We haven't had Addison to the Dr. since she was 10 months old. Not because we didn't want to get her there earlier, just because my work schedule kept changing and the Dr.'s office and I had trouble co-ordinating a date that worked for both of us. So lucky little Addie girl has had to wait an extra two months to get her check-up and shots.
Last time Addison had shots we ended up spending the night in the hospital due to her adverse reaction, and because the adverse reactions were getting worse with each set of shots, we took her to the allergist to see what the problem was. As it turned out, by the time we went to the allergist, the shots had changed and Addison will never have to have the shot that she was allergic to ever again. The allergist even tested her for the new upcoming shots (for today, 15 and 18 months) to make sure she would be okay with those too. Thankfully she passed the allergy tests for all of them back in May and I was not as nervous about her having shots today.
Addie had her chek-up first, and after much screaming and flailing around (can we say drama queen?) the nurse finally got Addison's weight. She is ALMOST 19lbs, she's about 5oz off from 19. lol I started laughing, I couldn't help it. What a peanut! She is in the 15th percentile for weight. Next the screaming match for the height check. For this one, they still make her lay on the table and mark the paper. Everyone knows Addison hates lying down if she doesn't have to, and being pinned down wasn't exactly what she had planned for this beautiful morning. So, she screamed, and she screamed, and she screamed until her face was so red it only had one more shade to go before it turned purple. She was PISSED, but we got the height anyway. She is 28 Inches and is about the 30th percentile for height .
I was pretty happy with her stats because although her percentiles seem low compared to her peers, she has really grown a lot on her own chart. Plus she's perfectly healthy so what's not to be happy about there? She did well on her ear/eye check, and was happy to know she is done with all the breech baby hip checks. Dr. DaSilva is awesome, and she is really good to Addie, Addie thought her game of find the light was hilarious!
Then we had a chat about Addie's milestones. She checked her milestones according to a 2 yr old because Addie was running around and acting like one, and guess what? Addie's meeting all the 2 yr old milestones, and her verbal skills even outdo the basic 2 yr old milestones! I was very happy with that news. The only thing the Dr was concerned about (if you could call it a concern) was her eating. And she agreed that Addie doesn't have eating issues, she just prefers to eat socially and prefers formula to milk. The Dr. told us that Addie should be okay at this point to take off formula and go straight to regular milk. That won't be much of an issue since her bottles are almost entirely milk at this point anyway. So we are making the switch as soon as our formula stash is done, and Addie is going to be supplemented with Toddler formula from here on out. I got her the vanilla stuff, so I hope she likes it! And after paying $45 for a case of formula every week, $20 for two weeks worth of toddler formula is much easier on the bank account!
Next came the shots, and Addison needed the 12 month measles, mumps and rubella shots. They gave her one in each arm while I held her, and the poor thing screamed and gave me the pout lip immediately. But, after a little time with her bunny and pacifier, she was on the mend and running around in no time. The nice thing about taking her close to nap time, is the she goes straight to sleep when she gets home and has a chance to recover. I also gave her some Tempra before we left and I think it helped.
So far the little Addie girl seems to be doing well, she is still sleeping, but we hung out at the office for 20 minutes and no reaction, then we even ventured to wal-mart, still no reaction, so I am hoping she comes sailing through and these particular shots are easy on her.
She has to go back in 6 weeks to have the 15 month shots, and then again at 18 months.
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