12 Month Well Baby...

Audrey had her 12 month well baby visit today.  It was a nerve racking appt for me because I brought brynn so we could all get our flu shots, and Brynn, after the 3-4 dislocated elbows she has had and the one ear infection is DEATHLY afraid of the "D" word...I dont even want to type it for fear of her reaction. But now I am glad that she came along as an observer to see that the dr doesn't hurt you.

I told brynn that I needed her to be my big helper and tell audrey not to be afraid of the Dr. So when we picked Audrey up, Brynn goes "Audrey, the dr not scary, the dr nice."

Audrey is 22lbs (75%) 2'5"(75%).

She has and will take steps, but is not close to what I define as "walking"...something that an impatient mother like myself is eager to see.

Her words (that she uses in a proper context) are: Mama, Bye Bye, and Uh Oh.

the uh oh one is funny...she kinda hums it rather than a clear ". One day we were playing outside, and she had her little la cuca ratcha rattle thing (the proper name escapes me)...and she would squat down, place it on the ground and then stand up and say "uh oh" and then squat, pick it up, squat, put it down, stand up and say "uh oh"...repeat repeat repeat. Too cute!

One thing the Dr said that kinda irritated me, is she said I should start considering weaning..I did a double take "is this the set of Mad Men and its the 1960's? ...listen lady. I don't need you telling me sh** about how often and when I can nurse *MY* kid. My kid is thriving and in the 75th% thats all you need to be concerning youself with as far as that goes. but I just brushed her off and rolled my eyes.

The real fun came with the vaccines. Brynn watched me get my nasal spray and FINALLY calmed down about it and took her nasal spray like a CHAMP!

Audrey, was none-to-pleased about her 3 needles pokes (we did the flu, chicken pox, and I forget, but not the MMR, we are waiting a couple months...didnt want to load her up with vax today) the first two went in and she was pissssssed. Then we had to switch sides for the third, and I don't know how or what exactly happened, all I know is I got poked and scraped with the needle on the top of my hand. So the nurse had to quickly go change the needle out, meanwhile I am bleeding and nursing Audrey to try to calm her enough for the next needle. Wowzers.

Then Brynn and I went for IceCream since she was such a great helper. I could really tell at the end that *hopefully* she has warmed up to the (wispering) doctors office so next time it wont be as scary to her.

We all got our Flu shots (in case you are wondering, no we didnt get the H1N1 at this time).

Audrey is doing great! All in all, and exciting trip to the doctors office