I wish I had videotaped Ash last night. Especially the dance. Oh, the dance. Alas, I did not, so I'll attempt to describe it.
Drek and I took Ash into the doctor yesterday to get her first ever vaccinations. I waited until my child turned two before giving her vaccinations because, obviously, I've been worried that she will have an adverse reaction to them.
She got her shots around three in the afternoon. By six, I was wondering if I was seeing a reaction:
(Ash is sitting on my stomach. She bounces hard, then hits me in the face)
Me: Ow! Don't hit mommy!
Ash: (laughing) Sorry, mommy. (She bounces again and hits me in the face)
Me: Ow! Ash!
Ash: (laughing) Sorry, mommy. (She hits me again) Sorry, mommy.
I grab her hand as she goes to hit me again and lift her off my stomach. She runs over to her bed, laughing and doing a crazy-dance, then gets up on her bed and starts jumping.
Ash: One two fwee fow five six seven eight nine ten yeven twelve firteen firteen firteen firteen...
Drek: Did you get stuck on thirteen?
Ash: (Still jumping) FIVE! five five five five five five. (Now she starts doing hand motions and bobbing her head side to side as she jumps) Open and shut them open and shut them open and shut them open and shut them.
Me: Wow, okay, I think it's time for bed.
Ash: NO BED! DANCE! No mommy bed! Yes mommy bed, mommy sweep. Yes, no, yes mommy sweep. Ash DANCE! (she jumps off the bed onto the floor and does the CRAZIEST dance I have ever seen. And she just keeps going.) A B C D E F G H I J K M N O P M N P M N O P M N O P. (I stand up and walk toward her)
Ash: (all in one breath) NO! No sweep. No! Yes no yes no. Yes mommy bed. Yes mommy bed, mommy sweep. Yes no yes mommy sweep. Finger hurt! Daddy, finger hurt! Bandaid! Mommy sweep, daddy bandaid finger.
She finally fell asleep and hour passed her normal bedtime, leaving me with the question: "What the heck was that?!"
Please, I beg you, in the comments, don't say vaccinations aren't connected with autism. I don't know why, but that is what EVERYONE says. I'm not worried about Autism. I'm worried about encephalitis, and Guillon Barre Syndrome, and death. Those are actual PROVEN side effects. Yes, they are very, very, very rare (rare enough that my child is now vaccintaed) but I still worried.
ReplyDeleteK La... You do realize that the only study that linked autism and vaccinations was disproved, and the guy in charge of it was convicted of fraud, right?
ReplyDeleteYou do realize that the many follow up studies continually proved that there is no such link right?
Be a skeptic.
Oh, dear. PLEASE! Read the top comment! I DON'T CARE ABOUT AUTISM!!!!!! Really. Not on my list of concerns.
ReplyDeleteHahaha. These comments make me want to tell you not to worry about autism . . . =)
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