Waiting, and waiting, and waiting…
Last Friday marked well-baby/child appointments for Joshua and Emily, fifteen months for Joshua and three years for Emily. They were supposed to be two weeks ago, but given the vast quantity of bodily fluids being thrown around our house at that time, we postponed the appointment.
Well-baby/child appointments regularly take forever at our pediatrician’s office. And on Friday, they take extra long since they have to see all the newborns before the weekend, and the newborns don’t have appointments. And there were a lot of newborns this week. I inwardly groaned when I walked into the waiting room and saw them all there.
I was not disappointed – it took us two-and-a-half hours from the time we walked into the waiting room until the time we finally left. What a way to spend a morning! Don’t get me wrong – I like our pediatrician’s office, but I absolutely loathe how long it takes to get seen there. And with a little boy who decided to wake up an hour and a half early this morning and had to skip his morning nap to come to the appointment, it was that much more fun.
Everyone is doing well – Joshua weighs in at a hair under 27 pounds, and Emily weighs in at 31.5 pounds. That’s right – not much more than five pounds separates the two of them, despite the twenty-two month age difference. There’s also only five-and-a-half inches between them. Joshua is a big kid.
Developmentally, everyone is right where they should be also. Other than those missing teeth for Joshua. It’s starting to get a little ridiculous. But, everyone speaks appropriately, can kick and throw balls, color pictures, and do everything else that a fifteen-month-old and a three-year-old should be doing. Hooray!
One of the best things, though, is that we’re done with check-ups for another three months. Because that was one of the least-enjoyable ways to spend an entire morning that I’ve run into in a long time. And I’ve cleaned up a lot of bodily fluids in the past few weeks.
Has your little one been to the pediatrician recently? How did they do?
