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injections tomorrow
Cole has his first injections tomorrow and I'm dreading it..I just feel so bad that I'm taking him to get injected with 5 different things...its such an awful lot for a tiny boy. Well ok he's not that tiny but still he's not quite 2 months old. Hubby is off work so at least he can come too. If I'm this bothered about these injections I dread to think what I'll be like when its time for his mmr...thats the injection I'm really bothered about.
Don't know whether to give him calpol before we go or leave it till after if he seems affected - hv said I could give him 2.5ml before we went..but that wasn't helpful as to whether it was a good idea. What did you guys do?
Don't know whether to give him calpol before we go or leave it till after if he seems affected - hv said I could give him 2.5ml before we went..but that wasn't helpful as to whether it was a good idea. What did you guys do?
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Go with your instinct, if you don't want to give it him unless he really needs it don't do it.
When i took Philip the girl who went in before me came out, was desperately trying to get dummy in baby's mouth, calpol down it's throat and a bottle in the mouth, seemingly all at the same time, when all the little girl really wanted was a cuddle.
Hopefully he won't be too bad, Philip was ok till the silly nurse started shaking bells in his face, she soon got told to stop!
Good luck, hope it goes ok for you
My hv said it was the 3rd lot with 3 jabs that you'd prob be best giving them a dose before as that hurts the legs more, poor mites!
Gracie's legs didn't get any lumps this time and apart from extra sleep you wouldn't know she'd had them (that and the 2 prick marks on her legs!)
She's been sleeping thru ever since....!
good luck today im sure all will go fine
i did give ryan 3ml as prescribed by doc as he had been so grumpy and out of sorts the two days before and he was fine. he slept through the jabs actually. even slept while i changed his manky nappy on the nurses bed thing!!
ryan did grow 3cm that week so the growth spurt and jabs really knocked him out of sorts. he didnt need anymore calpol although i was impressed with how quick his high temp went down when he had it. good stuff!
I will deffo be making sure oh is there coz Im terrible with needles!
Good luck and let us know how it goes!
Amy xxx
HV tried shaking hte bells at Cole too and he was definately not interested...least she didnt stick them in his face!
He cried, bless him. Had the calpol on standby but after a couple of mins he calmed down and went to sleep. Gave him some before his next feed just in case but hes been brill today and at the moment is smiling and 'singing' with daddy!!! Why is it they get sooo much energy before bedtime?!
At least we didnt have any bells dangled in our faces! What the hell is that all about?!
I guess the bells were meant to distract them from crying but it didn't bloody work!! Stupid idea really...like bells are gonna help when the lo's hurt.
I actually felt sorry for the hv - she came into the waiting room and said 'who's first?' and everyone looked at each other not wanting to go in!
I had a letter today saying to take Cole to the baby clinic on a particular day for a 'routine assessment'.. wtf is that all about?? She picked up on Cole's dry skin today (she'd forgotten that when I showed her last week she hadn't said anything useful just asked me what washing powder I was using). She seemed surprised though that I'd managed to get Oilatum Junior for Cole's bath on prescription from the doc all by myself without her suggesting it! I might have been imagining it but she did seem a bit accusatory when she asked about his skin...like I hadn't noticed and was looking after it. Maybe I just don't like being ordered to a 'routine assessment'...I think its too much like interfearing when we are doing fine and I'll take him to the docs if there are any problems.
Did they do all the baby body checks at his 6/8week check? Gracie farted all the way through hers, good lass!
Hope Cole had a settled night and feels better today x
Amy had her jabs on Tuesday and it was horrible. Had to go on my own as oh stuck in traffic - grrrr
She cried such a pitiful painful cry that it broke my heart. She cried for about 2 hours after and then slept for a couple of hours, woke up for a feed but only wanted 2oz and then slept for 14 hours through the night!!!
I did give her calpol before we went to doc's and made sure she had her dummy in her mouth the whole time.
The nurses annoyed me though afterwards as they were practically shoving us out the door as soon as the injections were given, I'd managed to get Amy's sleepsuit back on and had to finish getting her dressed in the waiting room! Never mind the fact that they kept us waiting for 20 minutes beforehand!
She still isn't herself and is messing about with her feeds and sleeping lots - she just seems to want lots of cuddles which I am happy to give!
I'm dreading the next injections but oh is definitely coming as he has the day off work - thank god!
Well done to all the los that have already had their jabs and their brave mummies!
L xx
Not looking forward to Marcus injections but will be prepared with the Calpol after reading everyones posts.
El x
El x
Only problem is that he woke up at 5am yesterday and 5.30am today! What happened to 7am!!! I'm glad hubby has been off work cause it means I get to lie in after he's had a bf and a bit more of a sleep..Cole that is on the bf and sleep, not hubby!!
We have been really strict this week on getting Cole in his bath for 8 - and the last 2 nights have had him asleep in bed before us. Tonight he has only just gone up but bathtime was about 10 minutes late. Hopefully we can keep this up when hubby goes back.
I wish they didn't inject them so soon...its too much in my opinion!
Oh and...poor Alfie.. I don't blame him for puking!! Hope he puked on the doc... why on earth did the doc squeeze his balls!???
Jillycat
Philip tried to pee on the dr when she squeezed his balls but as she is mum to 2 boys and does all the baby 6wk checks she was a bit too quick with the nappy for him! Did make her laugh though as he was the 1st appointment of the day and how 1st one behaves normally indicates what kind of day she'll have, one must have got her!
What time do you put Cole down? He's such a cutie
xxx