Holden got his 4 month vaccinations last Wednesday. This time around definitely did not go any better. It took the nurse forever to come back in with the vaccinations after the initial checkup, so his mood went from content to bored and then agitated in the 20-30 minutes it took to prepare them.
Just when I finally got him calmed down, she came in. Poor, poor baby. He screamed and his little face turned bright red. It just breaks your heart and all you can do is pick up your baby and cuddle and hold him and tell him it's OK when it really isn't. When he stopped crying, I laid him down on the table to put his clothes back on when I noticed splotchy red patches on his thighs around the injection sites. Not. Good.
The nurse said she saw them there before she gave him the shots, but I think she was lying to cover herself because she neglected to say anything about it to either Alex or I. Anyway, we called the pediatrician back in and she thought it might have been caused by a common ingredient in the vaccinations. We ruled out the oral rotavirus vaccination, because the rash was local to the site of the shot. The odd thing here was that they were for completely different illnesses. She checked his breathing, and that the rash wasn't on any of the rest of his body. She also told us to watch him and to let our next pediatrician know what happened before he gets boosters again at 6 months. (She is retiring as I mentioned before).
The blotches faded within an hour and he was completely normal otherwise, so I hope that it wasn't anything serious. Perhaps it was from the sterilizing agent they use to swab the site of the shots, or just from his crying and being flushed. Either way, it was pretty alarming. I hope it doesn't happen in January when he gets the boosters.
After the doctor, I went to get a new tag for my car. I came home to a very upset baby and hubby. Alex said that he went to wash his hands before picking up Holden, setting him on the couch for just a minute. Before he knew it, Holden had rolled off the couch! He has gotten so strong now that when he is upset he can turn himself completely around on any surface he's laying on. I should have told Alex that he can really roll now. Holden was fine, of course, but it stirred us up a lot, especially Alex. My mom reassured us by telling us how she left my youngest brother on the bed once while she did a quick chore and he fell off the bed. Nevertheless, it was not a very good day for Mister man.
Besides being really sleepy for the rest of the day, he slept really well and was happy as a lark the next morning. The world is a much better place without people sticking you with sharp objects!
P.S. Holden is now 25" long, and weighs 15 pounds! He is almost smack dab in the middle for percentiles of weight and height.
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