Anna’s Final Check up!
Posted by Natasha on 25 Apr 2009 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
As I mentioned in this post that Anna would have her next follow up appointment with paediatrics when she was 12 months old… Well we almost missed it as the appointment was made in July - We had totally forgotten all about it, until 15 minutes before we had to be there and a notification popped up in outlook to remind us!
However we did make it so Anna has now had her final paediatrics appointment and the doctor was completely happy with her. Her weight is a little on the low side, but nothing to worry about - she is just petite - and she is developing perfectly in terms of her physical milestones ( crawling, standing, babbling etc). She is just fine - no concerns at all - so she is finally discharged from paediatric care!
The Paediatrician said we should “take her home and treat her as a normal child”, which sounds like a weird thing to say - it’s not as if we were treating her as ’special’ before! However I think I know what he means - it is nice to think she is developing well and despite a rough start she is finally discharged from paediatric care altogether and is just a normal child.
She is weighing in at 18lbs 4oz (on he 9th percentile) and her length is 72cm (placing her just below the 20th percentile) I’m not fussed about her being small - it’s just interesting stats and I think she’s just a petite person and always would have been regardless of her birth conditions and weight! Bless her…
Unfortunately she kept pulling at the holes so I’ve had to take it off of her to prevent any futher damage, until I can get hold of a needle with a big eye in order to sew it together again (she pulled two of the squares apart!)…