2y well check appointment

[Abee2202]

Was an extremely horrible experience. We were fine waiting in the first room but as soon as they called her name she started to cry. Then she wouldn't stand on the scale so I had to hold her then put her down while they weighede and got the difference. Then they measured her by pen marks on the tissue paper on the table and she got pen all over her foot. After which they told me she was 33lbs and 36inches in the 95th percentile but not fat because of the height. I was freakin' pissed off and told her so. Emma had a WIC appointment just two weeks ago and she weighed 28.6lbs with her clothes on and 33 1/2inches. So I said its wrong what they got and she charted it anyway. We even tried to weigh her on the baby scale but she wouldn't have it. So I'm going measure and weigh her myself tonight and chart it myself so I know. She was born 95th percentile but damned if she will ever be that again. No way she's fat she barly eats and doesn't hardly ever get fatty or sugar treats. I refuse to accept that she's in the 95th. So annoying. Anyway, don't even know why she had to go to this appointment, she didn't even get shots and there was only a little examination and mostly talking.

Twenty minutes of full on red faced screaming.

Afterwards, my husband took her out while I checked out and the man ahead of me saw my husband take my kid out and asked if that was her who was screaming. Sometimes I think people are starring at me but they are not....in this case everyone totally was starring at me and I was so embarrassed I almost started to cry. She's not like that normally but everyone around me was judging me like I was a bad parent because my kid hates going to the doctor because everyone's looking at her and paying attention to her and she hates that.
Whew....I'm exhausted.
I'm also pissed they changed policy and she now has to go back in six months instead of a year. Ugggg....
Thanks for listening to my vent

[utkallie]

I can't believe the meaurements were so different and that they wouldn't believe you. I'm so sorry you and Emma had to deal with that. =(

Don't worry about people staring or what they think. It it none of their business! Having a special needs child has really toughened my skin to comments and stares and made me realize that if I don't care what other's think, my stress level stays down which then helps the kids get calm faster. It's just not worth worrying about other's thoughts!

Big hugs!!!

[Abee2202]

My husband said reassuring things to her and I just held her tight. Everytime I would loosen my grip she would pull my arms around her to do it tighter. There's no talking to her, nothing I say calms her so I just hold her.

Thanks for the hugs.

They should have just wrote down the WIC measurements in my opinion. She will be up in a few minutes and I'll do it myself then.

Thank goodness she seems to have a rock solid immune system. She only had a runny nose/small cold a few weeks ago for the first time ever.
I couldn't imagine having to go to the doctor even more.

[Ametrine]

Oh, wow.  I could have written this when my son went for his early appointments!  He absolutely screamed like we were torturing him when the nurse laid him on that table for measurement.

HATED the doctor, and still does, though he's better controlled now...probably because of maturity.

Your DD probably has terrific recall of what it means to be there, and THAT is why she freaked.  She's not a bad child, and you and hubby aren't bad parents.  We all know gifted children often look like they are misbehaving when actually they are processing an experience on a level that most their age aren't and are reacting to their thoughts or memories about it.

As for her percentile...my DS was in the upper percentile for both height and weight and we were told because the two are close together, he's not fat and don't worry.  The doctor told us that most likely he would sprout up and thin out.  He did.  Now he's still in the upper 90's height wise and is in the 50's weight wise.  I have him in a size six slim jean and they still fall off his little tush.  LoL

[Abee2202]

I checked her. According to my scale she is 26lbs and 34inches. I'll have to find a chart online and figure out her percentile. Surprisingly she's been around 50th for height this whole time...I am only 4'11! So maybe she will make it to five foot at least when she's grown up. One can only hope.

[utkallie]

I think her measurements sound just right for her age. Cameron is 2.5 and 30 lbs and 33 inches which is considered on the smaller side for that age.

I'm barely 5'2" =)

[Christine100700]

Don't worry about what others are doing around you. Some are probably looking and thinking to themselves about the time their child did that lol most aren't judging in a negative light from what I've experienced over the years. As for percentiles, I wouldn't worry about it at that age, she's not fat 50 th or 95 th. My son at two was way chunky wearing 4t clothing for his waist. Hes now 8 and wears a size 10 pants for length and can still wear a size 6 slim around his tiny little waist. Kids change rapidly as they move from baby stage to child. I've never paid much attention to the drs weight and height %.
Sorry she had such a rough time... Thankfully she doesn't have to go for another 6 months!