Raine: Patchwork Girl

Immunizations are tough... I think it's more traumatic for the parents than the child, though, because we're the ones that hold onto it. Maya gets shots, freaks for a couple of minutes and then we walk outside the office and she's fine... I'm the one still shaking over it =) And of course the first few months you're still adjusting, full of hormones-- if you're like me you're full of "what ifs" that all have to do with something going wrong which does mess with your sleep (I used to check on Maya constantly at night 'cause my mind would race with all of these horrible things that "might" happen)... this is the craziness of being a parent and having a little person to be responsible for that you're so crazy in love with that you can't imagine being without them.. so that's what happens, it kind of works out that when they hurt, we hurt more