Meningitis vaccination
Imogen had one of the meningitis vaccinations on Wednesday (25th, exactly twenty two months old, so two months before she is two years old), which I believe are fairly new to the UK as a routine vaccination. I think that normally they'll be given as part of the two, three and four month innoculation cycle, but because it was introduced after she had those they are doing a catch-up for all under-two's (I believe).
I was at work so couldn't go myself, but apparently it went about as well as expected. I'm told that as soon as she was taken into the nurse's room Imogen immediately new something odd was up and demanded to be taken back outside. It was almost as though she remembered what happened last time she was there, which I know can't be possible because she was so young back then. However, Sharon managed to calm her down a bit and the nurse gave the injection into her leg, at which point Immie demanded that she took it out again!
There were no real side effects, although she complained of a sore leg later that day (I guess it's like the slightly aching feeling you get after a flu jab), and she had a slightly restless night, but it was all forgotten the next day.
One of the good things about this vaccination is that it wasn't grown on egg, so unlike a previous jab she had Imogen didn't need to go to Addenbrooke's to have it.
On another note, we've moved house okay, and Imogen was brilliant throughout it. Once or twice during the day she got a bit concerned about what was happening, and she asked to go "home" a couple of times afterwards, but she very quickly got used to the new house, not least because it has a great play room, a circular route through the hall, lounge, dining room, kitchen and back to the hall for her to race around, and a small park with swings and a slide literally about two houses away!
She's also quite intrigued by all the work we're doing, such as taking things down, putting new things up, replacing carpets, decorating and so on. All very interesting I guess.
I was at work so couldn't go myself, but apparently it went about as well as expected. I'm told that as soon as she was taken into the nurse's room Imogen immediately new something odd was up and demanded to be taken back outside. It was almost as though she remembered what happened last time she was there, which I know can't be possible because she was so young back then. However, Sharon managed to calm her down a bit and the nurse gave the injection into her leg, at which point Immie demanded that she took it out again!
There were no real side effects, although she complained of a sore leg later that day (I guess it's like the slightly aching feeling you get after a flu jab), and she had a slightly restless night, but it was all forgotten the next day.
One of the good things about this vaccination is that it wasn't grown on egg, so unlike a previous jab she had Imogen didn't need to go to Addenbrooke's to have it.
On another note, we've moved house okay, and Imogen was brilliant throughout it. Once or twice during the day she got a bit concerned about what was happening, and she asked to go "home" a couple of times afterwards, but she very quickly got used to the new house, not least because it has a great play room, a circular route through the hall, lounge, dining room, kitchen and back to the hall for her to race around, and a small park with swings and a slide literally about two houses away!
She's also quite intrigued by all the work we're doing, such as taking things down, putting new things up, replacing carpets, decorating and so on. All very interesting I guess.
posted by Richard Warren at 7:35 AM
