Feeling Faint

Reese and I took Owen to his 9 month check up today. We waited for over an hour before the doctor finally came in! I was growing more and more annoyed by the minute; Owen was tired and cranky and Reese was hungry and antsy. Finally she came in and was very apologetic-apparently they had an emergency situation with another child they were dealing with. So I let it slide.

They did the usual weighing, measuring, inquiring about development and all checked out perfectly. Owen weighs 16 lbs 10 oz and is 29 inches long. Basically he's in the 3% for babies his age in weight, and 75% in height-translation he's long and skinny. He was all caught up on immunizations, so no shots today, but they wanted to draw some blood for some routine tests.

I was prepping Reese on what would happen to her baby brother, and told her he'll probably cry, and she seemed a little concerned. The tech came in and when the actual poke occurred, Owen didn't make a sound. No crying at all, in fact he seemed to enjoy having this large gentlement squeezing his finger!

All was going well, and my focus was on Owen and trying to keep him still, and I happened to look over at Reese who was watching closely. Suddenly all color drained from her face and she started slumping over. So I told her to sit in the chair and put her head down, which she did. The color continued to drain from her leaving her a pasty white and she started holding her tummy like she was going to lose it. So I asked for a basin for her to hold, which thankfully, she didn't end up needing.

After it was all said and done, it took her a good 15 minutes to recover before we could walk out to the car! The tech wasn't worried and was joking, but it caught me off guard and I was sure concerned! I was surprised that she would react like that to a simple poke! My poor little girl is squeamish!! She's fine now, but she sure had me worried for a minute...

I guess we know which career she won't be choosing: