My thought of the day is: I feel as though I offered my four year old to the snakes.
This on the day following her four year old well-child visit with shots. Yesterday at this time I had a happy, talkative four year old on my hands. She was eagerly anticipating the doctor and, surprisingly but true, her shots. I anticipated her getting the flu shot at the doctor's appointment, but when faced with the option of her completing her five-year old immunizations, I agreed to torture her with a total of four shots. My thought process urged me in that direction because she was really very excited about the shots and the bandaides to follow.
Following the shots it was not Kelsey who cried, but Kylie who was shouting between tears, "but I want a bandaide too!"
Kelsey handled it all very well until about 5:30 this morning when she woke to tell us she was not feeling well because of the shots. She has never had a reaction to the immunizations...until this time. So my brave little soldier ended up with a fever and subsequently is quite ill this morning. Let me paint a sick little pale picture of my sweetie; she is pale, the steam is radiating off of her (so I gave her an ice pack) and currently she is lying on the couch with ice water curled up with her favorite blankie watching the movie Cars.
With Thanksgiving looming I feel as though I made a poor mommy decision.
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You didn't make a bad mommy decision. Think of it as just getting it out of the way. She'll be feeling better tomorrow.
oh, don't worry! she will be okay. sounds like she is quite comfortable there on the couch, covered in love.
Hey, you got to stay home!
Nope, this guilt ridden mommy went to work. Shane stayed home until the daycare lady told me that it was ok for her to come, since the fever was related to the immunizations. It was very kind of her.
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