tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6506305897742962637.post636380045059411276..comments2024-03-26T23:23:16.662-06:00Comments on Going Country: Not My Finest MomentKristin @ Going Countryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00221544641416039741noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6506305897742962637.post-64656844289059297772015-08-13T14:56:51.350-06:002015-08-13T14:56:51.350-06:00sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do.
i ...sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do.<br /><br />i would like tell you that i have never in my adult life needed to be restrained by more than one adult while getting a shot that we all knew was going to hurt like hell.<br /><br />i would like to tell you that.<br /><br />i would be lying.<br /><br />truth: i said "you better be prepared to hold me down because when that goes in, i am going up".<br /><br />they were very nice about it.flaskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926786246931651655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6506305897742962637.post-90064791705318784582015-08-12T15:32:05.821-06:002015-08-12T15:32:05.821-06:00You were right to simply pin him. He was beyond lo...You were right to simply pin him. He was beyond logic at that moment, so any talking and reasoning was impossible. This was a meltdown, not a tantrum. Meltdowns happen when a kid (or adult!) simply can't cope anymore.Daisyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11647906900944224234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6506305897742962637.post-5221768689688666112015-08-12T09:16:15.567-06:002015-08-12T09:16:15.567-06:00"Cold-hearted" would never be a term tha..."Cold-hearted" would never be a term that describes you. Oh my goodness, no.<br /><br />Being a little kid is difficult for so very many reasons. Cubby might be very sensitive to pain; with time, I imagine he will be able to cope a bit better. In the meantime, I imagine extra hugs will help both of you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6506305897742962637.post-50827666334068895342015-08-11T21:40:50.019-06:002015-08-11T21:40:50.019-06:00I suspect that if you spend a quiet moment explain...I suspect that if you spend a quiet moment explaining to Cubby the choice you had to make, why you made it, and your mixed feeling about that choice, he will accept it nicely. Perhaps you have already had a chance to do this. He seems to be a reasonable little guy most of the time. Mary in MNAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6506305897742962637.post-1693724708624685092015-08-11T19:31:15.848-06:002015-08-11T19:31:15.848-06:00I would do the same thing - and feel minimal guilt...I would do the same thing - and feel minimal guilt. He was probably hamming it up for his audience in part, maybe a little extra drama with the newness of school coming up, but he needed to cope with it. <br />Sometimes you just need to get things done. And that's that. <br />You're doing great - no worries.<br />-moiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6506305897742962637.post-2746624666602613132015-08-11T16:45:12.457-06:002015-08-11T16:45:12.457-06:00I think some kids feel pain more intensely than ot...I think some kids feel pain more intensely than others. Then you add in the fear factor and it's even worse.<br /><br />I remember being the kid that thought it was no big deal while all the other kids waiting in line at a public health vaccine clinic sobbed and cried. Seemed to me a bee sting hurt much more and being a farm kid I'd had more than one incident of multiple bee stings.<br /><br />They gave lollipops then too! That was reward enough for me. I would have gone for a shot everyday for one of those, boy was I a sucker.<br /><br />Being a Mom is tough, sometimes you just have to let them scream for their own good. sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10216149086520612937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6506305897742962637.post-66698364609964772142015-08-11T11:36:40.924-06:002015-08-11T11:36:40.924-06:00My mother told me that once when I was about his a...My mother told me that once when I was about his age and needed a shot, they had to put me in a straitjacket, and it still took two nurses and my mother to hold me still enough that the doc could give me the shot.<br /><br />I do occasionally wonder if straitjackets are one of those things it used to be normal for doctors to have, like leeches.Drew @ How To Cook Like Your Grandmotherhttp://cooklikeyourgrandmother.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6506305897742962637.post-5665237048949837012015-08-11T10:59:11.035-06:002015-08-11T10:59:11.035-06:00I would not have been surprised if you were talkin...I would not have been surprised if you were talking about Charlie, not Cubby. Cubby's the rational one, so who would have thunk! Postponing would have been even worse, so you were absolutely spot on just getting it done and over with. May be, since this shot wasn't that bad, you will have less trauma next time around, but who knows. However, I'll bet Charlie won't forget what transpired. Oh, the joy of parenthood.tu merenoreply@blogger.com