Just to confirm, premmies are not weighed prior to vaccination - one dose for all. I work in a nicu, and we give birth Hep B, then if bubs are still in hosp when they are due, they have 2mth and 4mth imm including rota. These are on actual ages not corrected. BCG's are given on discharge if baby is indigenous. Just to clarify :-)
My premmie is almost two, and he wasn't weighed prior to vaccs.
Liz, it's interesting that you were told to vacc at corrected age, it was always reiterated to me that DS MUST be vacced at actual age . Although I chose to do it at corrected age.
Oh sorry, that's right Liz! Still interesting though, were told solids at birth age too, not corrected Although DS wasn't heaps prem, I went off his corrected age for pretty much everything for the first year. He was just so tiny, and not quite ready for the world, it seemed wrong to rush things.
Sorry to go OT folks, please continue, I'm loving this discussion
It is actually documented that solids go from birth age. The reason being that they are still digesting food from that birth age, allegedly using iron stores, etc etc etc. The hospital had brochures on this subject that were generic just with the RBWH stamp on the back - so these would be available at other places.
I actually went by my instincts not her age. She was 8 months from birth when I introduced her first solid food. I was like you Janie - she just seemed too wee and not yet ready for the world.
aah well.. still watch for signs of readiness anyway It made sense to me tho if it's a developmental thing that we're waiting for with solids, and developmental things are usually on corrected age. The iron stores thing makes sense tho I guess. To really go off topic I'll mention that I refused the multivitamins & iron supps that they hand out as standard procedure for prems too. I was victorious when her blood tests came back and she had good levels of everything. My DD obviously didn't read the premmy manual LOL. The paed was happy for me to refuse them tho... once he saw her blood tests.. i refused to fill the script until we got the results (hmm.. I'm starting to sound like a prescription phobic LOL) I'd hate to think how her tummy could have been affected by having iron supps tho. She was already struggling with colic & wind.
I must say diverting to this makes me agree with the comments about the one size fits all attitude of the medical profession. I hadn't really considered it in regards to vaxing before.
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. Although I chose to do it at corrected age.
Although DS wasn't heaps prem, I went off his corrected age for pretty much everything for the first year. He was just so tiny, and not quite ready for the world, it seemed wrong to rush things.
It made sense to me tho if it's a developmental thing that we're waiting for with solids, and developmental things are usually on corrected age. The iron stores thing makes sense tho I guess. To really go off topic I'll mention that I refused the multivitamins & iron supps that they hand out as standard procedure for prems too. I was victorious when her blood tests came back and she had good levels of everything. My DD obviously didn't read the premmy manual LOL. The paed was happy for me to refuse them tho... once he saw her blood tests.. i refused to fill the script until we got the results (hmm.. I'm starting to sound like a prescription phobic LOL) I'd hate to think how her tummy could have been affected by having iron supps tho. She was already struggling with colic & wind.
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