Today Blaine has his 2 year check up, which I am absolutely dreading. He doesn't know yet and I'm hoping he won't know until we at least get to the doctors office. Also, he has to get a couple injections, something to do with kids at his age can either go to pre school or nursery which has very few children, obviously it's schools that have kids like Blaine so they are all accepting. Which I don't know whether to try it out or not and send him. It'll only be for 2-3 days a week for 4 hours. Anyway...
"Daddy" Blaine then sobs.
"Come on sweetheart" I soothe as I pull him out of his crib. He's just woken up from his nap.
"Let's change your bum and get you dressed"
"Weave?" He asks as he rubs his eyes.
"Yeah, daddy needs to get you some new clothes as these are starting to get a bit too small" I explain, leaving out the check up part and just about getting his shirt on. I take him downstairs and set him down on the floor.
"Go play for a minute while daddy packs the changing bag" I tell him as I walk into the hallway to collect the changing bag. I make sure I pack extras today as I never know with Blaine.
"Blaine, come on, let's get shoes and coats on" I call from the hallway as I finish zipping up my coat and getting Blaine's ready.
"Here sweetheart" I say as he puts his arms in and then I zip his coat up.
"I'll have to put your shoes on when we are done as we are running a little behind, ok?" I tell him as I pick him, his shoes and the changing bag up and carry them to the car. I put his bag and shoes in the front first and then I go to the back and put Blaine in his seat.
"You want your cup?" I ask him once I checked he was properly in his seat.
"Pwease" he smiles behind his dummy that was a little bit out because of his teeth.
"Ok" I say as I get in the front and turn to the passenger seat where the bag was, I open the bag and look through it, to finally find his cup.
"Here you go" I say as I turn around and give it to him.
"Fank 'ou" he says and starts to drink. I turn back round and buckle up before hitting the road and heading to the doctors. After 25 minutes, we finally get there. I get out and grab his bag and shoes before going to the back and quickly grabbing Blaine, I lock up and fast walk it in to the reception.
"Hello, how may I help?" Woman behind the desk asks.
"Um appointment for Blaine Anderson?" I question.
"Ah yes, Hummel, is it?"
"Yeah"
"Ok, if you'd like to wait in the waiting room and Dr. Cole will be with you shortly" she smiles.
"Thanks" I say and we go sit down, I put Blaine on my lap and then put the bag onto the floor. We only waited 10 minutes before Dr. Cole came out and called us.
"Let's go" I tell Blaine as I stand up, bringing everything with me.
"Hello" Dr. Greets us.
"Hey" I reply as I repeat my actions I did in the waiting room.
"How is everyone today?" He asks.
"We're good thanks and you?" I ask politely.
"Great, so Blaine, I saw that it was your birthday recently, how old are you?" He asks but Blaine just shies away.
"Tell Dr. Cole how old you are sweetie" I tell Blaine but he just whines.
"Say, I'm 2 now Doctor" I tell them both.
"Two? Wow that's big, are you going to tell me what you got for your birthday?" He asks.
"Daddy" he whines.
"Alright, that's fine, perhaps you can tell me later but for now let's check everything over" he explains.
"So let's start easy and measure height, oh your shoes are already off" Dr. Cole gasps, probably trying to cheer him up, which didn't happen as he's been grumpy a lot lately due to lack of sleep as he keeps fighting to not go to sleep.
"Yeah we rushed a little" I explain.
"Alright, let's take you over here" he says as I carry Blaine to the measuring thing. I put him down but he just whined and put his arms up to be carried.
"Stay there a minute baby" I soothe him as I kneel down and hold his stomach gently to stop him from going anyway. Dr. Cole brought the measure down and measured him. He tells me his height which was pretty good and then we sit back down.
"There you go, that wasn't so hard was it?" He asks. He then checks his eyes, heart, weight and then ears which was a bit of a struggle.
"Baby, you need to let him check your ears" I coo.
"No" he sobs and tries to get off my lap.
"No, come on" I say as I pull him back further up my lap and press one side of his head against my shoulder and hold him there a minute while the doctor checks one ear at the minute. Once he done that, I then quickly swapped sides so he could repeat his process.
"Do you think he'll cooperate with the mouth?" He asks me.
"I'm not to sure but I could try" I tell him.
"Ok, that'd be great" he smiles.
"Blaine, can you do doctor a really big favour and open your mouth as wide as you can for him?" I ask him and he does it easily without complaint yet he refused to do the ears.
"That was easy" I say surprised and then the doctor checks his mouth and teeth and all that.
