needles...

you know you've got a big kid when the nurse, who has access to the medical records and charts, mistakes your 4 month old baby for a 6 month old.

today was callum's 4 month 'well baby' appointment - just to be sure everything is going as it should be... and everything is!

callum is now 17 lbs 5 oz (7.85 kilos) and 27 inches (68.58 centimeters) "tall". he is in the 90th% for weight and 95th% for height. in the doctor's words "what a BIG baby!"

today was also the day for another round of immunizations. for someone with as many piercings i have had you would expect that i would be less jumpy around needles, however that was certainly not the case. just knowing that the needles were coming into the room and were headed for callum made me sweat. craig was the strong one once again and stood with lil' bit as he got his shots... i sat near them both and concentrated on not passing out or crying. there were 3 needles, and it took callum until the 2nd to decide he really was not enjoying himself. by the third he was crying rather intensely and both craig and i felt terrible for putting him through any pain. it is hard to reason with a 4 month old that a little poke today is much better than a bad case of the measles. we were prepared with a bottle in hand though, and once he was offered the milk callum forgot all about the shots and focused on the food. 3/4 of the way through the bottle he started smiling at craig, spilling milk down his face, and reassuring us that he was quite okay.

it's hard to believe that callum is 4 months old already.