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The Vaccination Scare

With newborns come a lot of responsibilities and a long list of vaccinations top it. Y's vaccinations started when he was 1 day old. I had just been operated and was on bed rest so his grandmother accompanied him to the vaccination unit that day. My first memory of his vaccination is when he was around 4 weeks. To my surprise, he did not cry much. During further vaccination visits too, he barely used to cry. We always used to distract his attention somehow. Vaccination visits had started to seem like a piece of cake until our little brave boy grew up.

On his 12th month vaccination visit, he cried unconsolably. Our distraction method failed misreably. He even tried to catch hold of doctor's hand but to our surprise, that was only a glimpse of his rebellious attitude.

On his 15th month vaccination visit, he started clenching and hugging me while entering the clinic's building. He refused to get into the clinic. He now had complete sense of what was about to happen. His sweet pediatrician, S, and I tried to calm him down but all in vain. We had to forcefully get the vaccine administered in his thigh. He fought his best. Once the vaccine got administered, he got all calm and composed as if he knew that the worst has passed.

After that incident, Y started to cry while entering into any unknown entity; be it shopping malls or relative's houses. Every new strange building started to give him vaccination scares.

On his 17th month vaccination visit the exact same thing happened, we had to forcefully take him inside clinic and get the dose administered and this time he just did not stop crying till we got back in the car. He had got solid trust issues now. He refused to even go to his daddy or grandma. He somehow still had trust in me so he just clinged to me like a monkey and kept sobbing.

It's sad yet funny to see him go through this emotion. I feel so proud and happy to see that he now knows his surroundings, he knows what's safe and what's unsafe, he remembers the clinic and tries his best to fight us adults when we try to go against his will. Though I feel sad about breaking his trust but thank god that he forgives and forgets.

Only 2 of his vaccinations are pending now and then vaccinations will be given at 4 years. We hope that by then he will be more cooperative and calm. Injections always hurt but they hurt for good, thats what I plan to tell him once he is a big boy. 

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