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Lucy’s 2 Year Old Checkup with Dr. Ernster

28 Oct 2011

Lucy weighs 27 lbs, 10 oz. which is 70th %.
She is 34 inches, which is 60th %.
Dr. Ernster asked if she could come home and live with him.
I told him how much Oscar would miss Lucy, and so we agreed to keep arrangements the way they are.

And for those of you interested,
Lucy is wearing size 2T clothes, and has a size 8 (wide) shoe.
Dora the Explorer has eclipsed Little Einsteins as her favorite show, and her favorite food is strawberries. She loves to color with pens, and her Mimi (blanket) is still her prized possession. She can run, jump, skip, and twirl until she is “zizzy”. She likes kittys, “aballoons”, and “‘alloween!!”

An Apple a Day – The 6 Year Old Check Up

08 Sep 2011

We went to see Dr. Ernster for the annual checkup.
Oscar is 53 lbs, and 47.5 inches (85th percentile for both).
He has perfect sight and hearing, no issues, and instead of any shots he got a anti-flu nasal spray.

Dr. Ernster seemed really well. We talked about how Oscar and Lucy get to go to Sebastopol (and all the benefits available to them: fresh air, swimming, playing outdoors with no cars, growing fruit and vegetables, etc.) and he recommended a recent NY Times article on gravenstein apples. The topic isn’t new to us, but it’s nice to see it get national coverage!

FYI we have a basket of these beauties in our kitchen right now – (Thanks Omi & Opi)

Lucy’s 18 month Check Up

18 May 2011

Lucy is 26 lbs. and 32 1/2 inches, both 75%.
Dr. Ernster is very happy with her growth, and called her a beautiful little girl.
He wants us to stop the bottles. He actually requested we end the bottles “Yesterday”. Hmmm. I didn’t see that coming. I don’t relish the process, but it will be nice not to be doing bottles anymore! (I can’t wait to throw them Away!)

-She still has a rash on her bum, but it appears to be getting slowly better.
-She got her second of 2 Hep A shots.
-And, she is “Precocious”, in that she is running and skipping already – these are 2 yr old motor skills.
So Dr. Ernster requested we be very vigilant, and not trust her to be as mentally mature as she is physically. (He jokingly referred to it as ‘suicide prevention’.) If she starts to climb over the baby gate at the top of the stairs, I can remove it!

Lucy’s 16 month check up with Dr. Ernster

16 Feb 2011

It’s supposed to be a 15 month check up, but her 1 year appt. was a month late (oops!), and the booster shots have to be spaced 3 months apart….

So the poor babe got her Dtap and whooping and pneumonia and pertussus and I don’t know what, but she cried. She was so upset!

Our girl is 31 inches (about 60th %)
and 24/7 (you know it!)
I mean 24 lbs 7 oz. (also 60th %)

Here she is, before the shot sadness, with our favorite Doc:

Lucy and Oscar at the same age appointment:

Lucy’s one year checkup with Dr. Ernster

18 Nov 2010

Lucy is 22 pounds, 10 ounces (that’s 75th % for those of you following along). She is 30 inches tall, also 75th %. She received Dr. Ernster’s favorite and highest complement to her health: “Lucy is just Thriving.”
She got 4 shots, covering everything from mmr to flu to the kitchen sink.

And we talked about New Orleans pretty much the whole visit.