Staggering 6mo vaccinations

[milly5]

Hi ladies,

DD has just had her 4 mo vaccinations, and it seemed to take alot out of her.

How many vaccinations do they get at 6 mo (I have a list of the vaccinations but I am not sure which ones are combined or how many actual injections it is).
I was hoping that for her 6mo vaccinations, she could have just one at a time, but I am not sure how many appts this would take and in what order they should be given in (which one first?).

Also, how long should the gap be between each one? I had "heard" a week, but when I had to have some vaccinations for travel, they needed to be either on the same day or 3 weeks apart.

Does anyone have any expperience or suggestions on staggering her 6mo vaccinations please?

[HotI]

What State are you in? (different States have different vaccination schedules)

In Victoria, the 2, 4 & 6 month ones are similar (if not the same), i can check my book if you are in Victoria. So, 2 needles & an oral vaccine. The rotavirus (oral vaccine) has to be given by a certain age or you miss out.

I was told that you want to wait at least 2 weeks to a month between vaccines to give baby a chance to react to the vaccine and recover before giving them another.

[kawazuki]

usually we don't stager the 2/4/6 month ones as they each need to begin quite close together.
in saying that
if you were given rotateq you will only have till 32 weeks to have the third dose, as after that age the stomach lining is regarded as being to thick and it wont absorb the vaccine.
the other two will be prevenar (pneumacocil) and infanrix hexa, which is your diptheria, tetnus, pertussis, poloiomelytis, hib, hep b shot.

when you say take it out her? what do you mean..
as we do expect them to be drowsy for 24-72 hours later and seem more sleepy and off food.
we also expect low grade fever of 37.4-38.8, we also expect a very grumpy baby with muscle aches and pains as the tetnus component is very rough and causes generalised pain and aches in the muscles.

Maybe ring and speak to the nurse, i have many mums ring me daily about imms and what to do. so they should be able to help, we are taught what to do in our immunisation training.

also if that doesn't give you a decent answer try your state immunisation centre the number should be in the front of your baby record book.

[milly5]

Thanks ladies,

Kate - I am in NSW

Kawazuki - at her 4m (and 2 mo) she was given infanrix hexa, prevenar and rotarix (sorry if I haven't got the names quite right - trying to read the nurses writing!). I don't think she has another dose of the rotarix? So it will be the same needles then at 6mo?
When I said it seemed to take it out of her, I meant that she seemed really unwell for about 5 days. I know that they get a fever and can be grizzly, but she seemed like it for almost a week. After he 2 mo needles she was relatively fine, just very sleepy and only a temp for one day.
I will give the nurse a ring though before her 6mo vaccinations.

[kawazuki]

Thanks ladies,

Kate - I am in NSW

Kawazuki - at her 4m (and 2 mo) she was given infanrix hexa, prevenar and rotarix (sorry if I haven't got the names quite right - trying to read the nurses writing!). I don't think she has another dose of the rotarix? So it will be the same needles then at 6mo?
When I said it seemed to take it out of her, I meant that she seemed really unwell for about 5 days. I know that they get a fever and can be grizzly, but she seemed like it for almost a week. After he 2 mo needles she was relatively fine, just very sleepy and only a temp for one day.
I will give the nurse a ring though before her 6mo vaccinations.

yes rotarix is a 2 dose course, so it will be the 2 needles only.
I would inform the nurse as to me i would report that as an adverse reaction.
the other thing which may of happened is that she may of got a virus at the same time, but wasn't unwell with it at the time of vaccination,
ok 5 days of being off and unwell, is not expected we only expect 48 hours max.
did she get any rashes near the injection sites? or become lethargic at all?
in that case, we could give one needle and wait 4 weeks and give the next, there would be no issue in doing that as long as they were done exactly at 4 weeks.
then have 5 months and I'd recommend splitting the 12 month needles as well.
PM if you want some more info on it.

[HotI]

My little one has had 3 different lots of vaccinations (2, 4 and 6 month old ones) and each time has been quite unwell for close to a week. I brought it up with the nurse (i had them done at local council sessions) at the following sessions and they really didn't care. They did not report it as adverse reactions. Their lack of concern has given me greater doubt that issues are followed up appropriately.