byfirstlight's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stress. STRESS!! And Doctors Suck. Isabella's 2 month checkup was today. She had to get 4 shots. 4! 2 in each thigh. I was so not looking forward to the apointment. I felt so bad last month when she only got one shot that I just did not want to do it again. I hate to hear her cry because of pain. And she was such a good baby, too. We got to the office, and she woke up as soon as I put her carrier down. Normally, she hates being in any kind of carrier, but this afternoon, she woke up in a great mood and she just wanted to play. So we made faces at each other. She cooed and laughed, and I got all misty because I just love to see her happy. Even after we were called in, and I had to get her naked and wait 25 minutes for the doctor to come in the room - she was still in a really happy mood. It was so sweet. The nurse kept coming in to play with her because she was just being so cute. Not one little peep or whine or anything for almost an hour! And she stayed happy -- right until the first needle went in. Almost instantly, the coo turned to a bloodcurdling screech. And from then it was over. For the next ten minutes she screamed and screamed and screamed. All the while she was digging her baby nails into my neck. I felt SO awful. And when she looked at me, I SWEAR she gave me one of those "you mean mommy. you let the lady hurt me" looks. Ugh. And she has to get 4 more shots in December. Noooo! I don't want to deal with that again! Adam's taking her next time, and that's FINAL. Ha. So anyway, she's been sleeping since 4:45 this afternoon. It's now 1am. She woke up twice to eat, but other than that she just wants to sleep. The shots made her all icky and feverish. But the fever isn't high or anything, so all is going well. I just give her a little bit of infant tylenol ever 4-6 hours and it keeps her feeling okay (and yeah, the doctor told me to do the Tylenol - I'm not the type to medicate my baby unless necessary). So now I'm wondering if she's going to sleep until morning or if I'm going to spend ANOTHER night awake. I hope to get some sleep. I think I need to go try now. 12:55 a.m. - 10.09.02 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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