Oh my gosh, my baby is growing up! Makes me want to cry... Gracie needed to have her Kindergarten shots in order to go to school. Several weeks back her best buddy Jyllian got her shots and had to get four shots. Jyllian told Grace how bad it was, and Grace was just terrified. I told Grace I'd call the doctors office and see how many she had to get... the news was bad - four.
I didn't want to trick Grace and get her to the doctors office and spring the shots on her, so I told her we would have to go and get them, but I'd tell her when she was getting them so she'd know a head of time. She seemed okay with that; I really wanted to make sure she doesn't end up hating the doctors office like I still do! When I was little either mom thought it was best not to tell me, or she didn't know - but I always associated the doctors office with the possibility of a shot so I never wanted to go. I only go now b/c as a grown-up I figure I can say NO and be heard:-) At our last doctors visit for Eva I talked to Celia (PA) to see if they could write Grace a script for Emuel cream, I'd figured this was a long shot - but I know they use it on children in the ER, clinical trials, etc... she said yes!
So Grace's shots were scheduled for Friday June 12th @ 4:00 p.m. - just thinking about her going was making me sick. But Matt had the bright idea (really bright doesn't do it justice -- AMAZING idea!) when he picked Grace up from Bible School on Thursday evening...
Matt: "Gracie, I've got a great idea... how about we surprise Mommy and get you ready for kindergarten?"
Grace: "Yeah!"
Matt: "You know what that means?"
Grace: "Yep, I have to get four shots."
Matt: "Afterwards we can come home and get Mommy & Eva and we'll all go for ICE CREAM!!!"
So Thursday evening Grace comes in saying, "I'll have a surprise for you tomorrow Mommy!" I tried to get her to tell me, but she wouldn't spill the beans:-) I arrived home from work on Friday and Matt said, "Gracie I need to go get some gas, want to come w/ me?" And they took off - about an hour later Grace came limping through the door saying, "Mommy I have a surprise for you - I'm ready to go to KINDERGARTEN!!!!"
Matt said she was amazing, she cried just a little bit but did a great job (I'm CERTAIN better than I would have done!) she had to get three shots, four vaccinations but they were able to combine one of the shots with another one.
Grace was vaccinated for the following:
I didn't want to trick Grace and get her to the doctors office and spring the shots on her, so I told her we would have to go and get them, but I'd tell her when she was getting them so she'd know a head of time. She seemed okay with that; I really wanted to make sure she doesn't end up hating the doctors office like I still do! When I was little either mom thought it was best not to tell me, or she didn't know - but I always associated the doctors office with the possibility of a shot so I never wanted to go. I only go now b/c as a grown-up I figure I can say NO and be heard:-) At our last doctors visit for Eva I talked to Celia (PA) to see if they could write Grace a script for Emuel cream, I'd figured this was a long shot - but I know they use it on children in the ER, clinical trials, etc... she said yes!
So Grace's shots were scheduled for Friday June 12th @ 4:00 p.m. - just thinking about her going was making me sick. But Matt had the bright idea (really bright doesn't do it justice -- AMAZING idea!) when he picked Grace up from Bible School on Thursday evening...
Matt: "Gracie, I've got a great idea... how about we surprise Mommy and get you ready for kindergarten?"
Grace: "Yeah!"
Matt: "You know what that means?"
Grace: "Yep, I have to get four shots."
Matt: "Afterwards we can come home and get Mommy & Eva and we'll all go for ICE CREAM!!!"
So Thursday evening Grace comes in saying, "I'll have a surprise for you tomorrow Mommy!" I tried to get her to tell me, but she wouldn't spill the beans:-) I arrived home from work on Friday and Matt said, "Gracie I need to go get some gas, want to come w/ me?" And they took off - about an hour later Grace came limping through the door saying, "Mommy I have a surprise for you - I'm ready to go to KINDERGARTEN!!!!"
Matt said she was amazing, she cried just a little bit but did a great job (I'm CERTAIN better than I would have done!) she had to get three shots, four vaccinations but they were able to combine one of the shots with another one.
Grace was vaccinated for the following:
- Diphtheria, Tetanus (Lock-jaw) & Pertussis (Whooping Cough) -- aka: DTaP
- Polio (IPV)
- Measles, Mumps & Rubella (MMR)
- Chickenpox
