Erika went to her new doctor today and she continues to be quite healthy! She weighs only 26 pounds, which is fine, but I thought for sure she weighed at least 35...that's what she feels like when I pick her up. She is in the 75th percentile for weight, which is the highest she has ever been! She is 32 inches tall and in the 50th percentile for height. Finally, all those other 18-month-olds have caught up with her for height! Our new doctor is great and has two daughters of her own so can give me lots of advice with my list of questions I bring to every appointment!
At Erika's last doctor's visit, she was unable to get two of the shots she needed so today was a shot day. Yuck! She really doesn't like them, but as soon as they are done and I can pick her up again, she's totally fine. We brought Baby with us, and the nurse was great about first taking baby's temperature and measuring baby's height before doing the same things to Erika. I think it helped her realize what was coming next which made it less traumatic.
Erika and Baby.
Perfectly healthy (and cute!) 18-month-old!******************************************
On a different note, I think we might have traumatized Erika from one of the most important future decisions she will ever make in her life. At church last night, an elderly gentleman was baptized. As the congregation watched, I thought Erika would like to see what was going on, so I stood her on my lap so she could watch. As the man was lowered in the water, Erika shouted, "Hi!" to him. The way in which we were sitting and the way the baptistry is positioned, she didn't quite see the man come back out of the water. Plus, the curtains were closed pretty rapidly after he came back up. Anyway, Erika was terrified! I don't know if the terror came from the man not responding to her "hi", or the fact that she didn't think he came out of the water. Whatever it was, she had on the most concerned, scared face I have ever seen. She kept pointing at the baptistry and saying, "oh no!" The people who were sitting around us thought it was quite funny, which it really was. Hopefully, in the future, she won't be so scared of baptism, though!
2 comments:
The baptism thing is the funniest thing ever. I can only imagine what she thought was happening!
That is so funny! Well, we do talk about being crucified with Christ and killing our old, sinful selves--you'll just have to make sure she understands that we don't mean that literally!
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