Hannah had her 5 yr check-up today. She got 4 shots and a finger poke. I did tell her before hand that she would be getting "a" shot and her finger poked. Thought it was only fair to let her know so she wasn't so caught off guard! She did great until the 3rd shot and she saw some blood. She started crying. We then had to go to a different room for the finger poke which she did not like at all. She saw the blood the whole time as the nurse was squeezing her finger. All in all she did great!! Actually it was easier than I thought. I was sure I was going to have to hold her down during the shots. The nurse that gave her the 4 shots has been Hannah's nurse from her very first Dr appt at two weeks. I am sure she doesn't remember us from previous appts but she acts like we are her only patient of the day, which is VERY nice! Hannah was sporting 4 band-aids on her legs and 1 on her finger. I think she enjoyed the band-aids.
Sorry if this is a boring post but some of you may like knowing her stats:
height: 43 1/4
weight: 43 lb 6 oz
She is 65% for height and 75% for weight.
This post may be more record keeping for me that exciting news for you. While we are at it I will fill you in on Haydn. She has had a pacifier since the day we came home from the hospital. In July I decided to take it away from her. We started out by not having it in the van. She got so use to asking for it, whether we went to Hy-Vee, Target, YMCA (which we live maybe 2 miles) pretty much if the car was running she wanted her pacifier. More routine than anything. That went fine after the first couple trips. Then it got closer to my North Carolina trip and I had not got her off of it for naps and bedtime. I thought it would be easier for her while she was at Beth's (old babysitter) for her naps to have it. So this past Thursday I cut the tip off of it before her afternoon nap. We have the routine of singing Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star twice before I lay her down for PM nap. She always asks for her pacifier, so I gave it to her, she looked at me funny, but she took it. She said something to me like it was broken, I told her yes. I checked in on her later and it was not in her mouth. This past Sunday I totally took it away from her for good. She didn't ask for it at all yesterday or last night or today for nap. So it was actually easier than I thought. Now we will start potty training here soon. Then she gets her big girl bed in Oct. So Aug-Oct will be life changing for Haydn, my baby is growing up!!
4 comments:
Hannah sounds like a brave girl at the doc office! I think Stella has been permanently scarred for like with all the "pokes" she had last fall with her leg issues, she'd NEVER do that well with shots! And little H has lots of changes happening. I know she'll transition into her big girl bed with no problems and she'll catch onto potty training with ease, too!
Wow, the Little girls are growing up! Happy that H has her dr. visit over with!
Can't get over how many shots that H had to have!! She's one brave little girl!!! And I'm very proud of Haydn and the pacie!! The girls are growing up!!!
Sounds like Hannah did better than C too! Cade didn't have the finger poke. I guess that's next year.
That's so great the Hadyn's pacifier has been so easy to get rid of. We keep talking about doing D's. He just get it to sleep, but it would be nice to not have it.
You've got two big girls!
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