Thursday, January 28, 2010

Adalyn's 24-month checkup

On Adalyn's birthday, she started coming down with a cold. She had a runny nose and woke up many times during the night with a nasty cough. The cough was the worst-sounding cough I've ever heard her have. She had her 2-year-old checkup the next day. It appears to just be a cold and the coughing was much better last night so hopefully she will be able to get over it quickly. She can't breath through her nose very well and her little voice sounds hoarse. We are sad she started getting sick on her birthday but at least she was feeling fine for her party last Saturday and a visit to the Carousel on Sunday.

Adalyn has always hated going to the doctor. She is fine being in the waiting room but the second we enter the exam room, she starts crying immediately. She doesn't like taking her clothes off, being weighed or measured or having any other part of the exam and especially not the shots. It is a sad experience for us to take her since she hates it so much.

This time, she was able to stand on the big scale to get weighed. She was fully-clothed and weighed 26 lbs. The most she ever weighed at our scale at home was 24.5 lbs. the other day. She has been kind of low on the weight charts for awhile so at least she has caught up a bit for her height, although I'm not sure how accurate it was. Her height lying down was 36 inches, which is about the 95th percentile. I can't believe she is 3 feet tall! it is amazing how much growth occurs in two years time!

She didn't have to get any shots but she was ready to finish up and get out of there. She did say goodbye to the doctor when we left. We talked about the appointment before and after and she talks about getting checked out to make sure she is healthy but the actual experience of being in there is a bit much for her. Soon, we'll be bringing her sister in so we'll see if she minds being there if someone else is getting the examinations instead :)

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