My daughter turned 2months yesterday so she went to get her well child shots yesterday as well?

Question

now she i is just sleeping all the time right now last night she woke up at 4 to eat and then i fed her at 8:30 or 9ish this morning she and she hasn't eaten since. should i just let her sleep or should i wake her up and feed her. She feels a little warm but there are no knots where they shots were given

Answer 1

My daughter just turned 3 months and had her shots about 3 weeks ago so I know exactly where you're coming from. After the shots my daughter slept pretty much all day only waking up to eat and that went on for about a day and a half. When my little one went through this- I just let her sleep until she woke herself up to eat. I figured that since she wasn't feeling well- the sleep was more important. When the baby is hungry- she'll let you know.

Think of it as an adult- when you don't feel well all you want to do is sleep.

Answer 2

You definitely need to make sure she is getting fluids like her baby formula or breast milk and even some pedialite or deluted apple juice water. She can get dehydrated very quickly. Childhood shots are the same as the child getting a mild case of whatever diesase that shot is warding off. So if it is MMR or Diptheria, etc, she is having a slight case of it right now. That will make a fever come most of the time and she will be unsettled for a few days. Some babies like my oldest daughter got very sick and ran a very high temperature when she got her baby shots. That means that if she would have gotten the disease, she would have had a very bad case of it. Giving some baby aspirin by following the directions on the bottle can help her rest more comfortably but definitely wake her and get fluids down her. Treat it the same as you would treat any sickness and make sure the patient gets fluids. The symptoms should pass in a few days to a week and she will be back to her old self again. If the temperature goes above 103 then call your doctor to see if anything else needs to be done and to make sure she isn't dehydrating. Fevers can dehydrate a baby very quickly. Hope she feels better soon.

Answer 3

Absolutely, wake her up and feed her. Don't let her sleep so long without a feed, she is much too young. By coincidence, my daughter's baby also had her two month shots yesterday and she has been off colour for two days now. Actually, your baby needs MORE to drink now. And give her baby medication for the pain and fever every four hours or at the time and dosage your particular medication calls for. You could even offer her a bottle of cooled, boiled water between feeds. If her fever becomes too high, sponge her down with tepid water.

Answer 4

At 2 months you shouldn't need to wake her to feed her. My daughter always did that for a day or two after her shots - she'd get a mild fever, a runny nose, and be very sleepy and kind of grumpy, but in never lasted longer than a week. I'd let her sleep, it's what her body needs right now.

Answer 5

She's probably ok to sleep. My daughter slept a lot with those early shots too. As long as she's eating at least once every 6 hours she should be ok, but if it goes on for longer than about 24 hours call the dr. to make sure everything is fine.

Answer 6

It's normal for them to sleep a lot after shots. OR you may have the opposite problem and they WON'T sleep. You got the good one


To the answer above me: NEVER give a baby aspirin! OMG did she really just suggest that? Aspirin causes Ryes Disease and this is/can be fatal. It can also come on after a viral infection such as the flu. My son's father's previous baby died from this disease after she had the flu. I researched it.

Answer 7

NEVER EVER wake a sleeping baby unless there's a medical reason to! It's normal to sleep alot after the shots. Enjoy the peace and quiet - it'll be gone soon :-)

Answer 8

I never wake a sleeping baby. She'll be OK by tomorrow most likely.