Last Updated on September 16, 2022 by Natalie

As you know, physicians typically administer vaccinations for babies in some of the monthly appointments.

Which Appointments are the Ones With the Shots

There is an oral vaccination but that’s not the type I’m here to talk about.

I’m talking about the ones I was googling when I had them coming up because I was nervous about how my baby would react.

The “pinchos.”

Those happen at:

• 2 months
• 4 months
• 6 months

Reactions

Every baby reacts differently.

• Some don’t react at all (during or after).
• Your baby may experience a slight fever up to 48 hours after.
• Your baby may experience soreness, tenderness or sleepiness.

Although reactions differ across the board, I was always googling before my appointment seeking comfort in others’ stories.

That’s why I’m sharing my baby’s reaction to all his vaccine appointments.

2 Month Vaccinations

When my baby was born, he had low blood sugar and was pricked under his feet every few hours.

He wouldn’t even flinch or wake up sometimes.

After seeing a video of a baby that barely even noticed she got a shot, I had hope my tough little guy might be a similar situation.

Well that was upsetting.

He didn’t stop crying either which is very unusual for him.

My baby cries. He is a baby after all.

But he doesn’t cry a lot.

I gave him some boob which he screamed on.

He spent most of the remainder of the day sleeping.

Thank God.

Because whenever he’d wake up to drink milk, he’d cry and whimper.

I try to avoid medication but when my husband came home from work to find both of us crying, he told me to just give him baby tylenol already.

I knew this was a good time to rely on meds.

No need to make my baby suffer through that unnecessarily.

We avoided bothering him or waking him as much as possible.

We even skipped his beloved nightly bath.

The next morning, my smiling baby was back!

4 Month Vaccinations

Now that I was nice and traumatized from our first experience with shots, I had anxiety about this appointment since the night before.

During the shots, my unsuspecting baby quickly went from neutral to offended-crying and almost took me and my husband with him to tearslandia.

He cried for a few short minutes.

I boobed ’em.

He rolled out of the Dr’s office with a smile on his face.

Throughout the next day and even the day after, he seemed a little cranky and felt a little warm.

Most times I took his temperature (every few minutes) he didn’t have a fever.

There were 2 times that a low fever was detected but then the very next try a few seconds later the thermometer said “no fever, you psycho.”

My thermometer is very sassy.

Finally, the warmth subsided.

He did have some lumps at the site of the vaccines but he didn’t act like they bothered him.

A far cry from the nonstop crying from the time before.

6 Month Vaccinations

I was very nervous about this one because a fellow mom-friend’s baby had these vaccinations just 2 weeks before and wailed more than ever.

I’m happy to report that this was the shortest amount of time my baby spent crying from vaccinations.

He went from neutral to offended-like crying again and then when I picked him up, he started to calm down.

I boobed him and he got over it. Fast.

Tips

1. Be ready to feed: After the 2 month vaccinations, the nurse told me that I should bring him hungry so I can comfort him with feeding him after. It’s been tried and true. I imagine this is helpful whether you’re breastfeeding or bottlefeeding.

2. Baby Tylenol: After seeing the difference of how my sweet boy felt after I gave him tylenol, I won’t wait so long next time he needs some assistance feeling better.

If you have any tips to share, please do!