Two-year checkup.
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rivkaAlex had her two-year-old well child visit today, and she is indeed a well child.
She's refusing a lot of foods lately (typical two-year-old stuff), so it was a bit of a relief to see that she's continuing steady on the 25th percentile line for weight, at 24.5 pounds. Her height is still near the top of the charts - she's just a half-inch shy of three feet.
She still has a heart murmur.
Her doctor gave us the go-ahead to introduce nuts and shellfish, the last two things we were abstaining from for fear that she'd develop food allergies. The nursery school she'll be starting at in June is not peanut-free, so I really want to test her out on peanut butter at home and make sure there's no reaction.
She needed the chicken pox vaccine to start nursery school, so we went ahead and got it. I am disappointed that we didn't have the opportunity to expose her to the natural disease, because I still have reservations about how effective the vaccine is likely to be in producing lifelong immunity.
She was a little hero about getting the shot! While we were waiting for the lab tech, we reminded her of a little video clip she'd watched in which her favorite TV character got a shot. She sat on my lap to have it done, legs tucked between my knees and each of us holding one of her hands. I told her, "The lady is going to give you a shot with some medicine to help you stay healthy. It will hurt a little bit, and then it will be all done." She didn't make a sound when the needle went in, or afterward - she was just interested in having a "sticky bandaid" and also getting to pick out a sticker to take home. Her bravery was much admired by all.
(While we were waiting, a kid who looked about five came out sobbing. His mother said cheerfully, "You're okay. It probably didn't even hurt." WTF?! Did she actually think she could convince him that he was mistaken about feeling pain?)
She's refusing a lot of foods lately (typical two-year-old stuff), so it was a bit of a relief to see that she's continuing steady on the 25th percentile line for weight, at 24.5 pounds. Her height is still near the top of the charts - she's just a half-inch shy of three feet.
She still has a heart murmur.
Her doctor gave us the go-ahead to introduce nuts and shellfish, the last two things we were abstaining from for fear that she'd develop food allergies. The nursery school she'll be starting at in June is not peanut-free, so I really want to test her out on peanut butter at home and make sure there's no reaction.
She needed the chicken pox vaccine to start nursery school, so we went ahead and got it. I am disappointed that we didn't have the opportunity to expose her to the natural disease, because I still have reservations about how effective the vaccine is likely to be in producing lifelong immunity.
She was a little hero about getting the shot! While we were waiting for the lab tech, we reminded her of a little video clip she'd watched in which her favorite TV character got a shot. She sat on my lap to have it done, legs tucked between my knees and each of us holding one of her hands. I told her, "The lady is going to give you a shot with some medicine to help you stay healthy. It will hurt a little bit, and then it will be all done." She didn't make a sound when the needle went in, or afterward - she was just interested in having a "sticky bandaid" and also getting to pick out a sticker to take home. Her bravery was much admired by all.
(While we were waiting, a kid who looked about five came out sobbing. His mother said cheerfully, "You're okay. It probably didn't even hurt." WTF?! Did she actually think she could convince him that he was mistaken about feeling pain?)
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Date: 2007-05-01 07:16 pm (UTC)"No," I wailed, "She hurt my feelings!"