Flu shots

This afternoon I took Nat & Tyler to get flu shots. When I broke the news to them, they started to complain and said that I was mean and they didn’t want to go. Then I overheard Tyler say to his sister, “when we are getting ready to go, I feel nervous.” In the car ride there, they were nervous and kept saying how mean I was and how they “liked Dad more.” When we were were walking into the doctor’s office Tyler said to his sister, “If you are nervous, just hold me.” We got called into the nurse’s office, and she offered us an option to get the flu mist (a nasal spray) and she said it was more effective than the shot. The kids were happy to hear this, but also nervous because they didn’t truly understand what it meant. Tyler went first. When the nurse got the spray out (it looked like it could be a shot) and he said to her, “You will be gentle?” I laughed. After he was done, he said to his sister, “It doesn’t hurt. It just feel like a bloody nose.”

While we walked out of the clinic, both of them were so relieved and happy they didn’t have to get shots. They opened up their Halloween candy (which they brought to treat themselves after the shot) and enjoyed it. In the car Tyler said, “I like that nurse. She’s really really nice!”

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