So as mentioned in the previous post (see "baby daze") our little Peanut has had to have his second lot of immunizations. Is it second? Or is it third? Meh.
He got jabbed when he was born, again at two months and now that he is four months has had to have another confrontation with the dreaded needle, so third. In fact he had to have three needles this time.
Public immunisations happen at the council building ever month. They start at 6.00pm and go till everyone that needs to be injected is done. I have been told that if you get there before 6.00pm you don't have to wait too long.
We got there at 6.10pm and were given our number as we walked in the door - 41. We then took a seat and hear number 11 being called. So we had a bit of a wait. Actually the wait was not that bad, they have the whole "how to get people in, stuck with a needle and out again" pretty well down pat.
I sat in front of a woman from my mother's group and her little bundle and we chatted for a while, she had number 24, and when her number was called to go and get her baby's shots done my number was called to go to the back of the room and get the baby health record book stamped. We then took our seats again to wait to be called to the front.
When our number was called for a second time I went to the front and sat between two nurses with Peanut on my lap. The nurses then gave him the two injections, one in each leg from each of the nurses. The look on Peanuts face was like "what the hell was that for!!!" then one of the nurses gave him a third injection and he screamed, very very loudly.
How do you explain to baby why he is being stabbed in the legs for his own good, all he knows is that there are two people causing him pain and his mother is sitting there, holding him and letting it all happen.
At least when he is older he won't remember things like this. I will remember it, but he won't. And it much better that he gets immunised against these illnesses than has to suffer through them later on.
(: Reggie
Thursday 7 June 2007
Tuesday 5 June 2007
Baby Daze
Before Peanut was born i thought that being home with him would be, well, being at home. In the house, not much to do, and the only place to go would be the local shopping centre to wonder around and not spend money that i don't have.
How wrong was I!!!
His (and by default my) days seem to fill up rather fast. I have to have my calendar up to date for fear of double booking him (and me).
There is the whole 'pop over to see a friend who also has an underling for catch-up', that activity i kind of expected. But there are many more activities that i had never thought of and had never been exposed to pre-parenthood. Mind you if i had of been hanging out at these activities i would probably had the cops called on me.
To give you an example of what our week this week looks like, here is what is in the calendar -
Monday: Meet with other mums and bubs from our mothers group at the baby health centre to discuss setting up a baby play group (and of course catch-up in general)
Tuesday: Go to M34b4LL's work so the "groaning uteruses" can coo over Peanut and wish they could have another baby
Go to Eastland shopping centre to say hi to person who normally works at Local Starbucks but is doing a shift there, and buy some of the cute bonds socks that look like sneakers that they did not have at the local shopping centre
Be at the council building by 6.00pm to get the four month immunisation done (the closer to 6.00pm we get there the less time we have to wait in the queue)
Wednesday: Drive to Collingwood to have lunch with Auntie Lulu and her friend and her friend's bub.
Thursday: Four month check-up at the baby health centre
Attend the "story time for tiny tots" session at the local library (Peanut loves this, we sing songs and get to try and eat the books)
Friday: Nursery swimming class, for ages three to twelve months.
Friend coming over with for lunch to chat about people we know and reassure me that i am not being a total spazz of a mother
So that is the week this week - calendar full. And next week? Still a couple of days free, but that will change soon enough i think.
(: Reggie
How wrong was I!!!
His (and by default my) days seem to fill up rather fast. I have to have my calendar up to date for fear of double booking him (and me).
There is the whole 'pop over to see a friend who also has an underling for catch-up', that activity i kind of expected. But there are many more activities that i had never thought of and had never been exposed to pre-parenthood. Mind you if i had of been hanging out at these activities i would probably had the cops called on me.
To give you an example of what our week this week looks like, here is what is in the calendar -
Monday: Meet with other mums and bubs from our mothers group at the baby health centre to discuss setting up a baby play group (and of course catch-up in general)
Tuesday: Go to M34b4LL's work so the "groaning uteruses" can coo over Peanut and wish they could have another baby
Go to Eastland shopping centre to say hi to person who normally works at Local Starbucks but is doing a shift there, and buy some of the cute bonds socks that look like sneakers that they did not have at the local shopping centre
Be at the council building by 6.00pm to get the four month immunisation done (the closer to 6.00pm we get there the less time we have to wait in the queue)
Wednesday: Drive to Collingwood to have lunch with Auntie Lulu and her friend and her friend's bub.
Thursday: Four month check-up at the baby health centre
Attend the "story time for tiny tots" session at the local library (Peanut loves this, we sing songs and get to try and eat the books)
Friday: Nursery swimming class, for ages three to twelve months.
Friend coming over with for lunch to chat about people we know and reassure me that i am not being a total spazz of a mother
So that is the week this week - calendar full. And next week? Still a couple of days free, but that will change soon enough i think.
(: Reggie
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