it's vaccination day!

svetlana is about to cry :( - help!
@kayedanda (1850)
Philippines
September 10, 2008 2:28am CST
my husband and i brought my child to the health center to have her third shot of DPT and HepB early in the morning. thing is, both her thighs hurt now although we gave her paracetamol. she's crying every now and then and i don't know what else i can do to ease her pain except give her paracetamol every four hours and treat her thighs with hot compress. help! please, i need advice on what else i can do to ease some of her pain away. i die a little every time i hear her cry
4 responses
@pehpot (4762)
• Philippines
11 Sep 08
oh.. how was svet? as for chico, the only thing that lessens his pain is I always carry him. two days after the shot, my back is in pain and also to prevent him from more pain we opted to have his vaccines in 6 in 1 form, in that way he is injected only once but the vaccines is 6.
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@kayedanda (1850)
• Philippines
11 Sep 08
she's okay now. can giggle like nothing happened. hehehe.
@zeny_zion (1283)
• Philippines
10 Sep 08
dont let her take paracetamol always. its natural that the kid will feel irritated. she will cry but it will stop. its also bad to let her drink paracetamol for painreliever.
@kayedanda (1850)
• Philippines
10 Sep 08
oh, why is that? the doctor was the one who said to let her take paracetamol every four hours
@subha12 (18441)
• India
11 Sep 08
i have seen the picture you uploaded with this. she is soo cute i must say. but giving paracetamol is always not good to small babies. plus its natural taht she is hurt for injection.
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• Philippines
11 Sep 08
Oh, I bear with you my dear... I also experienced it to my baby but just a little crying. Every time my baby needs his vaccination, I talked to him 2 days before it so I encourage him and give him psychological support. I tell him that he will received his injections for him to be strong, a little pain but mommy is here to keep him warm from my embrace and TLC. When the day arrives, it seemed that he knows it he cries out of nowhere but then when he reaches a hug, he stopped right there. As he received the vaccine he cries a little but when he received a warm loving arms, he then stopped and sleep very tight. Paracetamol isn't necessary, at first give his thighs a cold compress for 15 minutes and don't give him the hot compress unless the vaccine marks were wounded or turned into red rash. Another advice is, there is already a 6in1 vaccine out in the market, so it means less pain than having it inject 6 times, though it's expensive, it worth your money. Hope your baby stops from crying and hope this helps. Thanks!
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