Dr. appointment

Today was Sawyer's 2 month appointment, which means SHOTS :( The doctor came in and looked at him, weighed, and measured him.  He is doing very well. He is in the 95th percentile in height (24.5 inches), and 75th percentile in weight (12lbs 10oz) apparently bigger is better when it comes to babies, or so they told me.  She put him on his tummy to see how he does with his head and he really impressed them. She said he is showing really good strength and control for a 2 month old that it was more like a 4 month old :) I was relieved because his head is HUGE so i thought he might have some issues with that, haha.  Then it came time for shots :( He was just laying down looking all happy and wiggling around when the nurse stabbed his leg. He jumped a mile, then proceeded to let out the biggest, longest, red-faced cry i have ever heard. As in one "wahh" lasted like 10 seconds before he took a breath. She had time to stab him 2 more times in that first "wahhh". He "wahhh"ed two more times (short ones), then realized it didnt hurt anymore and completely turned to normal. I felt really bad, but i was laughing so hard because the way he jumped when she first poked him was just hilarious. Call me a bad mother, but if you were there i think you would have laughed too. It was also funny how he was super angry, and turned completely normal in seconds. I'm glad thats over though. The baby next door was screaming too and i said "sounds like someone else is getting shots too". The nurse said "no, she's just crying for the doctor right now, but she has them coming. Be relieved yours didnt cry like that before the shots."  I think Sawyer just likes other people- i dont think anyone else has heard him cry.

Drowsy baby after the shots- check out the band-aids :)

Meanwhile, i've been thinking about nurses lately. When i was at Good Sam having Sawyer, and when he had his surgery at Mary Bridge, the nurses were the nicest people i have ever met! I have heard horror stories of people with bad experiences of rude people in the hospital, but in my 2 encounters, they were awesome.  They always made sure all of us were comfortable and had whatever we needed: bringing extra blankets when we had to sleep on the floor, shower supplies, making sure all of our questions were answered, responding immediately when we called...It makes me wonder if they have been trained so well in that profession that they have learned to be so nice, or if really nice people just have the natural want to take care of people and went into nursing.  I would just like to thank any nurses and say that i am very impressed that they can see people in the worst circumstances and still be so nice and friendly and positive :)