Shots:(

So yesterday was the dreaded day.... Cole had to get his shots:( I have done everything I can to keep him from getting hurt and here I was causing the pain. Yes, I know it is for a good cause, but it still breaks my heart to see him hurting!! I made Jared come home and go with us because I knew I would need him there for me. Not Cole, but me:)

So the first thing they do is weigh him. Wouldn't you know my "little" baby is 14pds 8oz!! Are you kidding me?? He is in the 94th percentile for weight. He was 24 1/4 in long, putting him in the 87th percentile for length!! He doesn't look like a chubby baby at all!! The nurse was blown away at how much he weighed. She kept calling him Hercules:) The pedi said this was a sign of a very healthy baby!! She wasn't concerned at all that he was so big. I mean, he was only 8pds 5oz and 19in long when he was born. So he has definitely grown quite a bit. She said he was very "solid." That's my boy. Everything looked perfect and she was impressed with his head control.

So then it was time for the shots. 3 in the leg and 1 oral. Oh I felt so bad!! He started screaming as soon as she did the oral. He hated it!! He is going to be hard to find what he likes to eat because he wouldn't take pedialyte or sugar water... so I knew he would hate this. Then came the shots. Oh my goodness, his little cry was like nothing I had heard before. With tears in his eyes he looked at me like "what did you just do to me." So then I had lots of tears in my eyes!! (Yeah, I'm tearing up typing this). I blinked them away and picked him up the second she said I could. He was sweaty from head to toe... that was just after the oral and 1 shot. I had to put him back down for 2 more, the one she said would hurt worse. WORSE?? Oh great. My poor baby just sobbed and sobbed and grabbed my hands. We're talking crocodile tears streaming down his little face. He takes pain like his mama!

I just wanted to take his little pain away and make it all better. It made me understand all the times my mom cried when something bad happened to me or I cried in front of her. It all made sense now. You try so hard to protect them, and when they get upset it breaks your heart. Yeah, I know this is a little dramatic for shots but it's the first time he has ever had pain like that.

So we gave him his tylenol and I comforted him while Jared paid and set up or next appointment to torture him with more shots:( It's better than the alternative, I know. So he fell asleep as soon as we got in the car and slept for about 3 hours. I woke him to eat and then we had to meet my family at KFC (fancy I know:) for my niece's birthday dinner. She turned 7. He did ok at the beginning, but it was so loud and his tylenol was wearing off. Then it was melt down time:( Jared took him outside and he eventually calmed down. When we got home he fought sleep for 2 hours till bedtime when I took him to his room and we did our night time ritual. He slept till 2:30, then until 7. At 7 he was ready for the day to begin.

He fought sleep all morning. He never fell asleep... all.morning. So I decided I had to go to the BMV to renew my tags. I fed and loaded him up. He was such a happy boy while we were waiting. The second they called my number the crying began. He cried the whole way home until I picked him up. I gave him more medicine and cuddled with him. He still refused to sleep. I finally took him upstairs and swaddled and fed him, then I put him in his crib to sleep. Well as I was cleaning, he started crying. Not 20 minutes after I put him down. So I went and cuddled him and he fell asleep. So I put him in the swing in his room and he has been asleep for about 45 min.

Oh, I hope he starts to feel better soon because this could be a long night!!