2 month vaccinations

Two days ago, Kaua had his 2 month pediatrician's appointment. He's doing great! He weighed in at 13lbs 14oz and 24.5". That put him in the 90th percentile for height and weight. Guess we gotta big boy on our hands. I hope that trend continues! =) Doc said he was a perfectly healthy happy baby...so we're good.

At this appointment he was given his first round of vaccinations. He had an oral drink and 3 shots. He puked up the oral drink. I mean projectile vomit. It went all over daddy's shirt and pants and even into daddy's pants pocket. I guess he didn't get any of that vaccination. The nurse said it was ok, and it was probably because he had a full tummy (I had nursed him about 1 hour prior to the appoinment though). She said he'll get that oral drink again at his next appointment....not sure how we'll get around the projectile vomit....I guess we'll ask the doctor.

Then he got three shots in the legs. He took the shots ok. Of course he cried and freaked out and it was a little traumatic for DH who had to hold down his arms while the nurse held down his legs while she did it. I thought it was going to be difficult for me to watch but it wasn't. To me, seeing his pain afterwards was worse.

He seemed relatively fine for the most part after the shots. He was groggy and a little fussy which was to be expected. He went to sleep but when he woke up later in the evening he was not a happy camper. He was crying pretty loud and you could tell he was not feeling good. He also had a fever of 99.6. We didn't have any children's tylenol because I (stupidly) listened to my mom who said that I didn't need it. (I had said that I read other moms comment that they give their kid tylenol before the appointment and it works wonders and my mom made me feel like it was completely unnecesary). Next time, I'm sooo going to listen to those other mom's out there...... Anyways, i made DH run to the store at night to pick up the infant tylenol but by the time he got back, Kaua had fallen asleep. I didn't want to wake him so he didn't end up getting any. He woke up in the middle of the night for his regular feeding, and he seemed fine..and since then he's been great.

So all in all, not too bad for the first set of vaccinations. It is heart wrenching though. Knowing that you're causing your child pain. But the way I cope with it is that I'm sure if he were to get sick with any of the illnesses we're vaccinating him for, he'd be feeling 10x worse and for much longer than he does for the vaccinations. It is a little scary though -- reading about the potential side effects of the vaccinations. But for now, I'm trusting good old western medicine and am getting Kaua vaccinated. I know there are other moms out there that have opted not to vaccinate or to go on an extended vaccination schedule. Hey, whatever works for you, I'm all for it.

Kaua will get his next round of vaccinations at his 4 month appointment in April. Not looking forward to it...