Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Second vaccination and eating solid food


I have my own rocking chair...

Two days ago I got to start eating like mom and dad, I got to try some rice cereal :) First I had a hard time figuring out how to use the spoon. Even if I have gotten my AD-drops with a spoon since I was little, this was different. It tasted good, but moms milk is still my favorite. I got to try again yesterday but it wasn't as good... I think mom didn't mix it with breastmilk this time so it wasn't as sweet ;)


A little taste from moms finger...


I like it...


Bring it on...


I want to do it myself

And I forgot to tell about my vaccination last week. My 5 months vaccination... Because they have a different system here in US I had to get three shots!!!! In Iceland I would have gotten one shot with all three vaccination in, but here they had to sting me 3 times. They also wanted to give me 2 more vaccinations, that they don't give in Iceland, but mom and dad said NO THANK YOU... Thanks mom and dad!!!!

The first shot hurt a bit, nothing bad though. The second made me scream for a couple of seconds, but the third hurt :( I started crying and screaming for about 5 seconds just to let mom, dad and the nurse know that it wasn't ok to hurt me three times in a row. Afterwards I felt a bit strange, I had to stay at the place for 20 min, probably just to be close if I would get a reaction. Or maybe they thought I was so cute so they wanted me around for some more time ;)

The night after the vaccination I woke up around 11 pm and my both thighs hurt a lot. I was scared and wanted mom and dad to hold me and hug me. I got a bit fever and mom and dad gave me some baby "aspirin" that my doctor in Iceland recommended. After a hard hour I finally could relax but I had to wake up a couple of more times that night just to check if mom and dad was still there and of course to get a snack at mom's milk bar... The day after the vaccination I was so tired and my temperature was high. I didn't wanna play anything, just relax. I didn't even have the energy to feed both sides at a time...

I think the vaccination threw me off a bit, I have had a hard time sleeping since then. I like it better being held in the middle of the night and of course I don't want to nap, I rather stay up and play. Instead of going down easilly I scream so they'd pick me up (got used to being held when I was feverish after the vaccination) Last three days they just let me scream if I didn't want to go down for the night or for the naps. And yesterday I realized that I can't scream just to make them let me stay up. I am not back to my sleeping schedule but we are getting there. Thanks mom and dad (and grammy and grampy). I know you didn't mean anything bad by not picking me up when I didn't want to sleep... I feel so much better rested and much happier :)

In a week we are going back home to Iceland :) It has been great to be here in Michigan, but it's always nice to come home, even if it's just for a couple of days... We get home tuesday morning next week and leave for Sweden/France friday morning :) Drop off some bags and pack new ones...

1 comment:

Katrin said...

What a cool rocking chair!
Oskar will have his first vaccination in a couple of weeks and we´ve asked the nurse how many shots there will be - only one. Phew!
We´re in the middle of moving and our phone is in the "wrong" home but we will try to contact you soon. It´ll be easier when we all are in the same time zone;-)

Hugs from sunny _and_ rainy Sweden!