always gets sick after vaccines

melszum

Does your baby get sick after vaccines? Mine always does. He gets a runny nose and fever and is really fussy. Who else is experiencing this? Does this mean he has a weak immune system?

mplesset23

There is no correlation.  Those are common reactions to vaccines.  Give your LO tylenol to help with any pain and the fever.

mben1119

mplesset23:

There is no correlation.  Those are common reactions to vaccines.  Give your LO tylenol to help with any pain and the fever.

This exactly.

janinekrause

Mine was pretty bad after 2 months, ok after 4 and just had her 6 month, so we shall see. They all have different reactions and it means nothing.

Bride2b2004

What the heck people, it means nothing?  No correlation?  Really?  I am going to have to disagree.

Yeah, so vaccinations are, as we know, small amounts of the actual viruses.  The idea of the vaccination is it helps your baby build up immunity against the real thing.  So vaccinations (live or not) are working the immune system.  That is their job.   

It could be that baby has a reaction to a vaccination (the handout they give you at the pedi list common reactions, but your baby could have others) OR if your baby is fighting something off at the time of the vaccination or comes into contact with germs just afterwards you might notice them coming down with something.

Several books I have read recommend giving vitamin C to help support the immune system right before and right after vaccinations.  That might be a helpful thing to try.