Two year checkup

Julia had her 2 yr check-up yesterday morning.

The pedi was very pleased with Julia. Although Julia was not pleased to see her. Julia DEFINITELY does not like the dr.'s office. As soon as we headed to the exam room she started saying "I don't like it" and did not want to go in. With every measurement the nurse made and the exam the pedi did, Julia kept saying "I don't like it".

Julia weighed 30 pounds and was 35 inches. She is in the 80 to 90 percentile in everything. She is just a big girl. She gets that from my family! Jerrod is excited because Julia is almost big enough to actually face forward in her carseat now. Rear-facing is the safest postion for a kid, so I found a carseat designed to rear-face until about 33 pounds.

Luckily only one shot yesterday. I am still deciding if I want her to get a flu vaccination. They have the nasal mist kind at my pedi's so it would not be another shot. I think with going to daycare it might be a good idea. Still deciding though.

I also talked to the pedi about Julia's extreme fears and shyness. Granted she is doing MUCH better than she was, it still concerns me some. The pedi basically said to just keep exposing her to stuff to help her come out of her shell. She suggested signing Julia up for dance classes, this way she will have to be on stage in front of other people. Julia already goes to swimming classes, but maybe a dance class would help better. I have to wonder if a music class would work just as well. The pedi also suggested lots of playdates where she learns to share. I think she probably gets enough of this at daycare. Besides, we really don't have any friends with kids close to her age (or kids at all). Julia does have cousins to play with, but we don't see them all that often.

We will just keep working with her.