"Seems healthy, except one thing, is he still using a dummy?" He asks.
"Yes he is, but I was thinking of stopping it all when he got to nearly three but that's going to have to be earlier isn't it by the sounds of all this?" I ask.
"Not necessarily, I know he's 19 and he's had and got healthy teeth but it seems that they are going a little wrong, nothing major though so don't worry, when are you thinking of taking him to the dentist?" He asks.
"Maybe next week, because I think he is now getting his wisdom teeth as he hardly takes all of his dummy and bottle" I tell him.
"Ok, they will probably do something about that as I can't I'm afraid, anyway moving on, the dreaded part, you know how this works, take clothes off, lay him down, blah blah blah" he jokes, trying to lighten the mood and I chuckle a little bit but Blaine looks a little tired so I'm hoping he will finally have a nap in the car.
"Come on then, let's get you out of these clothes" I sigh as I start stripping him down to his nappy and socks.
"We'll just do a little check on his belly, if that's alright?" Doctor asks.
"That's fine" I smile and let him do what he needs to do. He prods and touches his stomach.
"Quite a strong stomach little man" he says impressed.
"Yeah?" I ask, shocked.
"Yeah" he says as he finishes touching Blaine's stomach.
"Yeah but it can weaken when he's sick though, his mum explained that he's not very good when he gets ill so we have to be careful if not its back to the hospital if it gets too serious" I explain to him.
"Ah ok" he says.
"I don't know what that's all about, has his mother explained or?" He asks.
"No she hasn't, but I could always ask" I tell him.
"That'd be great, anyway moving on again" he says as he rolls his tray over behind Blaine's head so he couldn't see the needles.
"So you going to tell me now what you got for your birthday Blaine or you still wanting to be shy bud?" Doctor asks him and Blaine stays quiet.
"Ok, seems like a great birthday" he jokes as he prepares the needle.
"Why don't you tell him about the accident you had on the bouncy castle" I tell him, hoping to get him a little excited about the bouncy castle.
"A bouncy castle, that sounds cool" he stalls for a minute to get Blaine a bit calmer as he kept the needle under the table.
"You wanna tell him the accident?" I ask him.
"Me 'ell 'ver an' 'urt me 'outh" he mumbles but the doctor caught on.
"Oh no, did it bleed a lot?" He asks and Blaine starts to come out of his shell a little bit.
"Eah an' daddy 'aided me 'an 'ave wowwy pop" he smiles and half way through that sentence, he stuck the needle in his leg and quickly plastered him up and he whimpered.
"It's alright, it's alright" I soothe.
"Sorry bud" he apologises.
"Anyway, what did you get for you birthday, anything special?" He asks.
"Ba'man" he cheers.
"Batman? That sounds awesome, I wish I was there, I might even have a Batman sticker in my sticker box" he tells him.
"Me 'an dat on'" he cheers again but then starts to cry a little as this one went in his arm.
"Just one more, I promise, then we are all done, alright?" He tries to soothe him.
"Daddy" he sobs.
"One more baby, you're doing so good, just sit there for one more minute and daddy will hold you, it's fine sweetie" I soothe as I held his hand.
"Ok, what was the best present you got?" He asks.
"Ba'man 'ar 'eat" he mumbles.
"A Batman car seat? You sure love Batman, did you have a Batman cake as well?" He asks.
"Eah 't 'as 'ummy" he says and there goes the last needle in the other arm. And Blaine just cried.
"Apparently this one always hurts, everyone cries on that one" he explains as I start to dress Blaine back up again.
"Well look at this, this is the last Batman sticker in my sticker box, who could I possibly give this to?" Dr. Cole says.
"Me" Blaine cheers.
"Alright one Batman sticker, here you go" he says and hands it to Blaine whilst Blaine looks at it.
"Alright we are done, everything seems fine, um just a couple more things, he might have a slight fever, nothing major a bit of Calpol will be alright and maybe a couple of rashes, if any of these get worse please do come back and of course both arms and legs are going to be a bit sore for the next couple of days so he might be a bit fussy and clingy, any questions or concerns at all?" He explains as I finish getting Blaine's coat on once we all had sat back down.
"Um is it normal for him to keep fighting nap time and bedtime?" I ask him.
"Yes, now that he is two, it will happen, I mean he might eventually get himself to sleep but yes that happens to every child, he will eventually come out of it, it could be in a couple days or in a couple weeks" he explains.
"Ok thanks and just one more thing, lately he keeps getting his bedsheets wet with his bottle, is there anyway I could stop that from happening?" I ask but before he could answer Blaine interrupts.
