Well Child Visit

We headed to the pediatrician today for the boys' well child visits. Before going we had to get a urine sample from each boy. That was an interesting challenge. They both went in the potty where it was easy to dump into the waiting containers. Jameson's "wasn't working" at first but he eventually managed to get some out.

When we got to the office the we dropped off the samples (something that I'm totally not used to but I think it's a great idea. They are able to do 10 tests on the urine to check for overall health.) in the lab then met with the nurses who took the boys' height and weight measurements. Jameson is 38 lbs, 40.75 inches. Stellan is 32 lbs, 37.25 inches. Bang on average.

The next step was for the boys to have their vision tested. Stellan was first. He looked at a page that had the shapes on it. He positively identified each of them; a house, an "O" (circle), a heart (or apple), and a square. He had to put on a pair of plastic, lensless glasses with one of the lenses blacked out. The nurse then moved back and Stellan had to identify the shrunken shapes. She pointed to the first and he said, "apple". She pointed to the second and he said "orange". (He was way off. Totally not getting them right.) When she pointed to the third he said, "I no no, Ooo tell me". (translation: "I don't know, you tell me"). We were in trouble.

During the doctor's consultation he decided it would be wise to have him rechecked, in case he was just fooling around. Well, he failed again. Now he is to go to the pediatric opthamologist. Honestly, I'm not surprised. James is blind as a bat and has been forever. After all, Stellan looks just like James he was most likely to be as blind as him too. I called the pediatric opthamologist and have an appointment scheduled for December 1st. Yep, that's right, 3 months from now. I will be calling every Monday to check for cancellations or else finding a new doctor. I expect he'll be wearing glasses before long and I have to say, he'll look pretty cute in them. It'll just be a challenge to keep them on his little head. I anticipate he'll look like little Aidan from Jon and Kate Plus 8. So sweet.

During the consultation the doctor asked the boys what their favourite food were. "Racamoni and Cheese". Why couldn't Stellan mention his favourite breakfast food, oatmeal? It just sounds so much better. Sheesh.

Both boys needed to get flu shots. Jameson obviously had a memory lapse as to what shots really were like because he offered to go first. Once he got poked he quickly remembered what they were like and started crying; I call that a reality hit. He got over it quickly but I anticipate that he won't be the first to volunteer next time. Stellan didn't love it but didn't cry; what a trooper.

Well, we're good for another year. Hopefully we won't have to be back until then....wishful thinking!