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We didn't have any reaction besides a red bump on her leg. We've all been down with a nasty cold lately though thats been going around here, I wonder if he caught something plus had the shots on top. Hope it goes well at the doctors, sorry your LOs sick that is no fun.

Neither one of my older DDs had a problem with the vaccine. Sorry your LO isn't feeling well:(

Sorry, my LO has gotten fevers with her shots but usually just for 24 hours. We declined the chicken pox vaccine so I can't speak to that reaction.

@irene: every time WJ goes in for one of his regular checkups he comes down with a fever the next day. Stinkin germs all over the doctor's office, even though I religiously purell everyone all over. Can't stop those airborne germs I guess. Luckily he's got the daycare immune system so he gets over those illnesses really quickly now that he's 3. But back when he was 1... sucked. Hope your little guy feels better SOON!!!

@lemondrop: I actually had a pediatric case of shingles, if you can believe that. They are super not fun when you're a pre-teen, let me tell you. LO hasn't had his one year vaccines yet but that's because I delayed them since he's already fussing right now for a reason unknown to me... It'll be interesting to see if he develops these symptoms next week!

@NaturallyCathy: I had shingles as a teenager too, it was just on a patch on one side of my back so it wasn't horrible but def not fun. My mom had shingles in elementary school though. Def helped make the decision to get the vaccine a little easier for us.

@lemondrop: I totally forgot about the singles thing! I had chicken pox as a child and got singles two years ago. The rash itself was small and didn't crust or anything, just a few red bumps, but the nerve pain was excruciating. Because I didn't know what it was and took almost a week to get diagnosed, the anti virals didn't do much and I had chronic pain for over a year. Not fun as a first time nursing mama. The rash was right by my breast too so I was constantly worried about exposure to the baby!

@irene: I know, we avoid taking him to the pediatrician as much as possible. Thankfully as they get older the visits are less frequent. But considering your lo just started at daycare it's probably just from exposure to all the new gems. Wagon Jr was sick for six months straight it seems! But this winter all he's had is a runny nose and one 12 hr fever. It really strengthened his immune system, I believe. Also, breastmilk only helps with immunity if it's fresh, because as you are exposed to the same gems that he's exposed to, your antibodies get passed to him. So milk that you froze in the past won't help much.

Glad to hear he's doing better and hope he stays well!! So sad when they are just constantly sick