baby threw up rotavirus vaccine..

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I took my DD for her eight week vaccinations last week. The nurse (not the usual person as she was on holiday) said she was very nervous and told me she absolutely hated giving babies their jabs - understandable.

When she gave DD her rotavirus (oral) vaccine, she did it very slowly, and very tentatively. DD took it all, but then threw it up along with some milk - a proper vom, rather than just spitting it out. Nurse was about to re-try but then said, 'you know what, you're breastfeeding her anyway so she'll be fine. She obviously has reacted badly so we'll leave it as that'. I accepted this, and she wrote a note to the effect that she wasn't to have it at her next appointment.

But having looked into it, it seems she is only probably protected for as long as she is breastfed - she won't be protected once BF stops.

Now I am wondering whether to insist they try and give it to her again: Is it right that she reacted badly, or more likely that she just threw it up because she didn't like the taste / just one of those things?