I've always been the type of person who is really grossed
out by a few certain things. Watching
someone just poke and prod their eye always gets me. Especially if there's a squishy sound
accompanying the touching.
**shudder** That's the exact
reason I always have to look away at a certain part of 'Ace Ventura 2'. If you've been reading along, then you
already know my feelings towards mayo, mustard, and belly buttons so I won't
repeat those. The surprising thing is
that with being a dad, you'd think I'd be grossed out on a daily basis. Between the vomit, dirty diapers, and runny
noses, I figured I'd pretty much seen the worst of it and to tell the truth, I
didn't find it all that bad. The truth
is that I just hadn't had the perfect opportunity come along to be super grossed out
by Ellie. Now I have...
Today was Ellie's four-month checkup which would obviously
be accompanies by more shots. Last time
I took her to the doctor, I had grossly misjudged her eating schedule and
received plenty of crying from her as a result.
This time I wasn't taking any chances so actually made a plan. I know, scary right? With Ellie needing to arrive for her
appointment by 10:45, I decided to set an alarm for myself at 9:50. The reason being that I knew I needed to not
waste any time in getting her fed and ready to go, but I wanted her to sleep as
long as possible. Luckily, Ellie began
waking up on her own around then so the alarm wasn't even necessary. I was able to get her fed, changed, and in the
car seat by 10:30 so that we could leave with no problem.
Taking your baby to the doctor is so much easier when
they're actually in a good mood. I mean
the baby, not the doctor. Although, it
probably would be rough if the doctor was in a bad mood. While waiting for our appointment, Ellie was
happily playing and cooing in her car seat.
Once they called us back, I stripped Ellie down to her diaper so that
the nurses could take her measurements.
Once again, no issues. Then, the
doctor came in and this is where things got really gross for me. As the doctor was checking Ellie over, he
asked me to hold her legs down for him.
I willingly obliged and was then horrified to see him open up Ellie's little
girl parts and begin cleaning off dead skin.
Just one of the more disgusting things I've ever had the misfortune of
seeing and I actually had to turn away.
I couldn't turn off my ears though because I had the sounds of Ellie
screaming while the doctor explained in stark detail exactly what he was doing
and why. Fortunately, he said that
babies generally don't have to go through that again. That's good because I don't want to see it
happen ever again. There are just some
part of a daughter that a father really shouldn't be seeing.
Doctor, what are you doing?
Following that little escapade, shots were nothing at
all. Ellie took them like a champ barely
even squeaking as the second needle went in.
Then we were done. I redressed
Ellie and took her home where she could nap in peace as the immunizations
worked their way through her system. The
moral of the story being twofold. Number
one, just because you've taken your baby to the doctor before, don't
automatically assume you know what to expect.
And number two, you're just never going to run out of things in life
that gross you out and make you uncomfortable.
If you have, well then, you're probably dead. #DaddyWrite
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