Background:
My five year old has Asperger's Syndrome. When he was 2 months old, he received the recommended vaccines, and had a reaction. It happened about four hours after the shots--he went into a sharp crying spell that lasted a couple of hours. I seem to remember reading that some people call that a brain-swelling cry, but I just don't remember.
Long story short--I no longer vaccinate him, and my other children do not get vaccinated. Because of his ASD, my sister, who just had a new baby, had planned on either not vaccinating her infant son, or to delay the vaccines until he's older.
Today her son went to the pediatrician for his 2-month appointment. Her doctor talked her into giving him the HIB vaccine (the one for Influenza Type II). She didn't get any others done, and he has never previously recieved a vaccine (in other words, they didn't do the Hep B one at birth).
My sister just called me crying, saying that her baby (Grayson) is screaming at the top of his lungs. This started right at 4 hours after his shot. She said up until now, he was acting just fine...sleeping mostly, nursing fine. Now he's screaming...and this is a baby that normally barely cries, and never screams.
She and I do not want to jump to any conclusions and over-react based on my oldest son's situation, but I wondered if there is anything she can do at this point to downplay or stop the reaction? Someone suggested activated charcoal to me, but wouldn't that only work for something ingested?
Could this be that brain-swelling thing? ANd if so, what can she do? I know with my son, by the time we got to the doctor, his scream had subsided, and they merely reported on his chart that he had a "vaccine reaction," but there was nothing to do be done by then, except to give him Tylenol. Oh, and should Kimberly give Grayson Tylenol? I seem to recall that being said is not good to give a baby that gets the shots? By the way, she is exclusively breastfeeding...but right now he won't even nurse. She said if she walks the halls with him on her shoulder, he calms down, but if she tries to rock or nurse, or even if she stops walking, he starts crying again. Could this just be irritability, and could we be over-reacting based on my son's ASD?
Any advice is GREATLY appreciated!
My five year old has Asperger's Syndrome. When he was 2 months old, he received the recommended vaccines, and had a reaction. It happened about four hours after the shots--he went into a sharp crying spell that lasted a couple of hours. I seem to remember reading that some people call that a brain-swelling cry, but I just don't remember.
Long story short--I no longer vaccinate him, and my other children do not get vaccinated. Because of his ASD, my sister, who just had a new baby, had planned on either not vaccinating her infant son, or to delay the vaccines until he's older.
Today her son went to the pediatrician for his 2-month appointment. Her doctor talked her into giving him the HIB vaccine (the one for Influenza Type II). She didn't get any others done, and he has never previously recieved a vaccine (in other words, they didn't do the Hep B one at birth).
My sister just called me crying, saying that her baby (Grayson) is screaming at the top of his lungs. This started right at 4 hours after his shot. She said up until now, he was acting just fine...sleeping mostly, nursing fine. Now he's screaming...and this is a baby that normally barely cries, and never screams.
She and I do not want to jump to any conclusions and over-react based on my oldest son's situation, but I wondered if there is anything she can do at this point to downplay or stop the reaction? Someone suggested activated charcoal to me, but wouldn't that only work for something ingested?
Could this be that brain-swelling thing? ANd if so, what can she do? I know with my son, by the time we got to the doctor, his scream had subsided, and they merely reported on his chart that he had a "vaccine reaction," but there was nothing to do be done by then, except to give him Tylenol. Oh, and should Kimberly give Grayson Tylenol? I seem to recall that being said is not good to give a baby that gets the shots? By the way, she is exclusively breastfeeding...but right now he won't even nurse. She said if she walks the halls with him on her shoulder, he calms down, but if she tries to rock or nurse, or even if she stops walking, he starts crying again. Could this just be irritability, and could we be over-reacting based on my son's ASD?
Any advice is GREATLY appreciated!
