H received her MMR and Varicella vaccines last Wednesday at her 15 month well-visit. The nurse told us that the reaction to MMR is usually delayed anywhere from 6-14 days, so if she gets a fever in that time frame, it's probably a reaction. So when she woke up from her nap yesterday with a fever, I wasn't surprised and we gave her Tylenol. Her fever hasn't gotten above 100.6 and she's in good spirits, just warm.

We took her to school this morning because her underarm temp was 98.6, and our daycare adds a degree to underarm temps, which still put her well under their cutoff temp of 101. We gave her Motrin and let them know that she had her MMR vaccine a week ago and she's most likely having a reaction. They pretty much told us that we will have to come and get her early, but they'll giver her Tylenol while they are waiting on us. Another kid in her class has a fever, and another one had the same face rash that H had yesterday (they are a week apart and both had their well visits last week).

Did your child have a reaction to the MMR/Varicella vaccines? How long did it last for you? I'm wondering if I'm going to have to tap into my sick time so early in the year for a reaction to a vaccine that is known to have high reaction rates (as many as 1 in 6 get a fever from the shot) just because she has a low-grade fever.