Shelby hasnt really had an estabished doctor since she was about two. Figuring with the baby coming, and her needing to get ready for school, it was time to find one. For the last year and a half or so I have taken Shelby to a Pediatric Urgent Care, becuase the copay was the same as a Dr appointment.
We found a nice looking one only 10 minutes from the house, so we made an appointment about a week ago for today. I knew that Shelby would be getting shots, so I was trying to prepare her for them. The only problem was I think I prepared her too well, becuase she started to get excited about them!!! I tried to explain that they hurt, but only for a second, and I also showed her on a tv show what a shot looks like. I told her that I thought she was tough and could handle it, because she barely flinched when they put the IV in the top of her hand when she was in the hospital. She spent this whole week telling me how tough she was.
We had the appointment today. She is 37 lbs and I think he said 42 inches tall, but now I cant remember. He said that she obviously had a good diet since she was nice and lean, and that she was on the taller side of the chart. Gotta love that she got Daddys body type and not mine.
We also spoke a little about the Boy, since this will be his doctor too. Mostly the doc just told me to give his card to the hospital, and that they would scheduale Boys first check up. And also that he can do the circumsision in his office as opposed to it being done in the hospital. I just always assumed it would be in the hospital, so I havent given that much thought.
Shelby was given an eye test and had 20/40 vision, but thats off of the kids chart which had things like hearts, boats and plus signs. I almost think she would have done better with the letters to tell you the truth. When you get far away that darn sailboat really does look like a triangle! So I guess I need to take her to get her eyes checked now. I do hope she doesnt need glasses.
Then the time came. Shots. She got all hyped up and said "I can do this mom. Im tough." I reminded her that tough didn't mean that she couldnt cry (she had been telling me all week that she wouldnt cry). If it hurt, she could cry. Tough meant being brave enough to get through it.
Well the poor kid was put through more of a gauntlet then I expected! She got 6 pricks!!! The first one was a finger prick for a blood analysis. The nurse pricked her finger and Shelby just kinda gasped and had the hurt face. But then it was over, except that she turned into a bleeder. We had to put two bandaids on and hold her hand above her head and she was still bleeding. So the nurse suggested washing her hand with cold water, and that did the trick. But obviously she still got bandaged up.
Then Shel was given the TB test, which got more of a reaction. She squirmed a little and gave an audible "Owwww" but no tears or pulling away. And I dont blame her cause that was a heck of a lot longer then the finger prick was. More time for the pain to register. Then it was time for the real shots. Instead of the two that I was expecting, she got 4. They had me remove Shelbys pants, and I told Shel that she was getting them in her leg because it hurt less. I was put a little on edge though when she had Shel lay down and me HOLD her down. The nurse did the first one and Shelby didnt cry but yelled "Ow!" and the just rapid fired the rest of them. Shelby did not cry until the last shot, and the nurse explained that they do that one last because it burns. I sat Shelby up and calmed her down in a few seconds, but then she got upset with herself for crying, and said that now she wasnt tough. I told her that just wasnt true. She was allowed to cry, and she didnt even cry till the last one! I told her most kids would have cried at the finger prick, and then cried the whole way through. The shots were so rapid fire that she didnt even get a chance to breath between them and I think that might work for most kids, who are throwing a fit. But for Shelby I think it would have been best to do two, pause, if only for like 5 seconds and let her breathe, then do the other two. But she got through it and was rewarded with shiny holographic bandaids. She was done crying in less then 30 seconds, but was pretty upset that she wasnt tough. But after a pep talk from Nana, and a call from Daddy telling her that she was indeed a tough girl, she felt much better. Ending it all with a "Now I can go to school cause I got my shots!!!" I also took her to Walmart and got her some new Aquadoodle pens since the pen seemed to have disapeared during the move and a kids meal from Burger King that had pink panther sunglasses as the toy. And I loved the fact that she always chooses the apples instead of the french fries :-)
In pregnancy news everything is fine and dandy. I am 29 weeks and measuring right on time, so my due date is still May 13th. I have a total wieght gain of.....2 lbs! In the beggining I lost almost 10 lbs due to food aversions and morning sickness. Once I was able to eat again ( I never threw up, I just couldnt eat) I went right back up to my pre preg wieght and stayed there up until about 2 weeks ago. At my appointment last week I showed 2 lbs up from my pre preg wieght and my doc says thats the only wieght that counts as gain to him. He doesnt count gaining the loss in the beggining, back as gain. Im cool with that anyway. I can deal with 2 lbs in almost 30 weeks, as a lot of the mothers in my pregnancy group have gained 30+ lbs in less weeks!!! I should be gaining about a lb a week now, so I am hoping that I do not go above 20 lbs. 10 would be perfect, but if it goes above that then I just hope it stays below 20. I only gained 20 with Shelby, and that was all in the end as well, although I started gaining earlier with her then I did with Boy.
And yes, we are still trying to find him a name. We are having a shower for him and Shelby. We are celebrating his arrival and Shelby becoming a big sister. We will be having the party on April 18th as long as nothing gets in the way. This is 3 weeks before my due date so I hope we are not cutting it too short. Shelby was born just a week after her shower (and she was 2 weeks early). I think I will reach my due date with boy though.