finn's 4 year appointment

Finn had his 4-year appointment this morning. He knew going in that he was getting a shot and was very upset by this...has been upset about this for 3 weeks. We got there and he saw Dr. Bell and went through his exam just fine. He has stayed at 50th percentile for height and weight his whole life and nothing had changed this visit. He has great fine motor skills and we are going to watch his auditory recognition skills for the next 6 months. It has to do with giving 3 separate instructions and him following them. He had trouble with this in the office, but I'm not really worried. He's able to follow instructions at home just fine. After his exam, he had his hearing and vision checked. He did great with these. Then it was time. He asked the nurse who was performing the tests on him if he was going to get a shot. She looked at me like "what should I tell him?". I told her that he knew he was getting one and that she should tell him exactly what was going to happen. After she told him, she left the room to go get the syringe. Finn then asked if he could get it in his leg instead of his arm. I told him he could have it in his foot if he was willing! He said, "No, just my leg". So, I asked him which leg and he pointed to his left. He pulled his pants down, I set him on the table and the nurse walked in to find him ready and patiently waiting. He showed her where he wanted it and she cleaned it, put the needle in and gave him the injection. He did cry a little when she was giving him the shot, but it was very short lived and all in all a good experience. She told him that he could have 2 stickers for being so good. He picked one out and said, "This one is for Piper". The nurse looked like she was going to cry and said that was the sweetest thing she'd ever heard. He picked his sticker out and we started to leave. Finn then turned around to the nurse and called out, "thanks for my shot"!

Here is our sweet 4 year old