feels really crappy. she just woke up crying in the middle of the night. she usually does not. i gave her tylenol already. also she slept more than usual during her nap (3 hours vs 1 hour). is she going to feel crappy much longer? is it normal? what should i do to comfort her? thanks
ps its her 4 months shots/vaccinations
2007-12-11 23:40:34 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
Yes it is sometimes very normal for a baby to be cranky after getting their shots.
If it persists longer than 24hrs, I would call your Dr.
2007-12-11 23:44:23 · answer #1 · answered by Mom of 2 great boys 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is perfectly normal for a child to be crabby after shots. Just give her lots of love and snuggles it always seems to help our little one. Also, I'm not sure which shots now but certain shots if they have a bump or knot in the shot site you should rub them.. I would look that up to make sure you are doing the right ones though. Also.. warm bath helps and so does tylenol.
and to the reader who can't seem to stop pushing their views on others:
Not all of us are horrible parents who don't care what they are injecting our children with. I would assume most, like myself care a lot and have done my research and read the information about the shots and quite frankly don't believe in the minimum studies that show the very few problems that can occur.
I would much rather take a SMALL chance with a vaccination then a large chance of my child getting sick with something more dangerous. Even more so, I would never want to let MY CHILD be the reason another child got sick, ie in the neighborhood, school etc.
So before you go raggin that people are giving you a thumbs down that is because no one asked for your one sided opinion on vaccinations, not in this question anyway.
2007-12-12 12:21:27 · answer #2 · answered by Kiari 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Thats completely normal I had the same with mine-he had a temp and was sleeping more ten usual. If it persists for three days after the shots were given, I would go back to the doctor.,
Good Luck
2007-12-12 08:59:15 · answer #3 · answered by helenm 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is completely normal. Vaccinations sometimes have side-effects. Wait a day or two if symptoms persists take the baby to the Dr.
2007-12-12 07:44:19 · answer #4 · answered by devilish1965 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She'll feel better within the next few hours. It doesn't usually last longer than a day or two. If it gets worse, though, call your doctor as she could be one of the rare children who has a bad reaction to an immunization.
2007-12-12 07:49:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's completely normal, just give lots of love and cuddles, encourage her to keep feeding, and if she isn't better in a couple of days take her back to see the doc.
Vaccinations are a hard thing to do to your child - but SO much better than risking them catching meningitis or measles and getting brain damage, getting rubella as a pregnant mum and having a deaf baby, mumps as a man and becoming sterile...the list just goes on and on.
2007-12-12 09:26:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
that sounds normal. vaccinations can sometimes make the little ones cranky, sore in the injection sight, fatigued and febrile. giving her some tylenol every 4 hours might help with the pain and reduce the fever.
2007-12-12 08:15:16 · answer #7 · answered by tish 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a lot of controversy over childhood vaccines. You can check out this site www.thinktwice.com It has a lot of information about each individual vaccine. It also has information about vaccines and autism along with other reactions, which you can also find via google. Maybe in the future, find out the pro's and con's to each vaccine and be choosy as to avoid trouble in the future. Hope she starts feeling better.
Edit - Its funny all the thumbs downs, it just shows how many parents haven't even researched what they are injecting their children with. Just simply type in 'vaccinations children' into google and you can obviously see there are reactions, and side affects. Look a little more, and you can find tons of legal cases of parents who now have a child suffering from a vaccine reaction, Especially the MMR and DPT.
I dont think its one sided, I said I was limiting my child not omitting all together, which is what I told this person to do, was to just review each individual vaccine. Its simply odd how a parent worries about giving their baby even infant Tylenol, but doesn't even read up on things such as vaccines. It shows because clearly the person asking the question was not advised by her pediatrician that this was completely normal reaction.
2007-12-12 07:58:58 · answer #8 · answered by MadameXCupcake 5 · 1⤊ 4⤋
it's not unuaual. comfort her giving lots of cuddles, make sure she gets enough liquids, and if it continues past 24 hours go to the doctor
2007-12-12 07:44:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