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Give her the Tylenol about 30 minutes before and then follow up a second dose on the suggested time frame (I think it's 4-5 hours). C handles shots really well so she is always fine and stops crying as soon as I pick her up and give her a few cuddles, no feeding needed. It's really a very quick process. A couple jabs, they cry a bit and then it's over. I was so, so nervous too but it ended up really not being as big of a deal as I thought.

She had no issues with the 2 and 4 months shots and she had a low-grade fever after the 6 months ones but was back to normal in 24 hours. She slept for pretty much 24 hours straight after the 2 months ones.

We're in the same boat, DD's getting hers on Thurs. It's her 2nd round of shots at 5 months (it's delayed a month here). She was fine the first time ... until hours later and spiked a fever! Scared the crap outta me!

My only advice is to have baby fever reducer in handy, just in case.

I did the same as @prettylizy. My boob was in lo's mouth before he could even start crying! He has taken all of his shots like a champ and he's been smiles and giggles throughout the rest of the day and has always slept well afterwards too.

My friends's sister is a NICU nurse and she recommended Tylenol 30-60 minutes before and every 4-5 hours afterwards for the next 24 hours. I know it may sound like over-medicating but to me, it's worse to have my LO waking and screaming in pain than a little extra Tylenol.

Our nurse was great, she did them super fast! It's not as bad as you think it will be. We have our 4 month shots in a month!

I gave him a little bit of Tylenol before. I handled it worse than him. Holding him while they did it helped. We were in a big rush so I didn't have time to nurse him but he was asleep in his car seat before I even finished checking out.

If I'd have had time I would have nursed him, definitely.