Doctor visits

Molly and Jack both had birthday doctor visits this week.  I decided to take them separately to make for a smoother visit and it just ended up that their appointments were one day after the other.  

Here is the scoop:

MOLLY

Age: 4

Height: 41 inches (68th percentile)

Weight: 37.3 pounds (67th percentile)

BMI: 15.9 (68th percentile)

Heart Rate: 84 bpm

Blood Pressure 80/54

Vision: 20/30 in both eyes

Molly passed all the developmental questions.  She is doing just fine.  She was well-behaved, but super goofy at the appointment and refused to talk.  She just giggled and would only answer questions by shaking or nodding her head.  If there was a question that wasn't yes or no, she buried her head in my arm and giggled.

She could have gotten her kindergarten shots today to, but we decided to wait until next year.

As I've mentioned before, Dr. Havlik is very thorough.  We really like him, but sometimes he is just . . . thorough.  For Molly's safety talk before we left, he mentioned the usual - be careful at swimming pools, protect from the sun, always in a car seat, watch out for bbq grills, etc.  He also added a new safety tip I haven't heard before and as much as I agree, I just thought it was . . . thorough.  He said, whenever Molly goes to play at someone else's house, I am to ask if they have any guns and how do they store them.  He said people are going to have 1 of 3 responses:

 1 - they don't have guns and aren't offended by the question

 2 - they do have guns, but they are safely locked up and they are not offended by the question

 3 - they do have guns, but the guns are not safely locked up, they are offended by the question, and you shouldn't let your kids play at their house

Just some food for thought.  

JACK

Age: 2

Height: 36 inches (91st percentile)

Weight: 29 pounds (59th percentile)

Jack also passed all the developmental questions like . . .  he can kick a ball, throw overhand, remove articles of clothing, be understood at least half of the time, brush his teeth with help, get your attention if he needs something, etc.

We filled out and autism screening questionnaire.  He's not autistic.  

No shots today.

We talked about his sleep issues and why he still wakes up every night.  Dr. Havlik told me to read an older book by Richard Ferber called Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems.  It's methods include time increments of checking on your kids while letting them cry it out.  I bought it on amazon and I'll give it a shot . . . because I am tired all of the time.