Ouch!

I had my two month immunisations today.

Ouch!

Noah was full of advice on the drive to Kindy before my appointment.

"It'll only hurt for a second" he promised.

Of course his advice comes not from personal experience but from the book 'Elmo Goes to the Doctor'.

I doubt he'd be so flippant if it was his little thigh being jabbed!

First, the doctor took some measurements.

I weighed in at 5.3kg and am 59cm long. That's somewhere in the 80th percentile for both measurements. My head, meanwhile, is just perfectly average.

The doctor then made himself scarce (he doesn't like we babies to associate him with pain) and the nurse did the thing with the needles.

I yelped and went very red in the face but Mum fed me throughout the whole ordeal because the nurse said that breastmilk has recently been found to have anaesthetic qualities.

Not quite enough anaesthetic qualities, if you ask me!

But I settled down very quickly and then slept for the next few hours in the hug-a-bub while Mum did some shopping.

No more needles for two whole months!