The saddest thing (2-month shots; a little long)

Re: The saddest thing (2-month shots; a little long)

• KellyG6279 member

  March 2009

  That's why my DH takes DS to all his shots appts!

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• Meka13

  March 2009

  I know the feeling...I truly think it was worse when she woke up later and was screaming, the Tylenol could not kick in fast enough. Actually I am not sure it ever did. I think the worse was me holding my DD arms down as she looked up at me and smiled. Here I was her mommy who she trusts and I am holding her down as they do this too her, I was crying over her as my DH was teary eyed in the chair. Ugh !
  

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• Mrs.Rose member

  March 2009

  Ugh, that sucks.  Poor baby - luckily he won't remember!  You will be the one with PTSD . . .

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• azaretsky member

  March 2009

  KellyG6279:

  That's why my DH takes DS to all his shots appts!

  Goodness, that's a great idea!! Although I'm afraid that I might have to comfort them both afterwards )

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• mcppalmbeach

  March 2009

  I shouldn't have opened this, we have these coming up

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• smbd

  March 2009

  shots don't bother me. holding my daughter through 3 failed LPs sucked. I got over it, so did she.
  

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• noimnotmarried

  March 2009

  I shouldn't have opened this, we have these coming up

  agreed.

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• laurandjim member

  March 2009

  azaretsky:

  Ok, now I truly understand the emotion behind a lioness ripping apart anyone who comes near her cub. My 2-month old DS got his first shots on Friday...

  We got to the doctor's office, I started undressing him waiting for the doctor. My little man was giving me his huge toothless smile. And then the doctor came, and then the doctor gave him the shots. When the first needle pierced his skin, he did not react at first, but a few seconds later, he let out the most desparate, heart-wrenching, blood-cooling high-pitched scream I have ever heard!! (or maybe it sounded like that to me because I saw the needle and he is my son) The same screams followed the other 2 injections. But then, my little guy was asleep.

   Four and a half hours later, when he woke up, started the real mother's nightmare. He screamed, he squeeked, he squirmed, he held his breath until he got so red in the face that my MIL had to leave the room... My poor baby continued screaming for 45 minutes straight and it seemed I could do nothing to sooth him ( He finally became so exhausted that he fell asleep.

  Every time I think about the prospect of more shots, I cringe. My poor baby - and I'm the one who is supposed to protect him!!

   Ok, thank you for listening. I had to tell somebody who would understand

  Just remind yourself that by getting the shots for him, you are protecting him!
  

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• purplepuggles

  March 2009

  same thing happened with us. we have him some tylenol when he woke up screaming and it settled him right down and he was fine after that. it sucks, but it is better than watching your child die from a preventable disease...
  

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