Tuesday, April 8, 2008

and i thought giving shots to babies was rough...

We had the boys check ups yesterday. Thomas' 4 month and Jeremiah's 4 year.
They went well, until it got time for the dreaded vaccines. I had them do Jeremiah 1st because i knew if Thomas was first and he knew he was next, he would be out the door. With the first one, i just held him, but he figured it out on #2 and by #3, we had to call in backup. It took 3 of us to hold him down and 1 to give the shots. He screamed like I have never heard him scream and kicked and tried to hit and tears just streamed down his face (and mine). He was so hot and mad after it was over with. Thomas cried because Jeremiah screamed so loud. It was horrible. I always thought the babies shots were bad, but they stopped crying as soon as you picked them up, not Jeremiah. He stewed over this all night. He was just plain mad. He said things like 'that mean nurse' and 'if i could have i would have kicked her in the face'. We tried to explain it was for his own good, but he wasnt a happy camper. The good thing is that we dont have to get shots for a few years. He was so sweet when it was Thomas' turn. He even cried when they gave him his and said please dont do that to my brother. It was sweet!
Jeremiah was 50% on height and weight for his age. He is 38 pounds now and 41 inches.
Thomas was between 75-90% on height, 26 1/4 inches, and 25% on weight, 14 pounds 6 ounces.
Jeremiah was 25 1/4 inches and 16 pounds at 4 months, so Thomas is longer and slimmer for now.
I have new pictures to post but we are using Harriets camera and her memory card doesnt work with my card reader and I dont know how to download pictures otherwise. But soon we will have some new pictures.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Mandy,
So good to see an update. I check often. I can completly feel your pain and will tell you it doesn't get anybetter. Wait till Thomas can run away while Jeramiah gets his. I have this everymonth as the twins have to get their allergy injections and forget it when Megan is in the mix and has to get something. I always walk away apologizing to everyone. Anyway tell everyone hi and hope to see you guys soon.

Tammy

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