On Monday, Brycen had his 2 year Doctor's appointment for a check-up. The last two appointments (1 year and 18 months) he had been in the 99th percentile for both height and weight. Brycen is a big boy for his age, yet I thought this growth has slowed since last fall so I was unsure where he would fall for height/weight for this appointment.
Not to our surprise, Dr. Reinertson (Brycen calls him Dr. Mark) said he was yet again in the 99th percentile for weight and height. Brycen was being difficult (very shy) when they asked to have him stand on the scale so we just went with the weight documented 2 weeks earlier... 36 pounds. His height was 37".
Grandma Jo had mentioned she heard somewhere that when a child is 2 years old, you can double their height and that is what they will be when finished growing. If that is true, Brycen will be 6'2". This sounds about right when looking at the Blanchard and Fara family heights for the men. Burke, Perry and Ross are all around 6'1-2 and my brothers Steve (6'1") and Eric (6'4") are both tall as well.
He did real well with Dr. Mark. He let him check all over including his ears, eyes, teeth and mouth. By the time he was finished, Brycen was actually talking to him and comfortable in the room. The good news is that Brycen does not have to have any shots until he is 5 years old. (I was dreading him getting shots at this appointment.) The bad news is that he had to have blood drawn for a blood screening. This was not fun. He didn't mind the finger-poking so much but when the nurse squeezed his little finger to draw enough blood for the test Brycen let her have it by crying and yelling, "it huuuuurts!" She put a circus band aid on the finger to help stop the bleeding. This was his first experience with a band aid and I realized we should probably buy some "cool" band aid's for home.
The nurse tried to win him over by letting him pick out a sticker, but he actually said no to her. "No want it." He soon stopped crying as we went back out to the lobby to check out and his attention was drawn to a little girl a little older than he was throwing a fit in the lobby. His did continue to ask to take the band aid off and pout as he would put pressure on his finger to pull it off but I convinced him to keep it on until supper somehow.
All was good at the end of the day and we are happy that Brycen is a healthy and very happy boy!
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