Who-da-thunk...

A teeny tiny little flu shot would cause such a ruckus? Certainly I didn't when in passing this morning I mentioned to my lovely 4yo that she and Daddy would get to go together today to get them! Holy COW!

For a brief moment she forgot about them...but then every person we ran into...knowing them or not...K mentioned she was going to get a shot!

It was finally time to pick Daddy up from work and head to the clinic to get these little seasonal flu shots for the two of them(Mommy has already had both the seasonal and h1n1). The entire way to the office, K kept mentioning how her cough was gone, and she felt fine, and didn't need the shot, but Daddy could go ahead and get his. It was so funny to listen to all of the little excuses that she came up with in the short amount of time we had in the car.

Once we got to the clinic, she already had teeny tiny tears in her eyes, so I tried to reassure her that everything would be A-OK, and if she was Mommy's sweet little girl we would go for a special treat after. Lets just say...that didn't happen.

Once inside the clinic....I filled out the paperwork and paid the fee. We(thankfully) were the only ones there and they took us right back. K didn't even want to go to the room! After making our way to the room, she sat on my lap and watched Daddy get the shot in his arm. As soon as he was done, we asked if she would like her shot in her arm like Daddy, or in her leg instead. She REFUSED to get up. REFUSED to let me take off her coat...and immediately started screaming and crying! WOW! I never imagined it would be this difficult!

After 5 minutes of screaming, kicking, crying, and acting like a crazed animal...I finally looked at Nick and told him to HOLD HER DOWN! I pulled her jeans down as far as the nurse needed them, she swabbed with the alcohol, and wham...the shot was done! In like 2 seconds!! K instantly STOPPED crying! There was no pain, it didn't hurt, and I really think she felt pretty silly after that entire episode when she realized it really didn't hurt...just like we had told her!

Such a silly silly girl! Hopefully the next round of shots she will be the BIG girl that she knows deep down she can be! Note to self....1. Make child wear dress for shots, for easy hold-down shot method...2. Don't take older sister with Baby Brother for shot appointments!