Our three-year well visit was yesterday–boy what a difference the exam is than in previous years! Many of the tests were attempted and failed due to toddler non-compliance: a hearing check that involved Grammy saying “Beep!” when she heard the beep, or tapping a stick; a weigh-in on the big girl scale instead of the baby scale (she passed with flying colors, after much coaxing to “stand on the stickers;” a height measurement standing up instead of sprawled on the paper and marking her length (she barely passed this one); peeing in a cup, which she surprisingly passed; a vision/shape? test that she failed due to her answering “I don’t know” to every shape, when she clearly knows them all!

I was a bit annoyed that Dr. C was shocked that Grammy’s 3-month long cold had subsided after the round of Amoxicillin she received for her facial laceration. Isn’t this basic stuff?? Antibiotics kill (some) bacteria??! I suppose it didn’t matter, since we brought Grammy in with a new cold plus puking/diarrhea. Graem received her hepatitis vaccine. I was again annoyed that she was offered this year’s flu vaccine which does contain thimerosal–AND I had to ASK whether it had it! It was not disclosed to us. We also found out that the vaccine she received last year also contained thimerosal, but were advised that it at least has the mercury that your body passes (ethyl mercury)–like that’s supposed to make me feel better.

The good news is that Graem is still off-the-charts for height and weight: she’s 40″ tall and weighs 33.5 lbs., putting her at the 95th and 75th percentiles for her age. She’s also doing great at her letters–I gleamed with pride as she made letters for Dr. C with the two tongue depressors that she was supposed to use for her failed hearing test. She even wrote a perfect, 1/4″ high W this morning at breakfast.

*Sigh* our girl is growing up!