Needles and Tears

Emily had her first set of injections this afternoon. Not a pleasant thing to have to have done, so I let Drew hold her while the nurse administered the first one, Emily cried. The tears flowed for a few seconds and then she was quiet. Drew then had to turn her round so the nurse could give Emily her second injection in her other thigh. Once again the tears flowed and she cried, this time with more anger. My poor baby having to suffer. It made me very anxious, and even more worried that we have to come back in another month for another injection. Emily cried for a while after her injections, all I could do to comfort her was to feed her. She ate well though, as she probably needed a lot of comforting. Now we have to wait and see if she has any side effects like a fever. We may be in for a disturbed night. She has been doing so well with sleeping for about 7 hours every night for the past week. Even last night she slept for 8 hours, only getting up at 5 for a quick feed, then back down for a snooze until 7.30 when she wakes for another feed and a cuddle in our bed.

She has turned out to be a very good baby so far. I hope it will continue :)