Graham's preschool notified me that Graham needed to get updated on one of his shots to attend school. When I set up the appointment, they suggested that I might also want to get G's Kindergarten shots done at the same time. Great idea...why not get it all done at once?!
So we've been talking about this for about a week now, and Graham was super excited this morning about getting his shots. I'm not sure why, because he also seemed to clearly remember that the last time he got shots, he cried. By the time I went to get him for the appointment this afternoon, his attitude had changed a bit. I told him that we needed to get the shots so that he could go to school...he declared that he doesn't really want or need to go to school....he's just going to get a job :) A great discussion followed, with me explaining that you'd have to go to at least some school to get just about any job. So the shots were back on ;)
I was thinking ahead this morning and brought the Leap Pad so that he would have something to do while we were waiting (is the dr. office ever on time?!) and it would be a nice distraction when it was time for the shots.
We were doing fine until we got into the exam room and the nurse told asked him to take off his shirt so he could get the shots in his arm. While she was out getting the shots he started to panic a little bit and was refusing to take off his shirt or sit on the exam table. Then I started to panic a little and threw a bribe out there. If you're brave and follow directions, I'll get you a new game for your Leap Pad. And then we were golden...
It was a total of 5 different shots, but a couple of them were combined, so it ended up only being 3 sticks. Two in one arm, and one in the other. There was a little bit of "that hurts that hurts" and just the tiniest of whines, but no tears....super brave!! I was pleasantly surprised at how well it went.
I told him we'd look for a new Leap Pad game after dinner, but he's been so busy doing other things that he seems to have forgotten about it. We'll see how long that lasts :) We're one step closer to being ready for Kindergarten - next week we'll be visiting some elementary schools and thinking about our school choice options....big, exciting stuff!
