Trauma

WOWZERS... today was eventful!!!
We began our morning with our annual check-up at the Pediatricians office. Thankfully Sam had taken the day off, because I knew both kids were getting shots. BUT little did I know... they were getting NINE all together!!

 Before the actual trauma of thee shots, we had to do the complete routine: Strip down, get their weight, height, temp, and bp for Blake . We learned Blake needed a hearing and eye test (which I had not prepared him for). First up was the eye test, in which he forgot the names of the shapes, so by the end of the eye exam he was a little frustrated b/c we couldn't tell him the name if the shape... but he got over that. Then he had his hearing test, and I could tell by the nurses reaction he had failed in his left ear... which meant he probably had an ear infection. After that we did the run down of concerns, allergies, and a failed attempt at a urine specimen (he was a little shy in the potty) with the nurse.

Now... some of you have heard me talk about the peds office before... some of you have not! Well.. long story short... LOVE the Dr... HATE the office staff and LONG LONG wait! Anyway... after the 25 min wait (and we were her first appts)... the Doc came in and asked Blake what he did for his birthday.........
his response "It's NOT my birthday"........

Well you see, we told him his birthday was tomorrow.... because well... we didn't think he would understand that Tuesday was his birthday, but his party was tomorrow. SO in short, YES we lied to him! But for his own good! We got a chuckle out of it and explained to the Doc, and she as well chuckled b/c she had once done something similar with her kids :) HA! I'm not the only one who lies to their kids! Blake just looked at her like she was CRAZY, he "knows" when his birthday is! lol
After examining both kids from head to toe, she said both kids looked great, EXCEPT they both had a SLIGHT ear infection. She went ahead and treated both of them.  I had a feeling both had an ear infection because they were starting to get runny noses yesterday. THANK GOSH she gave us something... because with Blake's big party (at the bounce house)... we would have had to call everyone and tell them BOTH kids were sick, and to enter at your own risk! I surely didn't want to do that, and have Blake have ZERO friends at his party! Other than the ears, Blake is in the 75% for height and weight, and McKenna was in the 90%. GROWING LIKE WEEDS!

After she wrote the scripts it was time for the DREADED shots! Blake was first... and  well..... it was UGLY!!!! He had to be held down by two people and screamed louder than I've ever heard the boy scream... just saying over and over "STOP...Don't do that!!! NO NO NO!" which broke my heart. I tried to distract by saying I would buy him a treat... but by that point... there was no calming him down!
Next was McKenna's turn and she cried out the first shot... and held her breath as the next 3 went in. I quickly distracted her with a sucker and she was good to go! (soo much easier, but it still broke my heart to see her in pain!)... both kids whimpered as we got them dressed and bundled up..... so pathetic! BUT....
PHEW... it wasn't even 10:00am and what a traumatic morning!!!!

We drove to Brooklyn, dropped off our scripts, ran through Mickey D's to get Blake a Happy Meal... and made a quick trip the the Dollar Store so he could pick out a toy (which was a least a 20 min trip itself!).... picked our meds up and headed home!
Both Sam and I had a busy rest of the day with appts and various other obligations, so we regrouped and off we went AGAIN!
After we all made it back home, we all sat down for dinner exhausted! Sam and I gave the kids a bath and drugged them up for the night! (with antibiotics... not DRUGS! just had to make that clear).....

IT'S BEDTIME!!!


WHAT. A DAY...


Stay tuned for more Scoop.. Blake's BIG party is tomorrow and his Birthday post to follow :)