Doctors and Shots

Emily had her 1 year check-up yesterday and she is doing great! Her height and her head circumference are both in the 30th percentile and growing right along. But her weight is no longer on the charts! She dropped down since her last check-up at 9 months weighing in at a whooping 16.2 lbs! She is the 0.47th percentile for girls her age. The doctor did not seem too concerned when I informed him that she eats more than her big brother and now that is walking she is doing non-stop laps around our house. He wants us to call in 3 months and bring her in for a weight check if we do not think she is gaining any more, but for now he says all is fine and she seems happy and healthy. That was the fun part of the visit. The next 20 minutes consisted of me calming down a screaming little Emily who just received 4 shots in her teeny tiny little legs! Then once she was calm enough to sit for a moment I had to haul big brother Luke onto the table and lay across his upper body while he received a follow-up shot that we had missed at the last visit. So then as I am walking out carrying both crying children the receptionist asks if I would like to make the next appt and also pay my copay....uh sure....if I had 3 arms! I distracted Luke with some stickers and was able to get everything taken care of tho, we came home for lunch then all 3 of us napped! Whoosh, what will it be like taking 3 to the doctors????