Immunisation

Today my little man had his first round of immunisation needles. To say it was hard is an understatement.

As i watched him smiling and making noises on the doctors bed i felt so bad that in a minute that smile would turn into tears. The nurse asked if i was ready and told me to hold his hands and put my face near his face and talk to him. I watched his little face as she injected the needle, it screwed up and turn red then he let out such a scream it just broke my heart. As he cried i cried as well, and there was still another leg to go.

2 needles down and some oral medicine and it was over. I scooped him up and held him close and whispered in his ear "it's alright" to calm him down, he was so brave. After a few minutes i gave him a feed and like a true champ he gulped it down like nothing had happened.

While we were at the doctors the nurse also weighed and measured him. At 7 weeks and 6 days River is weighing in at an impressive 6.5kg's and is 63cm long. He's a very healthy little boy.

For the rest of the day my little man wasn't his usual smiley self and this evening the sleep routine went out the window. I started feeding him at 6pm to get him ready for bed at 7pm, but he was just so unsettled i could tell he was uncomfortable. The nurse suggested we get some baby panadol, so i gave him some but it didn't seem to do to much. He would feed then cry then feed then cry, every time i burped him he would cry, i would put him down and he would cry. In the end i just thought screw it my little baby needs me, i swaddled him, picked him up and rocked him to sleep. I think all he needed was his mumma, and his mumma will always be there for him.



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