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February 14, 2006
18 Month Checkup
Today Jaron had his 18 month checkup. He got 2 shots, which will be his last until he is 4 years old or something like that. He got the "big boy" treatment today as he was weighed on a standing scale and got his temperature taken under his arm instead of you know where. They tried to do his height with him standing up against the wall instead of laying on the table, but he would stand against the wall and started throwing a fit. He was even allowed to keep his clothes on for the first time! Hooray! He didn't like the checkup as much as usual either and would start crying whenever the doctor touched him. And of course he cried when he got his shots. His height is 33inches and his weight is 30 lbs. 6oz., putting him in the 50th percentile of height and 95th percentile for weight.
Whenever I go to the doctor I leave feeling like I have in some way failed as a parent. There seems to always be something that the doctor brings up that I am not doing and should be, or that I am doing and shouldn't be. This time the issue was his weight. The doctor said that he is getting too fat. He said that he is not at a dangerous point right now, but he is headed in that direction. He asked what kinds of foods he ate and basically everything that I feed him is wrong. So he gave me a list of foods to start adding to his diet. He also wants him to drink skim milk to cut back in fat in that area. He asked if he ate fruit and I told him that he likes apples and grapes. The doctor said that wasn't good enough - that I needed to add peaches, plums, and pears. Well if they were in season I would!! So my poor son was basically put on a diet because he is too fat. And it is my fault because I don't feed him healthy enough foods. The funny thing is that the doctor always says when he is leaving that I am doing a wonderful job with my son and that Jaron is doing great. Well if I am doing such a good job and my son is doing "great", then why is he headed towards childhood obesity?? Like it is supposed to make me feel better when the doc tells me I am doing a good job when he has just finished telling me how I am not! Oh well, maybe I won't do so bad with the next kid....
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