An Ounce of Prevention
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104 responses to “An Ounce of Prevention”
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Ha! I was exactly like that when I had to go to the doctors!
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I feel bad for the kids, I really do. But I feel far worse for the nurses and parents.
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well she was a very good entertainer
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Most definitely!
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:-)
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Being a kid who had allergy shots twice a week for years…I was more of a whimpering mass when the nurse and needle came near. Although I did look like that when the battle-ax nurse had the needle! She always gave me a huge lump in my arm!
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Aww! That must have been rough.
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I totally freaked out like that well into my teens. :)
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:) So, did you get braver or just stop getting shots? haha
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I finally got over it. The trick for me is to look away!
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And sadly that’s how I still like to react when I know a shot is coming. I just hate them!
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Wonderful! I love all of the expressions on her face!
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Thanks :D
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This is great! I was more like that when my parents had to pull a super dangly tooth. And I remember some really early days of having to go through that with my kids, but thankfully they have outgrown it. Your poor mom.
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Oh, me too! I wouldn’t let anybody touch my wiggly tooth, no way.
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I’m scared of needles too! Oh god I love this!! So cute… and true for most of us!
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Thanks! :)
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the lollipop line is class
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Haha! I actually had an alternative ending to this one where Chrissy just throws her head back and screams even louder (which also happened), but I thought the lollipop line was just slightly funnier and truly, truly Chrissy.
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both ending ring very true – I’m heavily into bribing with lollies when shots are involved
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my doctor used to ask my sister and I what flavour shot we wanted and while we were thinking about it he would give us the shot and it would be done and over with before we could protest or howl – love your “art”
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Ha! Clever doctor! I love encountering those few doctors with great bedside manner :)
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This is hilarious as always! It reminds me of the kids I’ve seen at the doctors that act up like that then expect a reward!
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It’s funny how they always think they were so good…
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You nailed it! (no pun intended) MOM:D
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:)
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I just love the facial expressions in this one! I’m always amazing at how perfectly you get the expressions across with the cutouts! Fantastic, as usual :D
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Thanks, Dounia! It helps that I can move the pieces around so much before gluing them down :)
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Somehow this looks so familiar… :)
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Ha! I’m sure it’s played out daily at pediatrician’s offices everywhere.
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The picture of your mom in the last frame is PERFECT!!! Another gift to us!!!!
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Thanks! Oh, I remember how my mom came home just fuming. She was still blushing from embarrassment and fury.
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It’s so life like!!!! I feel like I watched this in a movie or something!
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Love your mom’s blush at the end!
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Thanks :) Hey, aren’t you supposed to be on vacation?
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I love the running away. Something about it just looks hilarious.
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Thank you! I tried to capture the panic and pure adrenaline and also the dread of knowing you will be caught and made to face your fears.
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HI Chrissy,
Yes! It brought back memories. Loved the part at the end where she wants a reward for
bad behavior. Just like a child. The strip made me chuckle. Thanks for the laugh.
Becky
The Teasel Lady-
Thanks, Becky! I appreciate the sweet comment!
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Ahh memories .. brilliant as always.
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Thank you Hebe!
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Haha! I cannot blame Chrissy, I am still fearful of needles!!!
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I think Chrissy is, too. I always suspected she overplayed things for the drama and extra attention she would get, but I think she was and is sincerely terrified of needles.
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Another win! I love Chrissy’s expression when she realizes what’s about to happen!
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Thanks! :D
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This is exactly what happens every time I take my daughter to get her shots! What a joyous time it is for everyone involved.
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Oh, man, I bet. I hope my kid isn’t like this!
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Outstanding! I especially love how her hair flies behind her as she attempts to flee the waiting room.
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Thanks! I really like making flying paper hair. I need more excuses to make it.
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Did your mom not tell Chrissy in advance that she had to get a shot?
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What? She’d never have gotten Chrissy in the car in the first place!
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That reminds me of my younger brother… except it was every morning when it was time to go to school.
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Hahaha!
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The Hepatitis B frame kills me.
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Hahaha, nice word choice.
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its funny…till its your kid.
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I say a silent prayer every time I take my kid to the doctor that she will not be the one to freak out.
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I can SO relate.
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Sorry!
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So funny! I had a shot today (cortisone in my right shoulder). You nailed it (“bee sting” my a–)! – Worrywart
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I have to make up an entire make-believe scenario every fall just to get my flu shot.
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lol! I love the fact that she’s running in her underpants she so frightened! I could totally see my Tony doing that!
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And she did, too. Ran up and down all the hallways, screaming like a banshee the whole time. My mom was mortified.
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this is pretty cool and cute^.^
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Thanks! :D
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OMG Nicki, this TOTALLY reminded me of taking my 3 kids once a week to get shots for our move to Vietnam! Each kid got 2-3 shots per arm each week for 4 weeks!!!! That doctor’s office did not have enough lollipops for my kids! LOL. Nice work again. That shot/needle must have been TEENY to make! :)
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Yikes! I hope your kids weren’t as dramatic as Chrissy! :)
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My darling middle child with autism probably outdid Chrissy. God love all the nurses that didn’t even bat an eye!
