Questioning I screwed up giving ds the Rotovirus vaccine

[momto4plus4]

He's 9 weeks and it was one I thought he should get then today he's got horrible diarrhea (this on top of food intolerances already causing diarrhea and having thrush) and lots of pain. I feel SO bad. Then I looked on this site and saw the link with a pig virus and that he's contagious. Goodness-I had NO idea!

Anyone else's baby get sick afterwards? Did it last long?

Thankfully he's bf'ing well so I'm not too concerned about dehydration and planning to let him sleep-nurse tonight but still...it's concerning.

[heathergirl67]

Your poor baby. I don't have any advice, but I hope that he gets feeling better soon. That helpless feeling is just the worst!

[Marnica]

I'm sorry this is happening to you and your baby. I hope he feels better soon!

I would caution you too throughly research each and every vaccine before consenting. I think it's criminal that doctors are not giving parents this factual information about the contamination of BOTH rotavirus vaccines.

[PinkinPA]

I'd do a VAERS report and keep on with the nursing.

[Emmeline II]

The rotavirus vaccine is live; I'm not surprised.

[2boyzmama]

Originally Posted by Emmeline II

The rotavirus vaccine is live; I'm not surprised.

Exactly. Basically, he has a mild-moderate case of Rotavirus right now, thanks to getting a live-virus vaccine.

One of my sons was hospitalized with severe rota (he has special needs, though, so he's an unusual case) and the attending dr told me that they used to see rota predictably as a seasonal illness. But now that the vaccine is on the market, they see it every month of the year. The ped and vaccine manufacturer will tell you that less babies get hospitalized with the mild/moderate illness that the vaccine causes than if they were allowed to get it on their own, but I have yet to see any stats on that (and I asked for them, too).

Keep nursing, and do report this. Most parents have no idea what this vaccine causes (the disease itself!) nor do they know that the illness is typically just an annoyance (yes, the kid is sick, yes it sucks to be home with a sick kid especially if you work, but it causes problems for very very few kids, and most of those are like mine with some sort of underlying issue)