check-ups

Time for your checkup, time for you checkup. I'm gonna check your ears, check your eyes, find out how much you've grown. Anyone recognize that song? Doc McStuffins ring a bell? Anyway, last Thursday I took Owen and Emily to our pediatrician to have their checkups. And yes, Owen is almost 6 and this checkup was long overdue. The first hour where they were weighed, measured, and I answer a million questions went great. Our doctor said they are both healthy and doing great! Then it was time,it was time for shots!  I had decided Owen would go first, reasoning being, that I thought he would do great and that way I could hold and console Emily longer. Boy was I wrong! Owen has always done so great with shots. He would watch and never cry. This time around wasn't so easy. Maybe he'd forgotten that it is not so bad or maybe the anticipation, but he was not going to get a shot and he meant it! After he showed his little backside in front of everyone and I caught him. In case you are wondering, yes I had to physically run and chase him around the tiny room. Maybe one day I'll look back and find that funny.  It took myself and 3 people to hold him down to receive his 6 shots! It would have been four but his old pediatrician somehow skipped two of this shots and he had to get 6! It wasn't pretty and we both had tears. All the while Emily is screaming because her brother is screaming. And she had to go next. Luckily she only had to have one shot. I know children have to have vaccines but can't they come up with an easier way to administer them? Owen is now good to go, until he is eleven.  And you better believe I told Wayne he has to take Emily when she is due for her kindergarten shots. Do shots make your kids flip out?


stats-
Owen 5 almost 6
57 pounds
47 1/2 inches tall

Emily 2
25 pounds
36 inches tall