Janie had her 30 month check-up today. Everything looked good, and she didn’t even cry when she got her flu shot! Just a quick “ow” of surprise. Her stats:
Height: 36.25 inches (71%) (Susie was 36.5 inches, Elizabeth was 36.25 inches)
Weight: 27 lbs (30%) (Susie was 26 lbs, Elizabeth was 31 lbs)
BMI: 14 (8%)
While Janie’s little, she’s not as little as Susie. Dr. Vallance is totally fine with her growth and development, so I’m not worried to have another eight percentile BMI girl on my hands. With all my medical drama with my foot and all, I am so grateful for our wonderfully calm and wise pediatrician. She knows my kids and noted that since Janie has had chest/wheezing/asthma-like issues in the past, we should give her the inactivated flu virus shot even though the big kids were all getting the mist. She also talked to me about Susie (who has gotten so skinny again that I had us do a weight check just to make sure she was okay–she is, having gained a pound since her check-up six months ago) and we’re going to gently encourage more calories again but not panic. Dr. Vallance does not have a one-size-fits-all default for her patients, and I appreciate the individual attention, since my four are all so different. We love her so much that we’ll definitely be making the hour drive out to her after we move (because of course her office is the opposite direction from Pepperdine)!
No cute 30 month picture of Jane-Bug, because she managed to mess up my monitor so I couldn’t use the computer all afternoon, so I wasn’t able to upload any pictures. She’s also really into unrolling entire rolls of toilet paper and dumping them in the bathroom trash can. Sigh. What a Bugaboo.