Parker went in for his 18 month check-up today! I thought he was due for shots today, (turns out he was actually due for one that he was supposed to get at 15 months but there was a shortage of the vaccine 3 months ago so our former pediatrician's office couldn't give it to him). Anyway, apparently at our new pediatrician's office, if you are uninsured (we're still waiting for all of our new Missouri insurance stuff to get processed...uggghh!), they don't do the shots in the office because it would cost over $200 to do them versus 20 some dollars at the Health Department so they have their unisured patients go there instead. So it was kind of a good news/bad news type of thing. I was glad that he didn't end up having to get a shot this morning, but I'm really hoping our Missouri insurance stuff gets processed soon so we don't have to have them done at the Health Department. No offense to them, just in my experience, the health department doesn't seem to do as well with things like shots. My arm is ALWAYS sore, bruised and the people that work there usually act like they'd rather be ANYWHERE than at work! (I mean seriously, couldn't they at least pretend they don't HATE their job? People have to pretend all the time that they don't like their job) Not an environment I want to take my son to have shots! Like I said, no offense to anyone who routinely uses their services, I'm sure they're not all like that and I'm sure plenty of people have had similar experiences at places other than the health department that I have had AT the health department as well as being completely satisfied with the health departments work! The fact of the matter is just that we naturally make our decisions at least in part based on our experiences and mine with the health department have been less than satisfactory. WOW...I sure do DIGRESS don't I??!!
Anyway, on to the good and hopefully non-boring stuff...that is if anyone (and by anyone I mean the 2 people who read this) is still reading! ;)
Here are Park's 18 Month Stats:
Head Circumference: 18 3/4 in. (50th percentile)
Height: 31 3/4 in. (50th percentile)
Weight: 21 lbs. 8 oz. (5th percentile)
To compare these stats with his 15 month stats you can go here. Parker is clearly still a skinny little guy but we're just fine with that! :) The pediatrician did ask about some history of his weight etc. since both his height and head circumference are average and it's only his weight that is really low percentage wise. When we told him that ever since 9 months, the largest he has been percentage wise is 10% and that when he was sick around his first birthday and was only in the 1% he said it sounded like we just had a little guy and that he seemed to be developing "perfectly". :) Hopefully we won't have to go back to the pediatrician again until his 2 year check-up! I still can't believe that in just 6 months my "baby" will be turning 2 (*sigh)!
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Hey Becky,
ReplyDeleteWe used to have to take Kylie to get her shots at the health clinic in Manhattan because our doctor's office didn't do them if you had health insurance. We had a great experience there, they all loved Kylie and oooed and ahhhhed over her like they had never seen a baby before, and they were so nice. So hopefully you have a better experience taking Parker to get his shots :). We had to get Kylie a shot at 18 months too because they didn't have it at her 15 month appt. It was kind of funny, because I get her all excited about her shot and then she said "ready" and when she got poked, she didn't even cry, she just said "ow" and forgot about it. (That's my girl! Shots don't bother me at all either.)
Oh, and don't worry... Kylie was 34.5 inches tall at her 18 month appt. It put her over the 95th percentile (it was barely on the chart) and her weight was in the 25th percentile, so her weight won't keep up with her height either! It's all good. My sister Stephanie was a super tall baby and now I'm taller than her and I was a tiny baby, so you never know. (But I have a feeling Parker will be like his dad!)