"Dum" he whined and I looked at the doctor to see if it was ok, I mean I know I'm the parent and in charge of Blaine but when the doctor mentioned his dummy problem, I'm now starting to think what's better for him.
"He's fine with it, he can have as usual just maybe cut it down a little so he's not having it as much, especially if he's getting his wisdom teeth, but he might use it a lot after the surgery he might have, although he's not supposed to, it may work if he's sore then again it may not because he's in a lot of pain" he explains as I dig through his bag and find it.
"Here sweetie" I say and pop it in his mouth and he starts to fall asleep with his head on my shoulder.
"Tired" I sighed.
"Yup, probably all that lack of sleep" he explains.
"Probably"
"Anyway as you were saying about the bottle leaking, perhaps feed him before he goes to bed and see if it's the nappy, I know he's 2 and it seems ridiculous to feed a 2 year old but you could always check if it's the nappy if you're unsure of what it is or just before you go to bed, check in on him and if he's finished his bottle or not and check where his bottle is and they might be your answers, other than that, I would really not know on that, sorry" he explains.
"Well thank you very much and I hope to see you again sometime" I say to him as I stand up and put the bag on and making sure I have Blaine in a comfortable position while he sleeps.
"Thank you, looks like he enjoyed my company" he chuckled at Blaine.
"Seems like it, bye"
"Bye Kurt" he says and shuts the door behind me. I walk out to the car and put Blaine's things in the passenger seat before going to the back and strapping a sleepy Blaine into his seat. I get into the drivers seat and dad rings.
"Hello?" I answer.
"Hey Kurt, how'd it go?" He asks.
"Great actually, he cried on his last shot and was a bit difficult to do with his ears other than that, it was fine, I'll explain more later, I'm now taking him clothes shopping" I explain.
"That's good to hear and again Kurt, really?"
"Dad, trust me, his shirt this morning just about fits him and so does his other clothes, his shirt looks a bit tight on the arms" I explain.
"Wow well if it just about fits and is getting a bit tight, then alright bud, anyway it's quiet, what's Blaine up to?" He asks.
"He's asleep bless him, he's tired himself out" I say as I look in the rear view mirror to see a red, tear stained face Blaine, who was calmly sleeping in his seat with his dummy slightly out of his mouth.
"Ok well I better leave you two to it, I'll see you later"
"Alright bye" I hang up and then finally head to the clothes store. I get out and grab the changing bag again, before shutting that door and going to Blaine. I un strap him and carefully remove his arms, I pull him out and lift him into my arms. I close his door and lock up.
"Daddy" I hear Blaine mumble.
"Shh sweetheart, it's alright" I soothe.
"Owie daddy" he starts to cry, but I look and he's still asleep.
"I know baby, I know" I soothe as I rub his back up and down. I grab a trolley and try to push it one handed but then I saw Sam and Mercedes then leaving.
"Oh hey Kurt" Sam greets.
"Hey" I reply as I stop to chat to them.
"Need help white boy?" Cedes asks.
"It's fine, don't want to bother you, you're now leaving anyway" I tell them.
"It's fine, we haven't got anything else to do, wait there while we put our stuff back in the car and we'll come help" Cedes says before she walks of without waiting for me to even reply back. I stand there and wait until they come back.
"Here, I'll take the trolley" Sam says and takes it of me.
"Thanks you guys, I owe you" I tell them.
"No problem white boy, so what have you two been up to?" She asks.
"Blaine had his two year check up which went alright, he had his shots and now he's tired himself out so he's going to be a little sore for the next couple of days" I explain as I pick up a shirt for Blaine.
"Aww poor kid" Sam says.
"I know" I sigh as I put the shirt to Blaine's back to see if it's alright.
"New clothes?" Sam asks.
"Yeah, his are getting a bit too tight on him" I explain as I pick up a few more shirts and put them in the trolley.
"This is cute" Mercedes says as she picks up a long sleeve Elmo onesie and trousers.
"Aww thanks Cedes" I say as I look at them and put them in the trolley.
"Hey, what about Batman trousers?" Sam says and we turn around to see what Sam was holding up.
"You guys, he's gonna love these, thank you" I say as I take them off Sam and look at them before putting them into the trolley.
"Anyway how was he at the doctors, there's always some sort of drama going on with Blaine when you end up there" Mercedes explains.
"He fussed on his ears as he hates having things in his ears" I explain as I pick up a few more pairs of trousers.
"Understandable" Sam says.
