Here is a photo of him and I in the waiting room. (New mothers are allowed to look exhausted, right?)
It turns out his head circumference is in the tenth percentile for his age group.
Which makes zero sense for a kid with four chins.
(This is us outside of a J. Crew outlet a few weeks ago. Their man baby selection was a massive disappointment.)
In any case, the visit itself started out well.
He was content in his nekkidness.
If not a little bored.
I doused him with slobber. Usual stuff.
Stared at him with utter affection.
While he farted.
Then we tried to pysche him up for the hard part. Shots. No big deal, we told him.
And when you're done, you can have a lollipop.
When you're four.
Before they started he was laughing. Fist pumping. Flirting with the nurses.
We thought it was going to be okay.
Dumb us.
It was not okay.
He cried. I cried.
There were Bugs Bunny bandages involved.
Also, I think my heart broke.
Tell me it gets easier?
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I am always on the verge of tears when my 2.5 year old has to get shots. It actually gets harder once you stop nursing, because before I could always nurse him right after a shot and it calmed him down immediately. Now I don't have that comfort to provide, but we do it because we know it is the best thing for their health, right? :)
I wish I could tell you it gets easier...it just doesn't.
i'm with the others...at least when they are older you can tell them it will hurt. I hope that is the least of your worries with Aston. My 5 year old was born with one kidney, so we had a lot of MRIs and once had to have a catheter put in her when she was about 2. I can still hear the crying and screams. It was pure h*ll for my wife and I.
I am so sorry for the tears. It gets better, promise.
Do try not to worry about all that head circumferance stuff. I had huge worries when I was expecting and read in my doctors notes that my daughters head was far to small for her body and she was therefore going to be disabled. I know! In my notes! No one bothered to tell me! Anyway I went marching in there after a disturbing internet search and was re scanned whereupon my baby was found to be FINE! Then it came up again when she was a year old and we went to see a small head-ologist (or something) who said so long as your child is hitting their targets and doing what they're meant to, it doesn't matter how small their heads are. My daughter spoke at 7 months! She is bright. Don't worry about this. Aston is a little smasher!
ohmygosh! thanks for that reassurance, emmakate! i should clarify, though, that he's in the twenty third percentile for height and weight, so he's just a bit itty bitty all over. i've been trying to pork him up, but the doctor is adamant that he's growing perfectly fine. phew.
Nope. Shots are a necessary evil, hurting them for a good reason, and I always cried right along with the babies. It's what we do.
Now, the young mother at the mall the other day having her newborn's ears pierced needs to be flogged ... just sayin.
What Stacie said.
For The Pea's first blood draw, I was wailing so loudly that I not only drowned out her protestations I was asked to leave the room.
And don't be concerned about growth. My girl has fluctuated all over the place from chunky baby to underweight toddler. She's healthy and happy and your little dude will be, too.
Ohmygosh is Aston so adorably squishy! Love the pics. These pics *almost* make me wish mine where babies again.
I'm not sure it getting needles easier so much as it happends less and less. I cried just as much with the second kiddo (maybe more?) than the first kiddo. It's almost embarrasing when the nurse has to ask how Mom is doing after she give the child a shot, you know?
Oh and FYI-my daughter's head circurmference is (and has been) in the 10th percentile (and her height and weight aren't even on the charts). She is perfectly healthy and pretty darn intelligent (she's now 6 yo).
Ohmygosh is Aston so adorably squishy! Love the pics. These pics *almost* make me wish mine where babies again.
I'm not sure it getting needles easier so much as it happends less and less. I cried just as much with the second kiddo (maybe more?) than the first kiddo. It's almost embarrasing when the nurse has to ask how Mom is doing after she give the child a shot, you know?
Oh and FYI-my daughter's head circurmference is (and has been) in the 10th percentile (and her height and weight aren't even on the charts). She is perfectly healthy and pretty darn intelligent (she's now 6 yo).
