Between ages four and six, most children need four vaccines. DJ is due for a fifth sometime in the next year and the yearly flu shot this fall. I had debated back and forth about timing, if we should do them all at once or split them up, etc. We had to drive out to the naval hospital this morning (very early) so I could pick-up some prescriptions for myself and I figured that since we were there and with school starting up in a month, I would get two of those vaccines out of the way now. I figured we could get two now, the flu shot and another when winter approaches, and the other two sometime in the spring. DJ has never had a problem with vaccines before, but it's never fun. The clinic wouldn't let me split them up. The poor kid got four shots today! The other two (flu shot and the other in his hepatitis A series) we will get in a couple months. He was so brave and didn't cry much at all, but even with motrin and tylenol, he has had a slight fever all day, crashed out hard during quiet time (he almost never sleeps during his nap/quiet time), and hasn't had much of an appetite. He has still been pretty active and has drank a ton of water, so I'm trying not to worry too much. My mom says he's fine and I know these are all normal vaccine reactions. Maybe it is better to just get them over with now, instead of drawing it out, but I cant help but feel bad for him.
Hopefully he will wake up feeling much better tomorrow, as he has a classmates birthday party to attend in the afternoon. I'm just annoyed with the hospital immunization clinic for not allowing me to split them up and I don't like it when DJ's not feeling well and I kind of feel like I contributed to his misery. It's a necessary evil, but still...shots suck!
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I'm not sure it's a "necessary" evil, none of my children are vaccinated...but that does suck that the clinic wouldn't let you split them up, that's a lot for a little kid's body to take all at once, no wonder he's wiped out. I'm praying he'll feel better soon!
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