"He cried on his last shot, but apparently that one is the one that hurts the most, he has to lose the dummy a bit because his teeth are going a bit funny but he can have it as usual just a little less than he would usually have it and then he helped me with his bottle leakage problem, he also said that he might be a bit clingy and fussy over the next few days because he might get a small fever and a couple rashes accompanied by sore arms and his right leg" I explain.
"Oh wow, poor little fella" Sam says.
"I know, I have to take him to the dentist next week to see what's wrong and to check out his wisdom teeth, which should be fun. Not" I sigh as I put a few pairs of new socks and a couple more pairs of shoes in the trolley. 'Might as well as just do his whole wardrobe' I thought.
"Daddy" I hear Blaine mumble and lift his head of my shoulder and look around, confused.
"Hey baby" I coo as I rub his back up and down and he just lays his head back on my shoulder and sighs.
"Daddy" he then suddenly bursts out crying, his dummy dropping to the floor, but we left it for now as I wanted to see if he would tell me what's up.
"What's wrong sweetheart?" I ask him, concerned as I look at Sam and Mercedes, who also look concerned.
"AAAAHHHH" he sobs as he wriggles in my arms.
"Baby, what's wrong?" I try and soothe him by bouncing him on the spot.
"Alright, alright, shh baby, shh" I try and calm him.
"Do you want your cup?" I ask him but he shakes his head 'no'.
"A bottle?" I ask him but again he says 'no'.
"Dummy?" Mercedes asks as she picked it up of the floor and cleaned it a bit. This time he agrees.
"Here you go sweetie" she soothes as she helps me try to calm him.
"Thanks Cedes" I sigh.
"It's ok, just hope he's alright" she says, but even I don't know if he's alright.
"Owie daddy" he sobs.
"What hurts Blaine?" I ask him but he just points to his leg where his injection was.
"I know baby, daddy's now going to get you some medicine alright?" I soothe him as I look into the trolley and think that that's enough clothes for now and will come back for more another time when Blaine's much better.
"Do you think sitting in the trolley might help?" I ask him as my arms were starting to get a little bit dead after holding Blaine for so long, but all he does is just shake his head 'no' again.
"Can you at least go to either Sam or Mercedes sweetie, daddy's arms are starting to hurt from holding you for so long" I explain to him and he nods his head 'yes'.
"Thank you baby, is that alright with you both?" I ask Sam and Mercedes.
"Absolutely" they both say.
"Thanks, who'd you want to go to?" I ask him and he points to Cedes.
"Sorry Sam" I apologise as I pass Blaine over and he immediately lays his head down on her shoulder.
"Don't worry about it, poor little guy must be sore and sick" he reassures me.
"Thanks" I reply.
"Here, want me to push the trolley?" I ask.
"It's fine, let your arms rest a bit" he says as we pick up some food and drinks and then some medicine. Sam and Mercedes walk back to the car with me and help load the car up.
"Thank you so much guys, I really appreciate the help, I owe you big time" I tell them.
"Hey no problem, don't worry about owing us back, it's all good" Sam says.
"Yeah, honestly it's fine Kurt, you've done so much for us, so it's our turn to return the favour" They both reassure me.
"Ok, if you're sure" I say, sounding uneasy.
"It's fine, don't worry, anyway we better go, you need to get Blaine home and comfy because clearly you're gonna have your hands full for the next few days" they say to me as I take Blaine back from Mercedes.
"Get better soon Blaine" they say, we say goodbye and I put Blaine in his seat, but he starts crying again.
"Oh sweetheart, you really aren't feeling too good are you?" I soothe as I gave him a sad smile.
"Do you wanna sit in the front with daddy?" I ask him and he nods his head 'yes'.
"Alright, sit in the seat for a minute while daddy moves your car seat" I tell him as I sat him down in the seat that was next to his car seat and moved it to the front.
"Let's change you quickly" I say as I lie him down on the seats and change him, before putting him in his seat and heading home. About 20 minutes later and we were home.
"Hey" I walk into the house carrying a sleeping Blaine.
"Hey kiddo, he still asleep?" Dad asks.
"I'll explain in a bit, there's some stuff in the car" I explain as I carefully settle Blaine down on the sofa and quickly head back to the car to get the shopping. I lock up and head inside, closing the door behind me.
"So, wanna tell me?" Dad asks as we sit down at the table and I explain everything I said to Sam and Mercedes.
"Poor kid, whys he still asleep though?" He asks.