I can't comment from a mom standpoint, but I've heard that researches are studying mosquitos to replicate the painless needle they have.
In other news, a Chinese doctor once gave me a shot. He threw it in my arm like a dart, then laughed at me for being so shocked/hurt/scared. My Chinese friend says all Chinese doctor's are hardcore pain inducers like this, so watch out for them.
I'm terrified of his first round of shots...I will mostly be afraid that he will react to one of them, vaccines really scare me!
Sadly, it does not get easier but they seem to forget a little quicker when they are younger. Whoops - that was meant to be encouraging! BUT, they do get treats when they're older so maybe it balances out. Every time they get shots I just hope that it's the worst physical pain they'll ever have to go through.
Nope, doesn't get easier. Even when he is taller than you. Welcome to the rough side of motherhood :)
never gets easier. i almost tackled the nurse that first time. my little monster is STILL in the 10th percentile for head at 4 yrs old. she is still bitsy all over too but she's smart as a whip, started talking at 8 mos. and hasn't stopped since. My ped said no worries as long as they do things in the normal order.
Your son is adorable! So sorry about shot day= no fun :(
Hi! Almost afraid to say it in case I come across as the heartless mom-bitch, but it gets easier... Albeit it takes time. When my fourth baby got her first shot I hardly blinked an eye. She howled naturally, but I just routinely breastfed her until she once again gurgled happily. :-)
However, when they really hurts themselves it never gets better! My youngest is now five years old, and she recently fell and hurt her head quite bad... NOT fun! But she´s a tough one - before the wound stopped bleeding she didn´t care about it anymore. I anxiously checked it for days afterwards...
Enjoy your time with your wonderful heartbreaker! They grow up so fast!
Samwow broke his shoulder painting the interior of the house last year at 19. When the ER doctor came back with the x-rays, I was the worst mother in the world. His lip quivered when they announced two pain killer shots would be administered, one in the shoulder. the other in his tush. He had no embarrassment dropping his jeans in front of me for the second needle. But he was holding my hand the whole time.
The saving grace of the moment was when the meds kicked in and he sputtered woozily, "Mommy, why do I see sparklies?"
Just enjoy the moments.
Aston gets yummier by the post, by the way. And you look better than any new mom has a right to. I just lost my 85 pounds of baby weight, and Savannah's a sophomore in college.
I can't lie. Shots never got easier for me through 6 kids. But I'll tell 'ya, it's easier than when that first mean kid calls them a name, easier than when as a teen they suffer their first heartbreak, and easier than saying good bye when it's time for them to fly off.
~Bliss~
Oh, I so cried with the first shots. For me, it did get easier in that I'm so focused on making sure she gets through them as easily as possible that I don't have time to cry. I always nurse immediately after and that calms her right down...it didn't even occur to me what I'll do when she stops nursing like Martha mentioned.
Oh it's awful, isn't it? I remember grabbing Olivia away from the nurse who savagely stabbed her heel and squeezed her heel repeatedly as she screamed, trying to get some blood out. (It probably wasn't that bad, but it scarred me for life). It gets better in that they don't scream bloody murder when they get older, but the bottom lip popping out, the eyes filling with tears and the chin quivering as they try to be big kids and not cry is just as heartbreaking :(
PS - that's one cute baby :)
Oh, poor buddy! That cry is the worst. Our pediatrician always offers Linder chocolate to the parents for needing to hear our kids cry. It is always that difficult, but the crying lasts for shorter periods.
he is so cute, even when he is crying! i will never forget those first shots, horrible. sorry but it doesn't get easier. our baby is six and my heart breaks with every boo boo.
3 weeks is a long time for us to have to wait for more photos and news. I think you must post something soon or I will have to start nagging you. Sending love, C
He is soooo freaking cute!
Hope all is well with you guys? Please post more pictures soon :-)
Hope everything is well! I'm sure you are busy with your cutie! Miss your posts!
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