I was going to skip Connor’s 18th month doctor visit as he was seen twice in January, and I was hoping to avoid exposure to the hospital germs.  But the doctor told me via email that he should be seen plus he needed more vaccines.  So I finally took the 20th month old Connor in today for his Well baby visit.  We did not have to wait long at all before we were roomed.  Connor became nervous and was clinging to me, but he was cooperative during the measurement by the MA and the physical exam by the doctor.  Everything checked out well.  The doctor said he is growing very well.  Connor was due for hepatitis A and DTaP boosters, so the nurse came right in to give the two injections to his thigh.  Connor did not like that but stopped crying relatively quickly.  He was also due for routine anemia and lead level blood tests, so we headed over to the laboratory.  The blood draw was tough.  Two nurses took turns trying to find his vein.  They put a tourniquet around Connor’s little arm, dapped for awhile, then moved on to the other arm.  Connor was already crying sadly before they made any poke; he kept crying out “MaMa” while I was holding him down.  They finally made a poke, then moved the needle around without any success.  So they had to return to the first arm and repeated the whole process.  I was so relieved when they finally made contact and collected the samples.  Poor Connor continued to sob for awhile until we left the laboratory. 

Here are the big boy’s stats:

Wt: 30lb 12oz (91 percentile)

Ht: 34.75 inches (91 percentile)