up on Calpol. If it goes over 39 take them to the doctor (rare).

Having the vaccines and dealing with the unsettled baby and temp for a couple days is nothing compared to them catching meningitis and the horrific things that can happen as a result of that.

You did the right thing. Ride it out, it will pass xxx

I agree with Kirsty, better than your baby getting ill and all the complications and life changing impacts they could have. It should be over in a day or 2 max xx

We were told to give only 3 doses of Calpol and if her fever persisted after that, then to call the GP or 111 for afterhours to get advice.... Have you done this?

My baby also reacted badly to the 8 week jabs and I felt so awful, guilty even.

I almost talked myself into declining the 12 week jabs but I spoke to a doctor and ultimately he got the 12 week jabs on schedule and to my great surprise and relief he had no reaction at all!

It's really hard to see our happy healthy babies go under the weather but this is just the result of their immune systems working hard to build up protection against the diseases we've vaccinated them against. And if it's this hard seeing them under the weather because of the vaccines imagine how hard it would be if they actually caught whooping cough or meningitis etc. Happy to chat more as I do understand how you feel.

I think i needed to give my little one four doses but he was fine after that. And the next lot of jabs were so much better in terms of how he felt afterwards xxx

Could you try some nurofen now she is over 3 months? I remember my three year old couldn’t get his temp down when he was as a baby and we ended up taking him to a&e as calpol wasn’t touching him. He was under 3 months but based on weight they gave him nurofen and it worked so much better and brought his temp straight down.

Hope little one is feeling better soon x

We alternated calpol and ibuprofen, ibuprofen seems better at bringing my daughters fever down xx

Thank you everyone for your advice it has really helped 🙏

As they’re older now just given them some neurofen it’ll bring it right down