Well Child Checks

So last Thursday Caden and Jordan had their well child checks. We had problems with our last pediatrician always billing us wrong (and insurance refusing to cover the bills since they weren't billed correctly), so I decided to change offices. The new doctor seems OK. We did learn that the last pediatrician had messed up on both Caden's and Jordan's shots (Caden's were really bad). So they both got shots and have to go back in 6 months for more.


CADEN

Caden is in the 50th percentile for height and 75th for weight. Everything else looked great. Caden has a funny little quirk, every time something is stuck in is right ear he starts coughing.

When it came time for his shots he got really excited.
Caden: "Mommy, I'm getting a shot, huh?" (with a cheerful happy little face)
Me: "Yes. They might hurt a little cause they will poke you." (trying to get him ready 'cuz he obviously has no idea what is coming)
Doctor gives him his first shot and Caden gets a look of shock on his face.
Caden: "I'm going to get a shot." (still happy but not quite so chipper)
Doctor gives second shot. Caden begins to cry.
No more happy Caden. He cries through the next 2 shots.
I tell him he is all done.
Caden stops crying, wipes his tears away (LOOVE watching him wipe his tears--so deliberate, so cute) and happily states, "I'm all done."


JORDAN

Jordan was in the 97th percentile for both height and weight (I was a bit surprised 'cuz she has never been this high before).

She was very afraid for her shots, I think mostly because of a little pep talk from Kailyn (the girl that is deathly afraid of shots--yeah not the person that one should talk to before getting shots. "It's going to hurt a little, but you can be brave and . . ."). Jordan hid behind me the whole time Caden was getting his shots, and even before the shots began she was asking "Caden will get his shots and then we will go home and eat lunch, right?" Nice try (notice how she doesn't mention anything about getting her shots). It was really a struggle to get her arm ready, she was quite hysterical. She seemed a bit surprised after the shot. Not as bad as she was expecting.