Sunday, December 19, 2010

Sabrina Dailies: Shots

Back story (sorry Sabrina, your whole life will involve a back story that involves Celia... but I think you'll like this one): When Celia went to get her first vaccinations at two months old, we went to the Utah Health Clinic. I imagine they've seen A LOT of babies. We were new parents and had never been through the shots thing with a baby. One of the vaccines was a liquid they have the babies drink. For Celia, she kept spitting it out (again, she was a baby that had only tasted breast milk and maybe Tylenol). So, they had us blow in her face so she couldn't breathe and so that she would have to swallow (choke on) some of the vaccine. They told us she was the worst baby they had ever seen (is it really our fault that our two-month-old keeps spitting it out? Not a good indicator of bad parenting, I think). Then they gave Celia the shots and I was seriously worried she might be epileptic because for the next hour she cried so violently, I though she was having a seizure (her stomach was convulsing). I had to nurse her immediately and it only helped a little. Anyway... now to Sabrina:

Sabrina got her shots yesterday at the free clinic at the hospital. They started with the mouth vaccine. She happily sucked it all gone (Sabrina is already a foody... she loves the taste of anything. Gripe water. Gas drops. Motrin. And now, apparently, vaccines). The nurses told us that Sabrina was the best baby they ever had with that vaccine (yes, we're good parents). Then she got three shots. She cried, then she stopped. She happily got in her car seat and slept while we went grocery shopping.

Sabrina is the happiest baby. She eats, smiles, and then sleeps. A couple of weeks ago, she started cooing (more like saying: "Oh!" and "Ooooo"). And now she's just starting to laugh. It's really funny. She'll do a little throat giggle if you make funny faces at her. And if you stick your finger in her armpit, she does a really strained cackle (like she's enjoying it, but it's really hard work to laugh so heartily). We just love her!

(Boy, blogs get really hard to read after the bloggers have kids. Now all I talk about is how great my kids are. Well... can you blame me?)

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