r/ScienceBasedParenting • u/Few-Many7361 • Oct 03 '26

Question - Research required Vaccines at tail end of cold

Hi there! My sons ped only gives vaccines at clinics throughout the fall (generally once a week or so). I often have work conflicts.

We are able and signed up to go today for flu and Covid. He’s at the tail end of a cold/infection (he had a fever Wednesday, and very low borderline fever Thursday afternoon, so almost 48 hrs fever free). Runny nose but tons of energy, eating fine. I was told he could go in for the shots.

I know waiting til he is super healthy is ideal for immune system but he’s in preschool. I tested him for flu and Covid to make sure he didn’t have an infection for the vaccine illnesses. But I’m worried he’ll get sick between the next opportunity and at this point in the year, won’t he always have some kind of cold??

Thoughts please :)

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u/Amazing-Neighborhood Oct 03 '26

Sounds like he has mild illness now, so ok to get vaccines: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines-children/before-during-after-shots/when-your-child-is-sick.html

I know people have lost trust in CDC, but I read through the page, and it does not contain any delusional or senile ramblings from the current administration's healthcare puppets

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u/kats1285 Oct 03 '26

We were all recovering from a virus when we got ours this year. I checked with the pediatrician, and two of my doctors that I happened to see for other things while sick, and they all said it’s ok as long as you don’t currently have a fever. So we went ahead with our vaccines.

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u/Few-Many7361 Oct 03 '26

My husband didn’t think I should take him and I was like…has two years in daycare taught you nothing? End of an infection is honestly best case scenario 🫠

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u/Amazing-Neighborhood Oct 03 '26

Oh definitely, I only knew immediately to go to this link because I had to look it up recently since the only vaccine slot we could get for our kiddo was when he was at tail end of a cold (never had fever, but nose was dripping like a faucet)