4 year old stats:
43 1/2 inches tall
39 lbs.43 1/2 inches tall
Getting ready for his 4 year check up, I thought I would let him know a few weeks before hand that he would be getting shots at his check up and see if it helped make him less apprehensive. I was not thinking clearly that day because it was of course the wrong thing to do. Anytime we talked about the doctor whether it was for him or not, he would get all worked up again about getting shots and not wanting them. The day of his appointment I didn't even mention to him that we were going until we pulled in the parking lot of the doctor's office building. He quickly asked if he was going to be getting shots and I pretended I didn't hear him and for the moment it worked and we went in to the office.
He was very good about answering the nurses questions about his development and had his blood pressure taken for the first time. I think he was excited to be treated like a big boy! He had his hearing tested and passed with flying colors and also his eye sight tested. Before the eye sight test began the nurse had him up close to the eye chart to make sure he knew what all the symbols were that he was going to have to repeat later. The last one on one of the columns was a plus sign (+). He told the nurse that it was a cross. But later when the eye test was started and he was rambling off all the symbols, when that one came up again he said it was Jesus! The nurse smiled and said she had never heard that one before! Too cute! I wish I had my camera at the appointment because halfway through the eye test, Gaga had been standing by me off to the side and decided that she wanted to play the game Junior was playing also and walked over to the line, stood side by side with Junior, covered one of her eyes with her hand and repeated everything Junior said. Ex: Junior would say "star", she would repeat "dar" and so on. It was hilarious!
After the doctor examined him and gave him a clean bill of health and an A+ for Mommy, I told him that all we had left to do was get the shots and we could leave. You could see the fear in his eyes. :( The nurse wanted him to lay down on the table with his legs over the edge. He refused to lay all the way down and only did partially so he could still see the nurse giving him the shots. Usually they have both nurses give them all at once, but the other nurse went home sick after lunch so it was just one giving 3 shots. The first one was just an "Ow." The second one was a little longer "OWWWWW" and the third was the "I can't stay still on this table I am going to fly off it hurts that bad, OW"! Poor guy was stiff legged and walked with a limp out of the office crying big alligator tears. The doctor came out of his office to give Junior a small bag of cookies to help calm him down. It helped a little, but Junior was still racing to get out of that place. Thank goodness it's a LONG time until we do that again!
He was very good about answering the nurses questions about his development and had his blood pressure taken for the first time. I think he was excited to be treated like a big boy! He had his hearing tested and passed with flying colors and also his eye sight tested. Before the eye sight test began the nurse had him up close to the eye chart to make sure he knew what all the symbols were that he was going to have to repeat later. The last one on one of the columns was a plus sign (+). He told the nurse that it was a cross. But later when the eye test was started and he was rambling off all the symbols, when that one came up again he said it was Jesus! The nurse smiled and said she had never heard that one before! Too cute! I wish I had my camera at the appointment because halfway through the eye test, Gaga had been standing by me off to the side and decided that she wanted to play the game Junior was playing also and walked over to the line, stood side by side with Junior, covered one of her eyes with her hand and repeated everything Junior said. Ex: Junior would say "star", she would repeat "dar" and so on. It was hilarious!
After the doctor examined him and gave him a clean bill of health and an A+ for Mommy, I told him that all we had left to do was get the shots and we could leave. You could see the fear in his eyes. :( The nurse wanted him to lay down on the table with his legs over the edge. He refused to lay all the way down and only did partially so he could still see the nurse giving him the shots. Usually they have both nurses give them all at once, but the other nurse went home sick after lunch so it was just one giving 3 shots. The first one was just an "Ow." The second one was a little longer "OWWWWW" and the third was the "I can't stay still on this table I am going to fly off it hurts that bad, OW"! Poor guy was stiff legged and walked with a limp out of the office crying big alligator tears. The doctor came out of his office to give Junior a small bag of cookies to help calm him down. It helped a little, but Junior was still racing to get out of that place. Thank goodness it's a LONG time until we do that again!
Passed out as soon as we got back from his 4 year check up...poor guy did not appreciate the shots that were given :(
3 comments:
I am a proud godmother. :)
Poor little guy! I don't blame him a bit for being apprehensive. You did great Junior especially on the eye test!
Love Nana
Love photographer pictures with bare feet!
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