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Brillianty observed as always. I don’t remember getting shots as a kid, now I’m worried I’m susceptible to every strain of everything out there
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Ha! Maybe it’s just a bit of childhood amnesia
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Hysterical! I was once in a doctor’s office waiting to have them take some blood.There was an 8 year old boy ahead of me and he was screaming like he was being murdered. He kept yelling things like, “Mom, how can you let them do this to me?” and “Where are you going with that needle?” Everyone in the waiting room felt sorry for him, but more for his mom and the poor nurse who was drawing his blood.
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Awww, poor buddy. But yes, I feel more sorry for the adults!
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When I was five, I had to get a measles vaccine, along with a cursory physical examination, before starting kindergarten. Anyway, I was brave–I even ripped open the package that the needle was in–and, I sat quietly through the shot, and my mother took me to the park afterwards, but while we were there, I was kind of subdued…..I couldn’t put it in words, but it was the first time in my conscious memory that two adults I trusted (our family doctor, and my mother by proxy) had inflicted pain on me “for my own good.” So, back to the story, we were at the park, and I was standing alone by the swing set with my arm still hurting from the shot, and the next thing I knew, I turned around, and my mom was there with a black-cherry ice cream cone for me, and then I was happy again.
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Pain is inflicted for our own good, but as children we do not understand. I know you Mama
was making up for the pain your endured like a good soldier. But we cannot escape the
pain, no matter how hard we try to shield ourselves and our children from it. We have to
learn that “pain is sometimes our friend.”
Becky Pinckney
The Teasel Lady
http://www.TeaselCreatures.Wordpress.com-
It was just a shot……and I got a trip to the park and an ice cream cone afterwards, so in my five-year-old mind, that settled the score. Besides, I knew what was happening beforehand (okay, my mom told me on the drive over), and I knew that I had to get a measles vaccine to start kindergarten, so it’s not like I was traumatized or anything, and my arm stopped hurting later that day. But, looking back, as an adult, I think kids have to get too many vaccinations these days–I remember getting five, maybe six in my whole life (I’m 28), and now there are all kinds of new ones, for things like chicken pox (normal childhood illness that comes with the added bonus of a week off school), and a HPV vaccine for girls who’ve barely hit puberty. I’m also not so sure that vaccines should be done in school, because then the kids who are scared of needles get teased by the ones who say they aren’t, the smart-alecky bully kids torment the others by saying that the needle is “THIIIIIIIIIIS BIIIIIIIG!!!!”; and teachers hate it, because the kids are too anxious to concentrate in class, and there’s always some class (usually one of the “creative” classes, like music, drama, or art, that “doesn’t really matter anyway”), that has to be cancelled so the kids can get their shots. But anyway, Nicki, I love your work–could you please do another “I Am Right, You Are Wrong” story in the near future?
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haha – love it! your mom was no amateur.
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:) Thanks!
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The “wash your hands” poster! Love it.
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Yeah, was that to remind the patients, or the doctor? Lol.
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Thanks! It was fun to make!
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So, so good, Nicki. You captured the vaccination experience for so many of us. I remember FREAKING OUT at the thought of a shot. I would avoid going in to the doctor for even a mild cold in fear that it would end with me getting a shot.
Have I said before that I think Chrissy and I have a kinship? She seems to have reacted to things so much like I did.
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Haha! Yes, when I trying to figure out which ending of two to go with, I was thinking “Which one is more ‘brat-ass’?”
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Perfect! I hope that you’ll let that question guide you, not only in your blog, but throughout life.
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This makes me SO happy. Your pictures are just amazing.
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Thank you! I’m glad you like it!
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Yessssss, ahahahahaha, me and Jakob read this and at the end we were both bustin up laughing, gotta love the request for a lollipop at the end.
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Did Chrissy get her lollipop?
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I love the thought of Jakob reading these with you :D
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Reblogged this on Ramblings of a Misguided Blonde and commented:
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Haha I used to be the exact same, although my doctor was a bit more vigilante with me, “Stop being a wuss” *BAM*
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Really? *BAM?* I hope not literally, because that could traumatize a child, not to mention leaving bruises.
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I’m afraid so *BAM*
I turned out alright though.
*twitch*
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You mean, he just SAID “bam,” or he actually injected you that hard?
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It was a she, she injected me that hard lol! It would have been awesome if she gave me a “BAM” along with it.
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Nicki, don’t leave us hanging–did Chrissy get her lollipop?
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Nicole, this is fabulous! Made me laugh out loud and I just love the attention to detail – I hope that Chrissy got her lollipop! :)
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Now, c’mon. Are going to say that Chrissy was the only one to freak out at shots? Did you just sit there like a little angel?
This was great! Only problem is the speech bubbles covered that chart of the human body – I’d really like to see your interpretation of the spleen. -
Too cute!! Love it
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I still have that reaction. Oustanding post!
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Chrissy rocks!!!! Cheers to the middlest sister!!! ;)
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I did that the first time i got a shot and i was crying hysterically only it actually hurt!
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Okay, Nicki, I think everyone still wants to know whether or not Chrissy got her lollipop.
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If there’s one thing you should know about Chrissy, it’s that she always gets her lollipop.
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Reblogged this on careabouteducation and commented:
Nice share. :)
The Middlest Sister 
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