A Tale of Two Vaccinations

Late last month my husband was out of town and I found myself facing a dual round of vaccinations for my kids.  That's right, BOTH of my children were getting shots on the same day AND I had to deal with it alone.  I knew this was a bad idea, but I didn't have much choice.  For the record, I strenuously recommend against having more than one child vaccinated at a time if you can at possibly avoid it.  It was an awful experience.

I do enjoy a good spreadsheet, so I made one in honor of the occasion.  Can you guess which child is high-strung like Mommy and which one is laid-back?

Something that was not on that spreadsheet, but is definitely worth mentioning is how Katherine refused to walk anywhere for two whole days after her shots.  She dragged herself around the floor, moaning, carrying whatever toy she had in her teeth.  (Sorry, I don't have photos of this; I was a little too annoyed to be taking pictures)  She also peed her bed that night because she wouldn't get out of bed and walk to the bathroom.

Both my kids reacted exactly as they have reacted in the past (minus the bed-peeing and in the past I was able to coerce Katherine into walking sooner), but the equation didn't work out to be:

Logan x grumpy from shots + Katherine x grumpy from shots = frazzled Mom from two grumpy kids

It was more like:

Logan x grumpy from shots + Katherine x grumpy from shots = Mom with no sleep, no food and no shower who is trying desperately to remember that she loves her children and does not actually want to murder them or their father

So I have learned a valuable lesson.  Never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever have both kids get shots at the same time, and especially Never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever do it when Daddy is out of town.