Immunization...
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Those appointments are always the worst! Are you giving her tylenol 30min before she gets her vaccines? That should help some. Just pick her up and cuddle her and she'll forgive you 
When I brought her home she slept on my chest for an hour or so, then ate some, then slept in the swing. We didn't actually have any baby Tylenol, so mom brought some home with her.
She's been doing well, all things considered. I think that the initial shock of the shot was just a lot harder on daddy & mommy than on baby.
She's been doing well, all things considered. I think that the initial shock of the shot was just a lot harder on daddy & mommy than on baby.
yeah, I hate doing that. You'll notice the Dr doesn't give the shots, nor are they there when they are given. They don't want to be the feared on (and I don't blame them, I don't want my kids to fear going to the dr either. I just feel bad for the nurse.) Luckily my kids have both been pretty tough about getting shots, so no abject fear like you described Zeit, my heart goes out to you. cuddles, tylenol and assurances that it's over and in retrospect wasn't that bad (ie it's going to happen again and I want you to remember that you lived through it once, you needn't fear it next time....)
poor baby. yeah its a tough necessary evil. doesn't seem to get any easier as time goes by. keep up with the cuddles and tylenol.
has any one mentioned that ya can ?double shot? (the nurses and docs called it something else when they told us but that's close enough) the tylenol and motrine?
what i mean is has anyone mentioned to ya that you can and should alternate them each time a fever reducer & pain reducer is needed.
give the tylenol first.
wait the recommended 4 hours
switch out with motrine
wait the recommended 6 hours
switch back to tylenol
keep alternating out 'til its not needed anymore.
or vice versa using motrine first instead of tylenol waiting the recommended hours.
this is supposed to help reduce the pain and/or fever quicker. which it really does.
ya didn't mention how well she's doing. i reckon she's growing like and weed and has ya'll wrapped around her tiny finger.
has any one mentioned that ya can ?double shot? (the nurses and docs called it something else when they told us but that's close enough) the tylenol and motrine?
what i mean is has anyone mentioned to ya that you can and should alternate them each time a fever reducer & pain reducer is needed.
give the tylenol first.
wait the recommended 4 hours
switch out with motrine
wait the recommended 6 hours
switch back to tylenol
keep alternating out 'til its not needed anymore.
or vice versa using motrine first instead of tylenol waiting the recommended hours.
this is supposed to help reduce the pain and/or fever quicker. which it really does.
ya didn't mention how well she's doing. i reckon she's growing like and weed and has ya'll wrapped around her tiny finger.
My pediatre used to give me patches with emla cream -it contains a narcotic for the skin and really helps. You have to put them on the spot where the immunization will be injected an hour prior to the shot. It really helps.
here this past couple weeks emmy has had 2 shots of penicilline. hate to say it this way but it really describes her pain: she squealed like a piggy. one left a bruise on her poor bottom and the other didn't. some nurses and techs just have "the touch" and some don't. it don't seem to matter the experience either. over the years we've come across nurses and techs that have a lot of experience leave a bruise when they do shots or draw blood . yet some of the younger ones w/out much experience don't leave more than the mark of the needle and vice versa.
go figure!
go figure!
Ouch! Penicillin is very thick(and painful!) and has to go through a larger needle than most medicines16th ave. said:
Aww poor baby! Its so hard, isn't it zeit? Don't worry, she'll forgive you.
16th Ave - I haven't heard about alternating Tylenol and Motrin, but I'm sure its a good idea. I did want to add however that Motrin can only be given to babies six months and older, so that advice doesn't really apply to zeit.
Its so hard, isn't it zeit? Don't worry, she'll forgive you. 16th Ave - I haven't heard about alternating Tylenol and Motrin, but I'm sure its a good idea. I did want to add however that Motrin can only be given to babies six months and older, so that advice doesn't really apply to zeit.
xero--i'll go with ya on that one. i can't think straight enough to even remember i the kids was ever given the motrine when they was that young.
sorry zeit. i been <U>fighting</U> with state medicaid and forgot your babe was a newborn. (more like cursing them really.)
but the alternating does work for older kiddos.
ood to see ya back xero.
sorry zeit. i been <U>fighting</U> with state medicaid and forgot your babe was a newborn. (more like cursing them really.)
but the alternating does work for older kiddos.
ood to see ya back xero.