2 Year Checkup

Rylan had his 2 year old checkup today. 

This was his second time seeing this doctor and Brian came to help me make the decision if we want to stick with this doctor or try another one.  She is the second pediatrician we've tried in this practice.  The first doctor we saw was for Rylan's 15 month and Carter's 3 year old checkups.  We didn't love him after Rylan's appointment but gave him a second try with Carter and decided he did not mesh at all. 

Missy's kids see this new pediatrician.  I was pretty indifferent about her the first time we saw her 6 months ago, but Brian and I decided that we liked her today.  The only thing about her that "bothers" me is that she doesn't have kids of her own.  But she took her time, gave us lots of suggestions like how to introduce more vegetables, and never lectured or talked down to us.  I want a pediatrician that works with us to make sure our kids are healthy and safe but doesn't make me feel like I'm doing a bad job.  So I think we will continue seeing this pediatrician.  About the only thing I hated about moving from Knoxville was that we had finally found doctors for all of us that we loved and now had to start over.

Anyway, Rylan is doing great.  The pediatrician had no concerns.

Here are Rylan's recent statistics ...

Rylan's 2 year stats:

• Weight: 30 lbs, 12 oz (80-85th percentile)
• Height: 34 inches (45th percentile)

Rylan's 18 month stats:

• Weight: 27 lbs, 3 oz (50-75th percentile)
• Height: 32.5 inches (50-75th percentile)

The pediatrician said that Rylan's weight should go back down a little in percentile when we switch him to skim milk.  She wasn't really concerned though with it going up a bit.

Rylan did a great job during the entire appointment.  He stood still on the scale and stood straight up at the wall to get his height measured.  He was very compliant during his exam and didn't fuss.  He didn't go completely shy where he closes his eyes and lowers his head, but he definitely wasn't sure about what was going on and sort of just shut down.  That made the exam easy though.

Rylan is due for a Hepatitis A shot but he's technically a few days early for it.  The pediatrician said it doesn't matter as far as immunization goes but schools often fuss about things like that.  So we'll be going back in a few days to get that shot.