Current mood: Proud
First of all, I just want to write and say how EXTREMELY PROUD I am of my little girl. She is so precious and so cute but man what a tough cookie she is. She never ceases to amaze me.
Well today was the day Adrian and I have been dreading for sometime. It was that time again.... time for Mia's "Well Baby Check-up" (18 months). We both could have sworn that last time we went in they told us we didn't have to be back until she was 4, but I guess we were misinformed.
The day started off pretty good. Mia was in a good mood and I didn't have any trouble with her in the morning. I even gave her a bath so she would be extra clean for the doctors. I put her down for a nap and got ready for her appointment that was later in the afternoon. When her appointment time was rounding the corner I actually had to wake her up from the nap. I wasn't sure how her mood would be since she didn't wake up on her own but surprisenly she was really happy and chipper. This broke my heart since I knew what the next hour would bring.... PAIN! from shots!
So I got her ready and when Adrian was ready we were out the door. She was jibber jabbering happily in the backseat munching on a pair. I felt a pain my chest as my heart broke more and more the closer we got to her doctor's office. Once we got there we got her off the car and checked her in.
She went NUTS in the waiting room. She climbed on and off the chairs, explored every inch of that room and even went up to strangers pointed at them, and jibber jabbered to them. Daddy let her play a bit outside of the waiting room for a bit and she took off to the pharmacy. Once she got there she started to get into all the items on the shelves!!! So Daddy had to quickly scoop her up and came back to the waiting room. Soon her name was called and we were taken to the back area.
Her normal doctor was out so another doctor was going to see her instead. I felt alittle bummed about this since we LOVE her doctor and he is really good with her, but we didn't want to have to reschedule and do this all over another time.
The nurse had us undress Mia and she weighed her. Adrian predicted she would be 27lbs I guessed 28 but to our surprise she was only 25.12lbs! She has never been heavy for her age. We were happy to find out that she is finally above the "normal" line (she is always under it). They were happy to see that too.
Next they took her temp., measured her head and height and she did VERY well for all of those exams. She didn't even cry! Infact she jibber jabbered softly to the nurse as she did it. The nurse was very impressed by this and gave her a sticker for being so good. She then asked us a series of questions regarding her development and shes right on track with EVERYTHING! YAY! Good Job Mia! When she was done she left and we waited for the doctor to come in.
She did good while we waited. She played on the crunch paper and played with her reflexion in the mirror. Then the doctor came in and introduced himself. He was a nice doctor but I still like her normal one better! haha He checked her ears, mouth, back, eyes ... the works. Mia did great with everything! Even when he put the tongue depressor in her mouth she didn't even cry about that! She always used to! I was beaming with pride! What a good girl she was being. Then it came down to showing how she walks, thats when all of a sudden she got stage fright! She just stood there. The doctor tried to nudge her but she wouldnt move. We tried to coax her but she refused to even lift a foot! She just stood there motionless. We tried to bribe her with Daddy's Cell phone, my camera, even the doctor used his little light instrument but she refused! Ah well... so he took our word for how well she walks haha.
The doctor then went over her charts. First up...
Weight: As I mentioned before she has been alittle under the "average/normal" range the past two check ups but this time she finally was above average and hit the 70 percentile! She is 25.12 lbs.
Height: Even when the nurse saw her, she right away commented on how very tall she is for her age. (We get that alot) the Doctor also commented on how tall she is so it wasn't to shocking that her trend hasn't stopped. She was in the 95 percentile at 6months, 90 percentile at a year and now she is back up at the upper 95 percentile now! Wow what a tall girl! She is almost 3 feet tall already at a year and a half!!! She is .86 inches which is 2 feet 10inch!
Head: Mia has always had an above average size head. I always said its because she houses a big smart brain!! but even as a newborn I could rarely put any beanies on her because of the size of her head. Well the last 3 doctor's visits she has been in the 90 percentile for her head and today she actually went off the charts!! Shes in the 96-97 percentile! WOW!!! Well she does have a big brain in there because she is so smart! Her head is 49.5cm
After he was done with his exams he asked us to wait until the nurse came back to do the shots. OH NO!!!! We waited a bit then she came in. My stomach was in knots. Adrian helped hold her as I turned away. She was only getting two shots this time.. her HIB and Hep A both in the same leg. The nurse was really good with her and spoke to her calmly and to our shock she didn't even cry with the first one! Infact Adrian said all she did was make a mean face. The nurse was surprised too! Then came the second one and this time she did start to fuss a bit but not a full on cry like before. Adrian quickly picked her up and calmed he down. She literally only cried for about a min. Then she we was rewarded with another sticker AND a new baby book from the nurse! YAY!! She cheered up a bit more, we said our goodbyes, and off to the car we went.
We treated her to a movie in the backseat and I gave her another pair (her favorite snackie) She did great on the ride home and hasn't cried again. Such a big girl! I am so proud of her! I love her so much!
Phew I am glad thats over and we get a break for another 6 months!!! then its back again... yuk!! I can't wait until all her shots are over!
