Jabs :(

Yesterday morning we went along to Mum's and Toddlers at church and there were four babies there which was nice!!  My friend Elizabeth brought her daughter Trudy along and another lady brought her son Louis (our three were born on the 14th, 16th and 20th April!!)  The other baby was four months old and slept throughout the morning!

We then walked along to town straight afterwards to see the doctor at 2.00pm who wiggled Joel's hips and spine, did a startle reflex test which we didn't like as it involved him feeling 'dropped' and hearing and sight reflexes which are all perfect.

Then it was time for the jabs, so we went to see the nurse and I decided to soothe him straight afterwards on the breast (another great reason to keep breastfeeding, instant calm!) and it was horrid.  He didn't like the first injection, and began to wail, the proper, hold your breath, turn purple and loud, loud screams, and he'd just calmed down when the second one was done, and the shock in his little face that it was happening again was dreadful, but then I was able to swiftly turn him over and latch him on, and his tears were dripping onto my breast but he quickly calmed down and was smiling and chuckling at the nurse by the time we left the office.

We then went along to the Health Visitor and he was weighed at 12lbs and 3oz which was another great weight gain!  Especially for breast feeding so I'm very chuffed with him.  He was brilliant.

We walked along home again and got in about 3.00pm and I was quite exhausted from the miles walked but felt much better for the exercise and he was lovely all afternoon and early evening until the effects of the jabs seemed to come over him and he began to grizzle.  He'd had a great feed, then his bath and he began to grizzle.

Going up to bed didn't calm him as normal, and we decided to give him a dose of the paracetamol that had been prescribed by the doctor to try and help him sleep off the effects.  He then kept intermittently screaming, grizzling and laughing at the crochet blanket on the back of our rocking chair!

Anyhow, he did go off to sleep and didn't wake until 2.30 for a feed and then slept right on through till 7.15 this morning!! 

I'm so proud of him, he's such a wonderfully content and good natured baby.