Apparently the shot Tyler got at his checkup Wednesday really traumatized him, because yesterday morning when I told him we should take the band-aid off, he got upset and said “but mommy, I have a bleed there!”. I told him it was ok, it wasn’t bleeding anymore, but he didn’t want to take it off. The poor little guy was trembling like a leaf! I told him we could leave it on, but when I pulled off his pull-up, one end of the band-aid popped off. His little hands were shaking as he pointed to it. “mommy, my bleed!!!”. So I told him we would put a fresh band-aid on it. He was ok after we did that.
But last night, after we read stories and had been laying quietly for a while, all of a sudden Ty burst out with “Mommy, I am never going to the doctor, ever, ever again!!” I told him that yes, the poke hurts but only for a few minutes, and it’s important to get it because it will help keep him from getting really, really sick. I’m not sure he was convinced…