Thumbs Up From the Doctor

We went to the doctor today and Leena did very, very well. Leena took a finger prick without even flinching. When it came to her vaccinations, a different child emerged, more of the Arnold Schwarzenegger "I'm going to kick your ass if you poke me again" kind of thing. While I don't want to encourage violence in my child, I think Nurse Nasty may have had a good can of kick a#$ coming her way. She went to inject Leena with the needle, poo-pooed around until her and her assistant totally inserted it the wrong way and the liquid came out on her arm instead of in it. Then, she proceeded to inject her with four other shots, only to tell me, "we'll wait a while until she calms down before we do that first shot again." I'm thinking to myself, sometimes those welfare to work programs just don't pan out. Leena didn't give you a second chance, honey I'm not either!!! And, the room was so warm that Leena was sweating and her band aids were sliding off! I found out when I got home this afternoon I'd been wearing one of Leena's snoopy band-aids on my boob all afternoon! (Not that it would have been noticed much more than a pine cone on a giant tree would?!)

At any rate, the good news is Leena has no heart murmur and she is in good shape every way possible. Her weight is in the 97% range and her height is in the 99% range. Tonight, she mastered the art of climbing onto the coffee table. She started this trick this afternoon and through her stubborn determination (a trait she gets from me, obviously) she mastered it tonight. Daddy thinks she's either going to be a gymnast or mountain climber when she is older. I'm leaning more towards female sumo wrestler, myself. She could do some serious damage to a contender if she gets those pork chop legs around you. Look out! Not to mention she loves to throw her whole upper body into you and say "ah chaw" with tremendous glee. Getting body slammed by a near 30 pound infant takes it's toll. I'm rethinking the emergency repair clause on all eye ware at this point. I'd put my contacts in, but I'm afraid I'd never get them back out!!!

Until next time...