Showing posts with label Rory stats. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rory stats. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Rory's 4 year stats, Beckah's 18 month stats, and Owen 2 month stats...
It was a busy couple of weeks for us. Rory turned 4, Beckah turned 18 months, and Owen is now 2 months old. All of them needed to go in for well checks! lol
Rory is 38 inches tall (so 3'2") and 30lbs 5ozs. Still on the skinny side, but she is holding steady on the growth chart so we aren't worried. Rory is always awesome at the doctor's office. She answers questions and has no problem holding still for the exams. The only thing she didn't like was having to get her shots, but I am pretty sure that no one likes to get shots. At least now she is done with shots until she is 11 and needs a booster.
Beckah was also very cooperative with the doctors. She is 31inches tall and 25lbs 3ozs. She talked a bunch (some nonsense and some completely understandable lol) and is a little bit ahead of where they say average is for her age. Beckah also needed shots which she milked for a couple of days by talking about her "ow-ies" and getting weepy. She is a little bit of a drama queen.
Owen had his two month appointment on the 18th. He did very well, was smiling at everyone and even "talked" for the doctors. He was 12lbs 15ozs and 24 inches long. He got a few shots too, which wasn't very fun.
Sadly we are going to be saying goodbye to a few of our favorite doctors as they will be finishing up their residency soon. This means that there are a whole bunch of new residents coming into the clinic and this drives me a little nuts. As Owen is my FOURTH child there are somethings that I really don't need to sit and go through step by step with the new residents assigned to our care, but at the same time I feel that I need to let the resident go through the steps they need to for their benefit. They are learning and trying to get these things to be second nature. Most of them seem insanely nervous, especially when dealing with children and I so want them to be at ease. My kids are so good about letting them listen to hearts and lungs, letting them look in their ears, nose and mouth. They get the giggles from doing the response tests (tapping of the knee to make the leg kick stuff) and like to talk to the doctors about how they are doing (even when they are sick). I know my kids are good for these new Residents to work with because they don't have to worry about upsetting them and can really get a feel for what healthy/sick looks like in kids their ages.
But...It is really exhausting for me to have to go over proper infant care, car seat safety, and/or what they should be doing/learning at this stage/age in detail at every. single. appointment. Further frustrating things, most of these residents are young, have had no children themselves, and are mostly male. They also have to go through the appointment once alone with me and again with their attending present to make sure they are checking right. Sigh.
Good news is all the attending doctors are very good are thanking me for my patience and giving the attending a chance! The attending at Owen's appointment had an awesome sense of humor and the resident relaxed a lot when he realized that I was going to be as helpful and patient as he needed me to be and that Owen was happy and relaxed. I really hope that we can get in with him consistently (and I am annoyingly persistent with the appointment people so I'm thinking I will get my way lol) because he had a pretty good bedside manner with the kids once he relaxed and sounded the least like a walking textbook of all the attending physicians when dealing with me and my questions.
Rory is 38 inches tall (so 3'2") and 30lbs 5ozs. Still on the skinny side, but she is holding steady on the growth chart so we aren't worried. Rory is always awesome at the doctor's office. She answers questions and has no problem holding still for the exams. The only thing she didn't like was having to get her shots, but I am pretty sure that no one likes to get shots. At least now she is done with shots until she is 11 and needs a booster.
Beckah was also very cooperative with the doctors. She is 31inches tall and 25lbs 3ozs. She talked a bunch (some nonsense and some completely understandable lol) and is a little bit ahead of where they say average is for her age. Beckah also needed shots which she milked for a couple of days by talking about her "ow-ies" and getting weepy. She is a little bit of a drama queen.
Owen had his two month appointment on the 18th. He did very well, was smiling at everyone and even "talked" for the doctors. He was 12lbs 15ozs and 24 inches long. He got a few shots too, which wasn't very fun.
Sadly we are going to be saying goodbye to a few of our favorite doctors as they will be finishing up their residency soon. This means that there are a whole bunch of new residents coming into the clinic and this drives me a little nuts. As Owen is my FOURTH child there are somethings that I really don't need to sit and go through step by step with the new residents assigned to our care, but at the same time I feel that I need to let the resident go through the steps they need to for their benefit. They are learning and trying to get these things to be second nature. Most of them seem insanely nervous, especially when dealing with children and I so want them to be at ease. My kids are so good about letting them listen to hearts and lungs, letting them look in their ears, nose and mouth. They get the giggles from doing the response tests (tapping of the knee to make the leg kick stuff) and like to talk to the doctors about how they are doing (even when they are sick). I know my kids are good for these new Residents to work with because they don't have to worry about upsetting them and can really get a feel for what healthy/sick looks like in kids their ages.
But...It is really exhausting for me to have to go over proper infant care, car seat safety, and/or what they should be doing/learning at this stage/age in detail at every. single. appointment. Further frustrating things, most of these residents are young, have had no children themselves, and are mostly male. They also have to go through the appointment once alone with me and again with their attending present to make sure they are checking right. Sigh.
Good news is all the attending doctors are very good are thanking me for my patience and giving the attending a chance! The attending at Owen's appointment had an awesome sense of humor and the resident relaxed a lot when he realized that I was going to be as helpful and patient as he needed me to be and that Owen was happy and relaxed. I really hope that we can get in with him consistently (and I am annoyingly persistent with the appointment people so I'm thinking I will get my way lol) because he had a pretty good bedside manner with the kids once he relaxed and sounded the least like a walking textbook of all the attending physicians when dealing with me and my questions.
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