concerns were with the little knot in his neck (his swollen lymph node
that's been there for a while) and the tube in his right ear that is
loose. He fell asleep in the car on the way and was still asleep on
my shoulder when the nurse needed him undressed down to his underwear,
so the poor thing had quite the rude awakening - clothes being
snatched off at the doctor's office. He weighed in at 31.8 lbs (72%),
38.5" (93%), and 20" head circumference (92%). He was supposed to get
measured laying down, but the nurse discovered he was too long for
that and we had to measure him standing up. I'm sure he's a little
taller than 38.5 because he was still screaming from his rude
awakening and not really standing up straight.
Everything checked out fine (we are so thankful every time) and Drew
and Kate had to help at different times in the check-up to make Ben
more accepting of whatever instrument the doctor was going to use on
him next. For example, Ben was very anxious about getting his ears
checked (as usual), so Dr. Smiley asked if she should check Drew's
ears first. Drew was a great trooper and let her check his ears with
a smile. When Dr. Smiley approached Ben, he said, "What about Kate"?
This caused Dr. Smiley to turn around and check Kate's ears before Ben
would let her check his. That's the only part of the check-up I had
to hold him down for. Otherwise, he maintained a cute little dialogue
with the doctor the whole time.
Possibly the funniest thing ever to happen at the doctor occurred
today as well. While Ben was waiting for Dr. Smiley to go through his
records and start his check-up, he looked down and said, "Look, here
is my nipple and here is my other nipple. Kate has nipples too." Dr.
Smiley looked puzzled and I had to tell her that he in fact said what
she probably thought he had said. I then had to go on to explain
that he kept saying they were boo boos for a while and we finally told
him that they were his nipples and everyone has them. He also
informed the doctor that he had a boo boo on his knee and told her the
story about how Avie pushed him.
At the end of the check-up, he told Dr. Smiley that he had an Animal
shirt. He said, "I like Beaker too." Then he said, "Beaker says mee
mee mee mee and Animal says Mama oo oo oo oooh", so I had to explain
about the two videos on youtube.
Oh - and no vaccinations needed. Yay for a very pleasant check-up.
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