A ‘should be a Monday but it’s not’ Mini Moan:
So the dreaded MMR jab came around all too soon! And in Austria they have it at 10 months instead of 13 months so it seemed to come round really quick.
I have to say so far Baby M has endured all his jabs very well. The first one knocked him out a bit but since then he’s barely even broken a sweat. A bit upset when the needles went in but that’s it. Of course, it’s when they know what to expect things get worse. Fear of the injection being worse than the actual thing most of the time. Getting LJ into a doctor’s room these days is a matter of bribes – even when he’s not there for an injection!
Still, the MMR is a big one and as the pediatrician reminded us he is being injected with a live virus so of course a reaction is likely to occur.
The inoculation period is 10-12 days apparently so we have been watching during this time for anything we can blame on the jab!
All seemed well to start with actually but then day 8 Baby M suddenly developed a fever in the evening. It went by morning and there were no other symptoms at the time but since then he has been a NIGHTMARE!! Whingey by day, not eating properly (definitely not like him), diarrhea and of course sleeping worse than ever.
We’ve had crying and whinging in the night, refusing bottles, not particularly wanting cuddles, lots of wind and if we bring him in with us he just wants to climb or play. And of course despite all this middle of the night partying he’s still wide awake and wanting to get by 6am!
The only thing that has been ok is nap time as he’s obviously so tired, so even though he’s fought it sometimes he has still had his naps.
Day 12 was the worst. By the end of the day I was ripping my hair out.
If this is from the MMR injection I would hate to think what these poor babies go through with the real thing. I hope we never find out.
So the 12 days is up now and I guess we will have to see if things improve. My husband is holding onto the fact that this recent ‘bad behaviour’ is because of the jab. I hope rather than believe it to be true. Whatever it is I do pray it is a phase because whilst sleep deprivation hasn’t yet claimed the life of a parent (Really, I Googled it!) if this continues it may well get one locked up in a mental institute!
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Update: Day 14 and we are much improved. The last 2 nights have been almost back to ‘normal’ which is still not good but certainly better than it was! No doubt he’ll start teething again now…..
