Micah-- dr appt

Micah had his 2-year-old dr appt last week. Other than the runny nose and eczema, the dr was pleased with everything. He didn't really comment much on the runny nose. For the eczema, he gave me a prescription for a stronger cream. May have to try it, cuz Micah really digs at the back of his knees and the inside of his elbows.

At the beginning of the appt, Micah said, "Dr. Strauss," and the dr was so thrilled with this that he had Micah repeat it... then later, he had Micah say it again. :) He commented on how well Micah speaks-- that we must read to him and not let him watch much TV.

A bit later, while the dr was doing "paperwork" (on his computer), Micah was saying the numbers he saw on the wall, so the dr wanted Micah to count his fingers. Funny-- this is how Micah counts right now: "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12". Dr liked that, too.

Micah tolerated the weighing and measuring, and he sat very still for the stethoscope; cried hard for the ear-check. Didn't cry at all for the first shot, but did for the second one. I think he was glad to get out of there after those yucky parts.

He weighs more than 27 pounds-- 40th %, and he is 35 inches (70th %). The nurse commented on his big feet-- I found that kinda funny cuz I don't think anyone else has ever commented on that, and I really don't think they are that big. Average.

Oh, I discussed Micah's thumb-sucking with the dr (Micah did it a lot while we were in there-- after the dr checked his ears, etc)-- dr said not to worry about it still-- the best thing to stop it is an appliance installed in the mouth by a dentist (arg! There's got to be a cheaper way!), and that's best not done for a couple years yet.

I had to answer questions on a paper about what Micah can/can't do. One of the questions had 5 pictures, and it said something like, "How many of these can your child name?" After some silly answers, Micah identified the bird, horse, dog, cat. I was very curious to see what he would do with the outline of a man, because I was pretty sure we'd never talked about that. When I pointed to the man, he said, "Jesus!" :)