Last Tuesday I took my kids to the doctor for their flu shots. Katelyn also had to get some of her vaccinations done at the same time. Luke did not want a flu shot and kept telling me he didn't need one. But he didn't give me a hard time going to the doctors.
While we were in the room waiting for the nurse, he started to get upset. I told him it would be really quick and would just pinch. The nurse told him the same thing, but he didn't want to hear it. Finally, she just gave him the shot and he got so mad. He said while crying/yelling, "I told you I didn't want a flu shot. My arm didn't say it needed a flu shot." He continued to go on and on and at the same time Katelyn was starting to get upset because Luke was crying so loud. So she got her FOUR shots (poor thing!) and cried for a few minutes and then stopped. Meanwhile Luke is continuing to go on and on about not wanting a flu shot. I tried to explain to him that it was over and he could stop crying now. But he didn't want to stop. He wasn't crying from pain, but was crying because he was so mad at me for being "mean"(that is what he told me) and making him get a flu shot.
Guess what? We have to go back in a month for another flu shot. I guess he has to have two this year. YIPEEE! It will be right after Christmas so I am hoping he can bring one of his new toys to distract him.
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It's funny how shots get harder the older a kid gets. My kids only cried for a few minutes when they were babies but those Kindergarten shots seem to upset them a lot.
poor luke!! that's a funny story. i think my arm is saying the same thing though. tyson was pumped to get his shot only because he didn't know what a shot was but he was pumped to get the snoopy bandaid. then they gave him the shot. it was a different story after that!!
how sad. i feel lukes pain. which is why i dont get flu shots.
Ahhh!! Poor Luke. I was hoping it would get easier the older they got. Bummer!!
Oh, yuck, shots. Emma is completely fixated on the impending kindergarten shots - she doesn't want to go to kindergarten next year because she has to get shots. So I told her, look, you have to get them when you turn five, regardless of kindergarten. So now she just doesn't want to turn five. Ever.
That's the worst. I have to take Blake in for round two in a week and I am not looking forward to it. I hope you both survive this whole ordeal!
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