With Connor's birthday in January, he was due for his annual checkup with his pediatrician. Brady has been complaining of leg cramps for a couple weeks and had also developed a bad cold. I got the bright idea that we would take them to the doctor on the same day with back to back appts (I'm all about convenience you know). BIG MISTAKE!
I had to leave work in a rush and deal with getting TWO boys to the doctor's office on time. We get into the room with the nurse, and later the doctor, and they talked NON-STOP to them and over each other. I am not sure if the doctor got all her questions answered or not after all the talking and "guess whats".
Then came the BOMB...Connor is the lucky recipient of 4 shots now that he is 5 and going to start kindergarten in the fall. We took a break for the bathroom first and Connor decided to use that as an opportunity to stall. I finally had to force him back to the room and he tells the nurse that he isn't ready. It ended up taking 2 nurses and me to hold him down for the shots - that is too much for mom or brother to handle! Next stop was to take Brady to get blood drawn, which I could only imagine how that was going to go. While Connor was whining and complaining about never walking again, Brady was showing his courage about the blood draw and he delivered. He sat there watching with great interest and made sure to point out to Connor that he didn't cry.
Afterwards, I delivered on my bribes and promises of Coldstone ice-cream. They each made an unusual mix and then took them home as a side with pizza. All was well for the remainder of the evening. Oh...and Connor was perfectly healthy and passed the height for future amusement park fun. Brady's leg cramps are a result of growing pains and is due for a growth spurt any day.
1 comment:
Sounds like a fun afternoon for you!
Kindergarten shots were absolutely horrible for our precious, too!!
Ice cream is perfect cure for everything especially Coldstone!
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