One month 'anniversary' of my first immunization round

This time a month ago I was sitting on Daddy's laps crying after getting 3 immunization shots in one well-baby visit.

Mom and Dad were quite anxious before the visit; especially Mom. She was anxious even a month earlier when the doctor told her that I would get my first round of immunization in the 1st month visit to the office.

Coincidentally, Mom and Dad read an article titled 'Just a spoonfull of sugar...' on the Wall Street Journal on April 2nd, which mentioned a tip that giving an infant a spoonful of sugar (dissolved in water, of course) right before taking the shots will help reduce the pain significantly. And so they did. They brought me to see Dr. Moureaux, 'armed' with a special pacifier designed for giving medicine to babies (they filled it with the sugared water in this case) and a bottle of Tylenol infant drops.

The first shot came as a surprise to me as I never felt something like that before. I was a bit shocked but didn't cry much as I didn't quite understand what was happening. The sugared water must have helped as well. The second one 'taught me' the 'strange' feeling I felt was in deed a painful feeling. My crying then was a bit longer; but again the sugared water helped. Just as I thought it was over, Dr. Moureaux gave the third one. This time I screamed!!! Luckily, that was the last one. The intense sweet sensation (also was very new to me) from the sugared water soon comforted me again.

The bandages that I had afterwards were actually quite cool. They had Elmo image printed all over. It looked as if I had Elmo tattoos on my legs! (You can see the Elmo image if you zoom in on the photo.)

Mom and Dad were afraid that I would had fever following the shots; however, everything went well and I only had to take Tylenol drops three times or so to soothe the uncomfortable feeling. Dad said I was very strong and I must have killed all the bacteria/viruses instantly!

The next round will be a month from now. Dr. Moureaux said that till I'm 18 years old, I'll probably get a total of 15 shots or so. Oh well... The only thing that makes me feel better is that everyone has to go through these and they have all survived!