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Megan's Diary Entries Diary Navigation: Choose A Diary Entry -------------------- Latest Entry: 9/26/00 -------------------- 9/20/00 9/12/00 9/5/00 8/30/00 8/23/00 8/16/00 8/9/00 8/1/00 7/26/00 7/19/00 7/12/00 7/3/00 6/27/00 6/20/00 6/13/00 6/6/00 5/30/00 5/24/00 5/9/00 5/3/00 4/25/00 4/19/00 4/12/00 4/5/00 3/29/00 3/21/00 3/15/00 3/8/00 3/1/00 2/23/00 -------------------- Megan's Introduction

September 20, 2000

Everyone,
It is a sad day here in Jazzie's world!!! We went to have her one year well-baby visit this morning and my poor baby got six shots in her little legs. It was soooo sad to watch, I was almost crying myself. Even though I have gone through the shots many times before with Jordan and with Jazmine's earlier shots, it doesn't seem to get any easier. I think one of the hardest things I've had to do as a mom is hold my daughter's arms down while they stick her with needle after needle and she is crying. I just want to push the nurse away and pick her up and hold her and make the hurting stop!!! I mean, she falls and gets hurt and cries but then it is different. I don't know when she is going to get hurt but with shots it's like I'm purposely inflicting pain on my child and I feel so horrible about it

She is resting now but I just want to hug her and tell her that nothing bad will happen to her again. Jordan was with us and she was very upset about Jazzie getting the shots and she cried, too. Afterwards in the car, I heard her lean over and pat Jazmine's arm and tell her that she'll never, ever, ever, make her get a lot (shot) again because she loves her. It was so sweet and it's what I wanted to say!!!

Otherwise her visit went well. She is 29 inches tall and 22 pounds. I forgot to ask what percentiles she was in, but I think she is very healthy. I looked in Jordan's baby book and she was pretty much the same size as Jazmine at a year -- so I'm not worried.

The doctor did tell me to start weaning her off the bottle. God I hate that, both my kids need a bottle to fall asleep. I hate to take it away from Jazmine when she is so young and doesn't understand. On the other hand, we waited until Jordan was almost two to start and we still battle over it now. She is almost three and still has a bottle of water and a little milk at bedtime. So any advice on how to start with Jazmine would be greatly welcomed. I just hate to let them cry it out, I feel so mean!!!! But I don't want rotted teeth either, so I'm damned if I do and damned if I don't.

Well, that is it for this week. Have a good one everyone!!! Did I mention before that I am flying back to R.I. with the girls the day after Christmas for a week to visit family and friends!!! I'm excited to be going but not about flying alone with a one-year-old and a three-year-old!!!! Take care everyone!!!

Megan and Jazzie, with six shots