Today we had Quinn's two month check up, which included shots. Her first shots were done in the hospital, in a room away from me, so I really didn't know what I was getting myself into. Silly me, I thought that they would give shots to a baby similar to the way that they give shots to an adult. Wrong! The nurse had Jason hold Quinn's top half, we had to fold her legs over the side of the table because she's a kicker, and the nurse leaned up against them, and then JAB! In goes the shot. The needles aren't long, and I understand that its probably impossible to be as gentle with babies as they are with adults due to their small size, and squirming, but ugh, it was awful. Quinn took her oral medication very well, as she does at home when we give her Semethicone, and her gripe water, but the first shot, she cried, the second she screamed, and the third she tried to scream so loud, it was like those nightmares you have where your mouth is open, your face is red, and nothing is coming out. I felt so bad for her, but she was still such a trooper. She got 3 band aids, 2 Snoopy, and 1 Tweety Bird, but I doubt that made up for her pain. :( She ended up spitting up / throwing up shortly thereafter, but the nurse said that they give extra oral medication because they know that some of it will undoubtedly come back up.
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| Momma's Little Trooper |
She is on track for development, but she is very slender, which personally I don't have a problem with, and neither did her doctor. Good on her. She will hopefully get her father's genes in that area.
She has been fussy all day, and the only thing that has made her feel better is cuddles. Poor thing, I'm sure her little legs are sore.
I heard two really funny sayings the other day, they both made me laugh because they were both so true:
"Whoever said there's no use crying over spilled milk obviously never pumped 6oz and dropped it."
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Motherhood: The only place you can experience heaven and hell at the same time.
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