I had to take A to get a blood draw yesterday to get his iron levels checked. He was on the lower side at his 9 month check up and his Ped wanted a follow up one month later.

oh you guys, it was awful. They put the little strap thingy on his arm and he started crying. She had to do it to the other arm too to see which had a better vein. She found one and when she went to poke him, he wiggled too much. She had the needle in his arm and was poking around trying to find the vein. I even asked her how experienced she was with infants before she started, and she told me she had been doing it for 18 years.

She called someone in to help. They ended up having to draw blood from one of the veins from his wrist. Poor baby. He cried so hard, but once the blood was flowing, he was ok. I nursed him in the car when we were done and he was back to his normal self afterwards. I really hope his iron levels are up, because I don't want to put him through that again.

Have you ever had to take your baby to get a blood draw from the arm?