4 Year Checkup
Posted By pamelamyers on October 8, 2013
Sam had her 4 year old checkup today at the doctor. It was pretty uneventful as she is a healthy, strong little girl, which we know, but it is always good to get the reassurance that her annual visit gives. Also, we were curious about her height and weight, since it had been a while since we knew for sure.
When we got there, they did an eye test, which they had never done before. It was so cute. She had to read an eye chart just like people do, but instead of letters, there were pictures of things. I had to help her hold the little wand over each eye. She did great, which didn’t surprise me. She has such eagle eyes and is always spotting things we all have a hard time seeing. I hope she stays that way, but with bad eyes in the family from me and Mark, we sadly feel she is doomed. Keeping our fingers crossed…
Next she had a hearing test. They put headphones on her and she was supposed to raise her hand whenever she heard a beep. I thought it was really cute that when she saw the headphones she said, “Daddy has these!” since they looked like his hearing protectors. She did great on the test, once I could get her to stop just smiling at me and actually raise her hand. After the hearing test her blood pressure was taken and all was well. Finally – what I had been waiting for — height and weight. Sam weighs 31.5 lbs. which is in the 20th percentile (where she always is) and is just over 40″ tall (the 59th percentile). Her BMI is only in the 5th percentile, but she is following a growth track right where she always has been so the doctors think everything looks just like it should.
Last stop – the dreaded shots. Poor baby. She had to get three — her chicken pox and measles/mumps/rubella boosters and her flu shot. She is such a brave kid though, she never cried at all. She never does.
So…Sam is perfect and wonderful which is no surprise to us! Hopefully, that will be the last visit to the doctor for a while. She has had the sniffles a few times, but only the sniffles, since she started school. Mark and I are both hopeful that is the extent of the germs she brings home!
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