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Its not particularly nice watching your new baby get vaccinated however I, as I am sure the vast majority of parents believe it's necessary. The risk of problems caused by vaccination are minute compared to the dangers of not getting the vaccination in the first place.
At 2 months your baby is given a 5 in one dose which protects against diptheria, whooping cough and polio amongst others.
At 3 months the child is given a topup which protects the above plus meningitas C
At one year old they are given the MMR jab which protects against measles, mumps and rubella.
I, as have all my friends and everyone I know taken our children to the doctors for these injections and I am not aware of a single case of it causing anything more than a slight temperature.
I don't know a great deal about the viruses that these injections protect us all from but I am pretty sure, cos I am not stupid that the consequences of picking up one of these viruses would be a whole lot worse than any risk by not having them.
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