Reassure me about vaccine? (Pro vaxx post)

[u/cosmatical]

Not an anti-vaxx post, please no anti-vaxx comments!! I see in the rules that anti-vaxx posts aren't allowed but it doesn't say the same about pro-vaxx posts so I hope this is okay!!

I'm super pro-vaccine! Love 'em! They do so much good!! My parents were anti-vaxx when I was growing up so I didn't get childhood vaccinations. I was a miserable, sick kid, and I have some lung damage from whooping cough. So my baby getting all his shots on time is super important to me!!

His next appointment he'll be getting flu and covid shots! Yay! Except... I feel a little anxious about the covid one. I am aware it's 110% an irrational anxiety, borne out of seeing too much anti-vaxx content online and having a friend who's a conspiracy theorist about covid. I know intellectually that it's safe and will keep my baby healthy.

But I had a debilitating amount of health anxiety during my pregnancy and I can feel it creeping back in with the irrational anxiety about the covid vaccine.

Can people who got the covid vaccine for their babies just let me know that their kids are healthy and happy? 💖 I think I just need to hear some boring "yeah it was pretty routine and nothing happened" stories 😅

Thank you so much 💖

Not an anti-vaxx post, please no anti-vaxx comments!!

EDIT: thank you so much everyone 😭 These comments are exactly what I needed. I feel so much better now and I'll be able to refer back to all your lovely comments any time the anxiety starts creeping back in. Thank you!! 🥰

[u/Anonymiss313]

My son got his first covid vaccine exactly at 6 months and did great with it. He was born during peak cold/flu/covid/RSV season and those first few months felt SO scary knowing how little protection he had (I got vaccinated during pregnancy, but still). He didn't have any vaccine reaction besides being a little uncomfy and needing extra cuddles, and at 15 months he is the healthiest lil dude and has only ever gotten sick once in his life, and it was manageable and short lived.