Vaccinate Smaccinate

Noah was booked in for his 4 month vaccinations today. I wasn't looking forward to it and felt so guilty when I went to take him out of his carseat at the surgery. He looked up at me with those big blue trusting eyes and gave me a beautiful smile, as though he thought I was taking him somewhere fun and exciting.. But instead i took him somewhere to get jabbed left, right and center with painful needles :(
I always find that tiny moment between the needle going in and the pain hitting him the hardest to cope with.. It's the equivilent of watching a small child on a trike careering out of control and heading straight for a pole.. you know what's coming, but they dont.
Anyway he cried for a few minutes (and of course I forgot his dummy, today of all days!) but i managed to distract him from the pain with a knitted teddybear they keep in the room made by volunteers of The Red Cross (thank you Red + volunteers!).
All things considered, he was very brave and recovered quickly from his trauma. Even enough to charm the admin ladies on the way out (he'd already buttered them up quite nicely while we were waiting to see the doctor).
Such terrible timing for vaccinations. He's just hit a growth spurt and has spent the last 3 days guzzling milk like its going out of date. so incase the growth spurt didnt make him grumpy enough, I decide to throw something else in for his overloaded system to cope with..
You really couldn't pay me enough to be a baby all over again! I definately feel for my poor little guy. But hes sleeping peacefully now - and since Rob's in Sydney for rehursals tonight, for my sake lets hope it stays that way!