4 appointments, 6 shots, and a mean Witch!

I feel like I've spent the last two days at the doctor's office. All three girls had well-child checks yesterday and today. On Thursday, I took Julianne and Gabriela for their checks and I knew that they both needed shots. I was a little aprehensive, because I knew Gabriela had a little trepidation about going. Everytime I mentioned going, she said she didn't want to. When the day arrived, she told me to "tell the doctor I don't need a shot or a bandaid, o.k." I would just day, "we'll have to see what the doctor says," "maybe you just need one, can you be brave?" I didn't want to lie to her, but I also wanted her to be calm. Well she turned out to be a really big girl. It's amazing to see her mature and be so brave. She did an amazing job on her eye sight test. She has great eyes and knew the shapes. She didn't even cry when she got her shot. I was really impressed. Julianne on the other hand was a big wimp. She started crying as soon as I got her undressed. I guess she didn't want anyone looking at her nakedness. Gabriela weighs 30 lbs. and is in the 29% for weight and 92% for height. Julianne weighs 12 lbs. and is in the 69% for weight and 83% for height. She screamed histerically all afternoon and wouldn't eat. I had to find my happy place in order to deal.
Last night Gabriela woke up around 4:30 screaming and was up and down until 6:00 when we finally gave up and stayed up. She started complaining about her ear and just kept crying. I figured it was an ear infection so I took her back to the doctor today along with Sophia. Lo and behold, she did have an infection. Sophia is healthy as a horse. She weighs 20 lbs. and is in the 13% for weight and 74% in height. She's my feather weight. She too got a shot, but recovered pretty quick. So we are doing better today.

Now about the witch thing. I'm reading a book that I will probably blog about later when I'm finished. Anyways, it mentions some things to do at the dinner table to make it more fun and encourage them to eat. I thought I would put some of the suggestions to practice. It talks about using imagination to create insintives to eat. I told Gabriela that there was a mean witch outside and if you didn't eat your dinner she would come and get you. Gabriela looked at me with horror and started wimpering. She was like, "Help me, help me, hurry, I don't want the mean witch to get me and put me in the jail." I felt horrible and told I was pretending. Eventually she started going along with it and I soon became the witch. I was Malificent from Sleeping Beauty. By the end of the whole thing she had cleaned her plate completely. I guess it worked, depite our rough start. We'll see how creative I can be tomorrow.