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15 Months

The little man is 15 months already! It is hard to believe it was at this time 2 years ago that we moved to Seattle (and shortly after that we found out we were pregnant with our little boy!) Cole had his wellness visit today and had a bit of an interesting check up. We do love our pediatrician's office and the doctors are fabulous but let's just say the nurse didn't work her way into our 'good book' today. After getting Cole's weight and length wrong (so it looked like he hadn't grown a lick in the last three months resulting in a redo for everything) She promptly mixed up our vaccinations!

Now those who know me know I am very leery of vaccinations. After researching them a lot when I was pregnant with Sam I very hesitantly started a modified, delayed and separated schedule that I have kept with Cole too. Both boys are behind on their vaccinations but today I had planned on getting Sam his MMR to almost bring him up to date with his other peers. I was then going to get Cole the Prevnar 13. After some confusion on the nurses part I continuously clarified with her that Sam was first and that he was getting MMR. She kept brushing me off and saying she knew. As she stuck him with the needle she reassured me that yes, she knew Sam was getting the Prevnar. I shouted NO but it was too late. She promptly ran out of the room and in seconds the doctor was in to try to reassure me. By then I was in tears and absolutely so frustrated. What makes it worse is this is the second time a nurse has botched his vaccinations (it happened in PA too) and to top it off last time when Sam got his final Prevnar he had a pretty bad allergic reaction. We are now anticipating this will cause a reaction too and are gearing up for days of misery for our poor boy for nothing.

So not my best wellness appointment but still very thankful that the reversal did not occur with Cole getting the MMR (that vaccine terrifies me and I refuse to get it before my kiddos are 3) and ultimately very thankful for two very healthy boys. I figured I needed to included a few pictures of the boys from today to cheer me up. Such cuties!







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Ashley Katz said…
Wow, Erin, how frustrating and scary. I would have been a mess too. Maybe never have them get shots on the same day! Yikes. Sorry you guys went through that.
September 21, 2011 at 12:22 PM
Unknown said…
That is so awful, I can't believe she wouldn't listen to you! Your boys are just adorable:)
September 26, 2011 at 3:43 PM
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