Makenna weighed 32.5 pounds (24th percentile) and is 38.5 inches tall (18th percentile). Not bad for a little girl who was at the 0th percentile when she was born! Because she is now 4, she was given an eye test and hearing test. On the eye test they have to identify pictures. I think she would have been better at identifying letters because she came up with her own names for the pictures. For example the circle was a cheerio to her! She did great at the exam, very healthy and received 4 shots. She was more upset by the bandaids than the shots themselves. I thought kids were supposed to like bandaids, plus our nurse picked out the coolest glittery star bandaids and all Makenna did was cry!
Camden is close behind at 29.5 pounds (26th percentile) and is 37.1 inches tall (41st percentile). Makenna are getting so close in height that they are really starting to look like twins. Camden got to have his blood pressure checked for the first time (so cute because they called it giving his arm a hug). Interesting fact: Children's blood pressure is much lower than adults. His pressure was 84/40 which is normal. If we were that low we would wonder if we were dead! The appointment took a bad turn when we had to pin him down to look in his ears (he has this horrible fear of people touching or looking in his ears. Because of his struggle, the doctor ended up scraping his eardrum, making him scream louder. It just adds to this fear I guess. He only had to have a finger pricked to check for anemia (negative) and the TB test. He was still upset about the ears, but he's a trooper.
Overall two very healthy children!
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