Today Hoover received her last round of jabs in accordance with the current immunisation schedule. It's at times like this that you realise that the older your children get the more astute, discerning and argumentative they have become. Hoover is far more perceptive than she was two years ago when she had her last jabs and that is probably why I have let it slip.
 
Earlier this week I received a stern letter reminding me that my child couldn't start school until she had been fully immunised. Well that was all the impetus I needed to call our family doctor and make an appointment. I then sat Hoover down and told her that we were going to see Dr Jeremy on thursday morning. Well that went down like a lead balloon and she flatly refused to go! I then explained that every child in Australia needs to be fully immunised or else they would not be allowed to go to school.

Hoover was clearly perturbed about her impending fate and at 10pm last night she was still unable to get to sleep. So, late last night Hoover and I sat on her bed chatting about her 'im-bu-zi-zation'. The trade off was simple - she would willingly have her jabs if I got her a pair of golden ballet slippers.