Doctor Appt Updates

So call us crazy or smart but we took both girls for doctor's appts last night. Rowan went for her 4 year check up and Lily went for her 9 month check up.

Rowan stats - 42 inches tall, 95th percentile....48 pounds, off the chart. Not overweight persay but way bigger than the average 4 year old. Needless to say Parker and I will have to make some changes for all of us so that Rowan can learn by example. Her blood pressure was 70/38 - if that was me or Parker we would be dead but apparently for a 4 year old it is perfectly normal. Rowan also got two shots - and she was petrified...it was alarming actually. Perhaps we should have kept the fact that she was getting shots to ourselves but I thought it best to prepare her - boy was I wrong - she screamed bloody murder as soon as the nurse came in with the needles and actually volunteered Lily to go first! When it was Rowan's turn she panicked so badly I had to take her to the bathroom so she would not have an accident. Once back from that I had to put her in a bear hold between my legs and they brought in an extra nurse to hold her arm steady. First shot went in, screaming like I have never heard before - second shot wwnt it, I thought she was going to pass out from the agony of it all. It was so very dramatic - and ridiculous. We leave the doctor's office with tears just streaming down her face - I cannot even describe how traumatic it was for her. 10 minutes later all we hear is "It doesn't hurt anymore Mommy", "I am okay now, can I play outside when we get home?" I thought Parker was going to kill her. *HAHAHAHA*

Lily stats - 25 1/4 inches long, 50th percentile, 20lbs8oz, 75th percentile...same growth rate as at her 6 month appt so all is well. Her tubes are in still (well thank God for that since they are only a week old today!) and she has no ear infection! Whoo-Hoo! Need to keep letting her learn how to move around - she is sooo close to crawling now. She got one shot and as I said, Rowan volunteered her to go first - she was a champ, didn't even cry until it was all over and then stopped as soon as I picked her up. She actually cried more watching Rowan overreact to her shots then she did over her own.