Day 88 seems an 'auspicious' day but little did Ian realise what he was in for. He had a sweet sleep in the day after being out at GWC with his 2 aunties for lunch and shopping. And we made appt to have injectionS for him as doc was on hol the previous sat. So we got no. 1 queue no. for him. To ensure he does not cry before his jabs this time, mama made sure he was not hungry but who knows doc came late again and it was really close to his feed and mama was panicking...
Ian was checking out the clinic's surrounding as doc took his measurement. hhmm he weighs 7.5kg now and we were worried and asked doc if he was BIG for his age but doc says don't worry, he is tall for his age so they made us more assured that Ian wasn't too big...he has grown longer compared to his previous jab, now he measures 64cm.
Doc then gave him his 1st vacination which was for rotavirus...it was against severe diarrhoea and vomitting which was common among kids. This was taken orally...Ian was ok to suck but could not quite swallow v well as he is not used to drinking from syringe...but he took quite a gd bit only to drip a little from the last swallow...
Next the doc gave him his 2nd jab for his 6-in-1 vacination on his right thigh...he was easily distracted by mama on the other side and did not cry as everything happened too fast and with better vision, he was more easily distracted compared to his last jab.
There was alittle bleeding at the spot where the jab was given but doc says it was normal...now Ian, in mama's arms, was wondering what actually took place but he just hugged mama closely. At this time, he totally forgot he was due for feed...
When he was placed on the bed again for his 2nd jab....he looks as if he was anticipating something that was coming again and this time he knew it was gonna be pain again...
Mama again tried to distract him as he took his 2nd jab which was given on his left thigh for pneumococcal which was given to prevent infections caused by bacterium pneumococcus and this is common among children particularly those under 2 yrs of age. He looks really scared...dun you think so with his fist really tight...so you can imagine what happened after the jab...he cried and wailed as if we abandoned him....he cried so much that he grew so tired and fell asleep on mama's arms...he slept all the way till home and did not ask for feed at all..we wondered if he took the rotavirus oral med as part of his feed...well we did not want to disturb his sleep so we din wash him up when we reached home, only to change his diaper...however he woke up in middle of nite crying....and we are still wondering if the reality of the pain actually sets into him and made him cry in the nite..well we would never know this mystery =) but we know all these vacinations are for a gd cause...we want Ian to be a healthy boy...
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Ouch.. looks so painful... but he is getting cuter and cuter each day...
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