When I was a nurse, I would get mine first thing in the shift because that's when it happened to be available. I never had ANY soreness afterwards. My hypothesis was that working and moving the arm around distributes the shot which decreases chance of soreness. Anecdotal of course but I've continued to get my shots in the am since then and have had little to no soreness, even with stuff like dtap which is known to give a terribly sore arm.

I just took my 6 year old to Target with me at 3 in the afternoon after a morning full of play and running around. We both got the shot and a $5 coupon. There was no waiting, we walked right up, no appt or anything. I let her buy candy with her $5, so she loved it.

When DD was little, I always scheduled her shots in the morning so she could “sleep it off” with a good afternoon nap. She was one of those babies/ toddlers who always got sleepy after shots, so that worked for us. Now, it’s whenever we can get into the doctor.

Anonymous wrote:We got the first appointment in the morning at our pediatrician's and they were doing drive thru flu shots

THIS. Truly don’t understand the question though. Go when they have an opening and it’s convenient for you.

Anonymous wrote:AM shot causes autism. PM shot does not.

AM shot causes autism. PM shot does not.

Depends on the kid. I always schedule vaccinations for late morning so that any fatigue/side-effect hit after lunch, just in time for nap time. That way she can still have a normal-ish morning and hopefully a normal evening as well. Plus it ups the chances she will actually sleep during nap time.

I still don’t understand the question. Do you mean in terms of efficacy...? Like, a morning shot gives you better immunity against flu than an afternoon shot?

We are doing the afternoon flu shot clinic at my family dr practicr. Shot then dinner and dessert as a treat and bedtime to sleep it off. Better than being miserqble all day. Works for my kid.

If you’re doing something unpleasant it’s always best to do it when your kid is at their best. That varies by kid. From a medical standpoint (I assume that’s what you’re getting at with “studies”) it literally does not matter time of day or day of week etc.

Doesn't matter.

We got the first appointment in the morning at our pediatrician's and they were doing drive thru flu shots

Whenever you can make it happen!

When and where you don't have to wait. Quickly in and out place and time.

Are there studies on this? Morning or afternoon?