Dr. Visit

Last week Daniel II had his shots (2 in each leg). I took the morning off work to be there when it happened. Here's the thing, yes they scream bloody murder when they get the shots and for a few minutes thereafter. But what I didn't know was that he would run a fever the rest of the day and his legs were so sore that he didn't sleep the entire day.

The cycle was something like this:
He starts crying
We try to comfort him
Nothing works so we give him some childrens tylenol (he didn't seem to care for the grape flavoring).
After 30 minutes he starts to calm down and get sleepy
He kicks just as he's falling asleep
The leg aches so he starts screaming and kicking even more
He gets louder
We try to comfort him
Nothing works so we look at our watch to see how much longer until we can give him his next dose of childrens Tylenol

Repeat 5x

It was the most exhausing day since his delivery and the circles under Lindsay's eyes are proof of that. The nurse at the Pediatrician's office was more than kind. I'm not sure how sincere she was, but she acted as thought the shots bothered her a great deal (more than it bothered me). Perhaps she knew what the rest of our day would be like and her sympathy was indirectly menat for us....

Venturing Out

Daniel is now becoming more mobile. I'm not sure if this is due to the fact that he enjoys traveling (especially his car seat), or the fact that Linds gets cabin fever more often. His "painful period" is from 6:30 to 9:30. It's the three hours of the day that he seems to be colic (I'm assuming he's not). Make no mistake, he is cute, but he is also extremely feisty. He punches and kicks when he is tired, but refuses to go to bed. Having said that, he does seem to be getting better....he has a beautiful right cross.