Massage and splashing

     I've been avoiding touching Emily Grace's legs because she had two shots in each thigh. Yesterday morning when I was changing her diaper I felt a lump on her leg. Right underneath where she got her shots.  I grab the phone and start calling the doctor's office while going through the diaper bag to make sure everything I would need all day is in there.  I get the doctor on phone and tell her what's going on.  And she tells me in this very calm voice " That's the serum from the shot.  That's why you need you massage it, to help the muscle take it in. " Massage it!? No one told me massage it! That's why my normal cheerful baby has been screaming since Tuesday!? I didn't say any of that, I just said " Oh, ok. Thank you. " Emily is still cranky but it's getting better.  The lump is SLOWLY getting smaller.  We've gone through almost all the baby tylenol and have been rubbing her legs.  At least now I know for next time. 

     When Doug got home he took Emily and started trying to cheer her up.  And had the great idea to fill up a small plastic tub with warm water to let her sit in out in the living room to help relax the muscle.  It's smaller then the bathtub so Emily could sit up in it by herself. ( Don't worry, Doug and I were on each side of her )  Since she wasn't in her bath chair she found a new fun thing to do. Splashing. She soaked the towel that it was on, Doug, me, the carpet and she got the dog.  She was giggling and happy.  We let her splash till the water started to turn cold. I'm going to have to remember this for when she's got a serious case of the cranks again. But maybe in the kitchen instead.