Today my baby had to get his immunization shots. I had been dreading this day ever since they told me to give him infant Tylenol before his appointment. If knew that if that were the recommendation, it wasn’t going to be pleasant for my poor little guy.
We waited for our appointment for about an hour. He already wasn’t happy as he was hungry and cranky (I breastfed him in the office while we were waiting), and having to sit there started us off on a negative foot to begin with.
Finally we were called in. He was weighed and measured. (100th percentile for weight…yikes, 95th for length, and 50th for head circumference.) I have one big, little man. Everything looked really good for him. The doctor did hear a small heart murmur, but told me that they will just keep an eye on it, it is not uncommon for them to hear at this age.
Then, it was time for his shots. They had me hold his little arms down, and gave him three shots! He screamed and cried. He cried so hard that his face turned bright red and he held his breath. I almost started crying myself. It’s awful to see your baby in such pain. I know that the immunizations will be a wonderful help to him and preventing disease throughout his life, but that is one of the hardest things I’ve had to deal with as a parent.
He had the sympathy of all the other little kids in the waiting room as we were leaving. It was cute to see the little 3, 4, and 5 year olds have such concern for my baby 
Click here for more information on 2 month old immunizations
October 12th, 2007 at 7:46 pm
Hi bloggymommy,
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I just wanted to tell you that your blog brought back memories. I have a 2 year old and I came across you blog and thought, what a neat idea to have blogged my experience. The feeling at first was like I was on a deserted island and everyone seemed to have transitioned into mommyhood so easily except for me. I now know how hard and what a job it is to be a mom. I would not change a thing in my life, but one thing is for sure, if I have any chance to tell anyone what lies ahead I do, only to give credit to everyone who has been a parent. I must be crazy but we have consider going for round two !!!!!! Congrats on your baby and happy blogging
October 12th, 2007 at 10:15 pm
Thank you so much for your kind words
I’m having such a great time being a mom…and blogging about being a mom!