Vaccinations, feeding and sleeping

Hi guys,

Amelie is going to have her 2 month vaccinations this morning. The CHY centre has them available from 10 - 12 this morning. She fed at 6:30 this morning and is likely to be ready for a feed again at about 10:30.

My question is when should I take her in to get her jabs? Should I take her after her 10:30 feed, or try to get her done before her feed, so that she has something comforting when she is done? Only problem with this is that she will be asleep and I'll have to wake her for the injections. Plus, if there is a big line up at 10, she might be late for her feed and be quite cranky by the time the injections are due to be done and squirm all over the place. If we wait until the 10.30 feed is done, it could be after 11.30 by the time we get there and I don't want to be stressing at running late!

I personally would hold off on the feed until after the needles, or only offer her half. That way you can feed her after the needles to comfort her. I've always done that with Nina. She will be very upset after them, so it's best to comfort her with a feed.

How did you go yesterday? What did you end up deciding about her feeds?

Dan- The vaccinations are this morning, LOL! I'm thinking of feeding after the vaccinations at this stage.

I always used a breast feed as a comforter after his jabs when my DS was very little. He had his 18 chicken pox jab last week and he only gave a quick wail for a couple of secs and then he was happy again. The thing I leant though was to take him to my Dr to have his vaccinations. My 1st experience at a vax clinic was awful - a big production line and rush rush to get all the babies jabbed. My Dr and a nurse give the jabs at the same time (1 in each leg) so there is not two lots of pain and I don't have to wait in line. Much better for him and it's all medicare so no fee either. Happy mummy, happy baby!!

Well, I ended up going at 10, with her feed due at 10.30- she was still asleep- thank goodness for that as we waited for an hour to be seen! The nurse was fantastic, though - she was great at giving the injections- guess she should be as that's all she does! Amelie had a little cry, but was fine. She did really well and had a feed when we got home.

The line was pretty ordinary- next time I would try to get there earlier, but as she was asleep anyway, it didn't matter.