"Well he did wake up slightly in the shop, he looked confused and then started sobbing because his leg hurt, once we finished I took him to the car and put him in the front with me because he cried when I put him the back, so I think it's going to hurt for him to sit down at the minute" I explain.
"It probably will" he sighs.
"Well I'm gonna go start dinner, call me if you need anything?" Dad says.
"Sure" I reply and walk into the living room to wake Blaine up to see if he'll have a small snack for now.
"Sweetie? Blaine? Can you wake up for daddy please?" I coo as I rub his lower arm gently and he stirs a bit.
"Come on sweetheart" I coo as I carry on encouraging him to get up.
"Daddy" he cried and tried to lift his arms but they must of been too sore as he put them straight back down.
"I know baby, I know" I coo as I pick him up and take him into the kitchen.
"I don't know how I'm going to feed him if he doesn't want to sit down" I sigh.
"Have you still got his old bouncy chair he could lay in?" Carole asks. See we still have a lot of Blaine's old baby things incase it was needed for things like now, although he's two, he still manages to fit in a lot of his old things because he is short for his age.
"I do, baby can you go to grandma Carole while I get your bouncy chair that you could lay in?" I ask him and he nods 'yes'.
"Good boy, is that alright?" I ask Carole.
"It's no problem" she smiles as she takes him from me while I fetch his chair. I come back and set it up next to where I'll be sitting. I take him off Carole and lay him in it.
"Is that better, sweetie?" Carole asks and he just mumbles a 'yeah'.
"Alright, daddy's gonna get our dinners" I tell him as I go and collect our plates. I feed him bits and pieces considering he can't really reach the table from the floor.
"No 'ore daddy" he cries.
"You not hungry?" I ask him.
"No, ou'" he sobs.
"Alright" I say and take him out of the chair.
"What do you want to do sweetie?" I ask him as he rubs his eyes.
"Sweep" he yawns.
"Baby, if you sleep now, you won't go to bed" I tell him and he just cries again.
"I know you're tired, but if you wait a few more hours and then you can go to bed, alright?"
"Why don't you go play while daddy finishes his dinner?" I ask him.
"No" he sobs.
"Here, I'll take him, I know he's sore and he will cry, but you need to eat honey, I'm finished, so I'll take him to go play" Carole says as she just takes him anyway.
"Um ok" I say, but all I can hear are Blaine's cries for me.
"Kiddo, he will cry but you'll just have to leave him, he'll soon settle" dad reassures me and a few minutes later, Blaine's quietly playing with Carole. I finish up and help dad and Finn clear the kitchen whilst we do that Carole keeps Blaine entertained for a while so that I could do something without Blaine attached to my hip for a good couple hours.
"Shall we get ready for bed and then play some more?" I ask Blaine as I walk into the living room.
"Tay daddy" he says as Carole passes him over, I head upstairs and change Blaine's nappy and change him into some fresh, clean pyjamas.
"There we go, all nice and clean" I tell him as I pick him back up and take him back down. He plays for a few more minutes while I make his bottle.
"How's he doing?" Finn asks.
"He's alright at the minute, just need to prepare myself for tonight and the next few days" I tell him as I put the lid onto Blaine's bottle and shake it.
"Hey I'm here to help if you need it, alright?" He tells me.
"Ok Finn, thanks" I sincerely say to him as I walk back into the living room to fetch Blaine.
"Let's get you to bed sweetie, it's been a long day" I sigh as I pick him up.
"Say night" I tell him as he lays his head on my shoulder.
"Ni-ni" he mumbles.
"Night buddy" Finn says.
"Night kiddo" dad kisses his forehead.
"Night sweetie and you go get some rest yourself" Carole kisses Blaine's cheek before kissing mine.
"Alright, I'll see you in the morning" I call out before heading up the stairs.
"Here you go sweetie" I tell him as I lay him in his crib with everything he needs, I tuck him in and kiss him goodnight. Once I knew that he was settled, I head to my room to change and wait until I think he was done with his bottle. After a few minutes, I quietly walk in and see that it was half full. 'Poor baby' I thought as he probably couldn't drink it all due to his teeth. I carefully and gently start to take the bottle out of his hand but he stirs a little.
"Shhh, shh, here, here's your dummy" I whisper as I try to put the dummy in his mouth as I distract him from the bottle being removed from his hold. Once I have the bottle and knew that Blaine was settled again, I put his bottle on the side of his changing table for now for when he will probably cry for it during the night. I then quietly go out and head to bed, trying to get as much sleep in as I possibly could.
(A/N: there will be a Part 2 of him going to the dentist and I will try to get that up as soon as possible for you all)