The past few days sure turned out to be a blockbuster week for Dr. visits...I've been contemplating how very wonderful it is to be able to get my child in and out of an appointment on the same day he needs to be seen, with the medicine he needs. As we were in the waiting room I was remembering a movie we watched a while ago about a South African woman (eventually with AIDS) who had to walk back and forth for hours (while sick) to a clinic far away from her village, and if the line was too long, she didn't get seen at all, and had to walk back and try again. It's so easy to take our norms for granted.
Anyway, late last week Owen went in for an ear infection, and has been on antibiotic. Then Asher had his checkup on Monday, and walked away with three pokes in the arm, and then today I took Owen back in because last night he started complaining about his other ear, and it looked bright red on the outside just like the 1st one had. This morning Dr. Hoder confirmed the other ear was infected (the first one looked better), and now he's on a new antibiotic. Weird! Some sort of amoxicillin-resistant bugs in there, I guess.
Asher was 'on' for his checkup...flirting with all the nurses and getting more winks than I could count. He thought it was hilarious to poke Dr. Hoder in the back periodically and giggle while he was bent over writing a prescription, too. It was funny...such a sense of humor on a 15 month old! The vaccine-administering nurse came in at the end and Asher was smiling at her and having a good old time. He had no idea what was coming. As she swabbed his arm he was smiling and chattering at her, and then...POKE! He didn't cry, but just got really quiet on my lap, then his eyes got big, then he looked right up at her, stuck his lower lip out, turned red and trembled, and we could all practically hear what his body language said: "I thought you were my friend! What did you just do to me?!!! I've been BETRAYED!!!" It was sad and sweet. She was pretty upset to do the rest of his shots, which surprised me. I think it was because he wasn't out and out screaming, but just looked so sad about this conspiracy against him!
His 15 mo. stats:
Ht: 31.5" (56%ile)
Wt 24lb10oz (48%ile)
Head circumference 48.5cm (82%ile)
I thought I saw the nurse make a measurement error in the height she marked on the exam table, and I measured it after she left, and I indeed think she measured an inch too long. It was more like 30.5".
I'm bummed that it big bold letters on this checkup's paper work it says, 'DO NOT FEED YOUR CHILD NUT/PEANUT PRODUCTS OR SHELLFISH UNTIL HE IS AT LEAST TWO YEARS OLD (THREE IF A FAMILY HISTORY OF FOOD ALLERGIES)' Well, this would have been good to know on the earlier forms sent home. I wasn't paying attention this time round and went ahead and started peanut butter a bit after the 1 year mark. Regretting that, and hope he doesn't turn out to be sensitive :P
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ON the bright side, if he were sensitive, I think you'd know it by now!
Lily's been eating shrimp and peanut butter, no problems here so far! I'm sure he'll be fine. :)
I started Noah on pb at one year, too. No problems with him. After reading up a bit about it and talking to two pediatricians, it sounds like they are making the recommendation for a delayed introduction not because it could CAUSE allergies in younger kids (since they don't know what causes peanut and other allergies) but because if they DO have an allergy, the reaction is so much more severe. I might wait a bit longer with Jane, since she is exhibiting signs of other allergies (milk), and I wouldn't want to find out too late that one is related to another. But otherwise, I would have very few reservations starting at a normal time, myself. (Though, if I were you, I guess I'd trust a pediatrician over a completely non-qualified Lauren!)
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