I was so excited to be able to finally schedule the girls' yearly doctor's appointments together as opposed to a week or two apart... until I realized that I would be going alone and probably dealing with 2 recently vaccinated children on my own. Yikes. Little Monster is usually not a problem - if it's 1 she doesn't mind too much. More and she'll cry but usually only a minute.
It's that 4 year old that always worries me. She's so dramatic and everything is so over the top with her. I prepared her a week ago by telling her we were going to visit the doctor... and lil sis would for sure be getting shots and Tiny Dancer may get shots. She's fussed at me a bit all the way up until today, when she started crying in the bathtub because I told her to get out and she realized why she had to get out.
Always dramatic that one. Never a dull moment.
But we went and Little Monster had to get 4 shots and we got the option on Tiny Dancer's shots: 3 this year, 3 next year or dividing them up. She is so excited about starting kindergarten next year I decided to postpone all 3 of them so that we could really hype it up with "well, you have to get your shots to start kindergarten." I'm thinking that could work.
Poor Little Monster almost broke my heart, but she only cried for a minute and was back to her normal self.
Stats on the girls:
Tiny Dancer is 32 pounds and 39 1/2 inches. She's in the 15-25th percentile for weight and the 25-50th percentile for height. She's petite for weight, but average for height. Just a skinny little thing. :)
Little Monster is 18 pounds and 9 ounces and 29 1/2 inches. She's in the 10-25th percentile for weight and the 25-50th percentile for height, which is where she's been for her past 3 visits. We also discussed her egg allergy. Her pediatrician said her levels were so high that she would anticipate if she ever gets a large dose of egg, it would result in anaphylactic shock. :( In fact, if she weren't too young for jewelry (which causes its own set of hazards), she'd like her to wear a medical bracelet. So, if her levels don't start to decrease by next year, that may be something we deal with. They're pretty high, which is scary! We have to be really careful at restaurants. At home, I'm extra-cautious. Eggs are prepared and everything is washed and scrubbed down immediately. Leftover egg goes in the garbage disposal, to keep it from falling out of the trash. Her pedi also said most kids will accidentally ingest egg (or whatever their allergen is), so to be prepared. We're already carrying her epi-pen, benadryl and food allergy plan around with us wherever we go, so we are prepared in that way. Not sure how I feel about my child not being able to breathe, or having to administer the epi pen.
Other than that pesky egg situation, my girls are very healthy, albeit small. Doctor said, "see Little Monster again in 3 months and The Baby in 4!" Can't believe that will get here so soon! :)
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