Get Your Hands Off of Me!

I made my first Groupon purchase last night! I paid $10 for $20 of fresh fruit and vegetables at a family owned organic farm up in the mountains! Obviously, I get to choose what I want! It’s about 45 minutes away, but it’s something fun the girls and I can go and do on a weekend or during spring break! It’s a great excuse for a day trip!

Speaking of a fun day trip…today was not! I mentioned Ava had a Dr appt today. First of all…going anywhere further than 15 minutes away with Ava is like packing for a baby. Ava gets AWFUL car sickness. She gets sick more times than not. So I have to pack extra clothes, make sure her hair is up, double bag grocery bags, (I learned that lesson the hard way when she threw up in a bag and it had a hole in it!) Then I make sure to line the bottom of the bag with paper towels to make it more absorbent, a trash bag, lysol wipes and mouthwash! Fun right? Luckily today, she did not get sick!

Ava was having a procedure done, nothing huge, but definitely not fun for a 5 year old!

Ava waiting nervously for her appt. She kept giggling at the Dr. I had to explain that was her nervous tick…plus she refused to get up on the  bed!

No, they did not have a kid gown.

Once Ava was finally talked into (bribed with Zoobles, maybe!), she let the procedure start. She did good for about oh… 2 seconds. Then she started screaming at the top of her lungs…”GET YOUR HANDS OFF OF ME, GET YOUR HANDS OFF OF ME!”

Needless to say, today’s appt was not a complete success. The Dr. accomplished a little, but unfortunately, we have to go back in a month.  We chose a month to give Ava some time to not think of it as such a traumatic experience. And next time, her Dr is going to use a different technique where she gets numbed 30 minutes before the procedure. Hopefully, she will take well to that.

So, one of my other bribes…

Oh wait, there was yet ANOTHER bribe! She really wanted her own lotion…so I bought her her own little gift bag from Bath and Body Works.

So, now I am all out of bribes for the next appt. Yes, I am a Mother who will use bribes for this…anything to make her not go “bat shit crazy” on the Dr. (Sorry for the language Mom.) And, I am a mother who’s nerves are shot, my head hurts from all of Ava’s screaming and I am dreading the next appt. Wine? Don’t mind if I do!