2 Year Well Appointment

Addy’s 2 year appointment wasn't as smooth as I had hoped.  She is usually such an easy going kid and goes with the flow, but after she got her finger pricked to have blood drawn, she was pissed!  After that, she wanted nothing to do with Dr. Sarah or any of the nurses.  I even tried bribing her with chocolate, which didn't work!  Addy is also fighting a cold, so I know that doesn't help matters.

Her stats were:

Height - 34 inches (50^%)
Weight - 28 lbs (80%)
Head - 48 cm

BMI - 75%

So I was kind of shocked that they start monitoring a child BMI at 2 years old!  Apparently a child is considered to be:

• overweight if they have a BMI over the 95th percentile for their age
• at risk of becoming overweight if they have a BMI between the 85th and 95th percentile for their age
• underweight if they have a BMI under the 5th percentile for their age

A child has a healthy BMI if it is between the 5th and 85th percentile, so I guess we are good at 75%.  Dr. Sarah said that once we move her from whole milk to 2% milk, we may see a slight change.  Addy also received her flu vaccine at this appointment which was not in shot form, thank god.  She still wasn't pumped because they shoot a little nasal spray up both sides of the nose, but better then a shot I think. 

The appointment went by quick, but like I said, not the best appointment we have ever had!  Hopefully we won’t be back for awhile!  

Here are a few pictures while we were waiting for the doctor...