The Dreaded Check-up

We (me, Lyla and Reesi) took Grace for her 6 year old check-up on Tuesday. Grace was worrying about whether or not she would get a shot. It wasn't nearly as bad as last year though. You can read about Grace's shots from last year under January 2008, "Shots are not fun". Anyway, she started crying as soon the nurse came in. They checked weight, height and eyes first. Then she did the finger prick. It wasn't too bad thanks to the freezing spray. It did bleed a lot though. After the nurse left, the blood started running down her thumb out from under the bandaid. I had to clean that up and then the doctor came in and put a pressure bandaid on it. We talked about her growth and behaviors. She is 48 pounds and is 47 3/4 inches tall. Her weight is in the 68th percentile and her height is in the 89st percentile. Everything else that they checked looked good. Then came the shots. She only needed 1 shot but she cried more than when she was a baby even though they used the freezing spray again. The most difficult part of the visit was handling spunky little Lyla Belle while all of this was going on. She wanted to do everything Grace did...get undressed, pee in a cup, check her ears, eyes, climb on the table over and over and over again all while the doctor is trying to talk to me and sweet Reesi is trying to talk to the doctor about her new horse....you get the picture. She's definitely a handful! My saving grace was that they had us in and out of there in about 45 minutes from arrival to departure. After we left Grace was very pitiful. She said her thumb was sore and her leg hurt too. She wanted a treat. I had to go to Wal-Mart anyway so we found some $2.50 Valentine's Day stuffed animals. They both picked one out and everyone was happy.