Perfectly Average

Kensley had her two-year checkup at the doctor's today. She weighs 27 lbs and is 34 inches tall. She is exactly in the 50th percentile for height and weight. That is pretty much where she has been her entire life. She had to get a shot, like always, and wasn't happy about it. They decided to draw some blood as well and that was the most traumatic for her. A shot is really quick, but this time I had to sit her on my lap and hold her legs and body while a nurse held her arm straight and another stuck a needle in her arm to draw some blood and then fill a vial with it. They wanted to do a hemoglobin and lead test since she has never had one before. Now that we are home, she kept looking at her arm and remembering what happened so I finally took the bandage off so she could move on and hopefully forget. She keeps coming up to me for a hug and then saying "all better!". Thankfully, she is now at the point in her life that she is down to yearly visits and we won't have to do it again until next year. They suggested she get a flu shot in October, but we will have to see...