Supertrooper

Last week Gabe got his first shot in a very long time.   Well… 6 months… it seems like a long time ago.   My mom has been urging us to get the flu vaccine this year.  (Everyone should take note: my mom, whose new title is Chief of Science at the CDC, has been especially urging us to get the flu vaccine this year.   It’s going to be a bad year for the flu.)    So, I took Gabey to the local Walgreen’s and we did it together.   I warned him about it all week, and I made sure to get the shot before him, in the same visit.

Well, he was a phenomenal little boy.   He didn’t cry — at all.   He flinched a bit.   And then he said, “Ow!” and rubbed his arm.   The nurse said that he was the bravest 3-year-0ld he’d ever seen.

After some hugs and some rewards, I caught myself thinking that when we have a second kid, it’s going to be hard to resist saying, “Why can’t you be like your brother?”