In a stroke of genius or in the interest of saving time, my husband scheduled all 4 well child visits on the same day. All 4 needed shots. To add excitement to this day, my husband was set to leave town one hour after their appointment.
So the day arrives. The plan was simple enough, I get all the kids to the office and he rushes home from work-prays for a traffic free commute and meets me at the office.
No issues for stage one. The plan for stage two was older kids go first, get in get out and then it will be time for the babies. The Dr destroyed our plan by seeing all of the kids together.
So one by one the kids go through their height, weight and exams. Question sessions and finally the rundown of who needs what shot. The Dr exits, and the nurse enters. Cue the screaming. Not of the infants. Or the toddler. But of the oldest who needed two shots. Then the screaming toddler. Then the babies. AFTER 2 HOURS & 45 MINUTES we finally load the kids up and head for home via Walgreens to fill the handful of Rx the crew needed. And a stop at Hyvee for the wine I needed.
The babies are small and both had welts where the shots were given and needed to be massaged, plus they were very fussy and bruised. It was a very long night for all of us. The next day, all kids were up early and in happy moods. Whew!
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