Reply #52: That wasn't the only reaction, though.

[knitter4democracy]

We had a whole gamut of reactions in both kids (who are also allergic to dairy and a bunch of other stuff). We put off some shots until they were older, did multiple visits to make sure they never got more than three sticks per visit, and lengthened out as long as we could in between shots. They're up-to-date now except for Hep B, which we're doing when they're ten.

Edited to add: my kids were reported as having worse than usual reactions, and they've been forbidden to get the smallpox shot, as have I. We get bad eczema, and Hubby, as an internist, can't even get the shot in case he'd give us the disease.