2 Year Checkup

Before I discuss the checkup, I wanted to mention Destin loves watching movies now - not all movies...but her favorite one right now is 'Finding Nemo'. I still remember when our nieces, Clara & Abby loved this movie. We had to watch it over and over again! Now they are in 2nd & 4th grade! Wow! They are the same age apart as Destin & Arwen are....I just know that time is going to fly by so fast and our girls will be the same age! EEK!

Also I wanted to add...Destin's new sayings ~ "Of course!", "Sure", "What's that smell?", "Peek a boo, where are you?" and tons more five/six word plus sentences...

So today was Destin's 2 Year checkup...I still cannot believe she is 2 years old! Wow! And this is what happened....

I have been lucky the last two times I have had to take the girls to the Dr...with Arwen, Pat was laid off & he was able to come with us. And this time around, for Destin's checkup, my mom did not have school so she was able to come with the girls & I. I just like having an extra set of hands - not everyone is so lucky when going to & from the doctor with two or more children in tow.

So minutes after we signed in, we went to the back where the nurse measured Destin's head circumference (49 cm - 86% ile...which I am thinking about adding to their growth chart on here - so I can compare the girls), her height, blood pressure (100/65), heart rate, and weight. She was 33 1/2 inches tall (39% ile) and 24 lb 15 oz (15% ile).

After a very long wait, Dr. Henschel came in...and we talked about Destin's potty training (which is still going really well - still working on going poop in the potty on time), vocab (which is amazing...and has me thinking about teaching early reading skills), physical/mental health, etc. Destin was in great condition! And the Dr was surprised that I did not have to bring her in for the past 6 mos for any cold/illness. That is definitely a perk of staying home and not attending daycare. The only time Destin ever got a bad cold was about a week after our visit to the E.R. on 12/31 with her nursemaids elbow....something about being in a hospital just makes you sick - and being around other sick people :( UGH!

Thankfully, she did not have to get any vaccines this time around...so we were able to get dressed and head back home. Destin does not have another checkup until she is 3 years old. It’s kind of weird to think she will now have yearly checks - where as a baby we had to bring her every 2-3 mos.

Of course the Dr, will be able to see Destin over the next year as we take Arwen in for her checkups...her next one is at 9 mos (less than 2 mos away!).

My First Post

I have never really blogged before, but I think this will be a fun experience. On this blog I plan to talk about my experience with my UCM internship, my life as a new mommy and everyday happenings that occur.

I am really excited about starting my UCM internship because I will be able to experience what its like to teach an online course. In the past I have created mock versions of BB & moodle courses, but this will be the real deal - real students that I can interact with, a professor that I will job shadow & discussions/assignments that I will facilitate. This week I will be exchanging ideas with Lori Cochran, who will be my mentor for this summer internship. I hope that being an intern will be fun and will allow be to grow as an educator. I would love to see if I could teach online in the future. Now that I am a mom I want to stay home with my daughter and spend as much time as I can with her - and what better way than by teaching online?

Speaking of being a new mommy - we had quite a scare over the weekend. Destin started crying for no reason on Saturday night when we went to visit Grandma's house (my mom). When we got home she was running a fever - so we gave her some medicine and she went to sleep all through the night. Sunday morning she was acting fine again, but then in the afternoon her fever came back. Again, we gave some medicine and her fever went away. She seemed to be happy again like she always is...but then that evening she started crying and wouldn't stop for several hours.

Patrick & I were so upset that we couldn't get her to stop crying - she didn't have a fever, and nothing we did could make her stop. She made herself so upset that she threw up! We called the doctor several times that night and she said that all we could do is hold & comfort her. The Dr said if she wouldn't stop crying for another hour we would need to take her to Children's Mercy! But within an hour she fell asleep exhausted from crying. The next morning she was very sleepy, but was a happy girl again. I kept a close watch on her all day - holding her, and watching her sleep - but she was smiling, laughing & acting like her regular self. So, after some observations, I think she is starting to teeth.

At 11 weeks old, Destin has been chewing on her hands, pulling on her ears, chewing on mom/dad's fingers, drooling excessively, etc...all the symptoms for teething. The book, What to Expect the 1st Year stated that sometimes fever can accompany teething, which can start as early as now until 6 months of age. I just know that I never want to go through a night like that again. Pat and I both cried, and kept thinking the worse possible scenario - even yesterday, Pat said he was still upset and needed to find a way to calm his nerves. I was so scared as a new mom, not knowing what to do. I am just happy to say that she is perfect now & couldn't be happier!