Home sick/new stats

Eating popsicles for our throat while wearing our chef hat
(for no good reason)

Dylan has been home from school since Friday though technically he wasn't off "sick" on Friday. He has not liked going to school lately - he seemed to be due for a "mental health day" and it was snowing, so I decided to keep him home. But then Saturday we realized part of the reason he'd been so crabby was that he actually was sick. He's now on antibiotics and will go back to school tomorrow. We've had lots of bonding time, but it's time for mommy to get some work done.

I took him to the pediatrician yesterday for his high fever, vomiting and sore throat and she said that while we were there, she may as well do a wellness check-up since the last time he'd actually had one, he was small enough to fit on the infant scale and to be measured with a tape measure. My pediatrician is one who likes to "call in" her performance by offering the minimum in health assistance (she's just as parsimonious with smiles and good humor - things you'd think a pediatrician would be equipped with) but I think she's obligated by the state to justify her existence, so she insisted we do the wellness appointment as well. I had to sign two forms saying she'd actually done it. She almost had me sit Dylan down on the table that had the dirty paper and urine from a previous patient. When I pointed that out, she motioned for ME to clean it up, which I did since I wasn't going to put my kid on there. Oh how I loathe my pediatrician. Though we have some new official stats for Dylan.

He's 1 meter tall (39 inches), which blows my mind since I'm 1.65 meters and it seems like he's catching up to me too fast! He is still the same weight as he has been for a very long time - around 13.5 kilos (29.7 pounds). That makes him tall for his age, but very skinny, which is not surprising since he eats NOTHING. We are still having the constipation issues (I know - TMI, but what can you do?), and I have to perform an enema about every five days because he refuses to go on his own. Eek. He pees on the toilet just fine though and really doesn't have accidents. Since July, he has only worn a diaper at night, and usually wakes up dry in the morning. In other medical news, I've set up the appointment to get his heart checked out after age three because of the "issue" they detected when he was born.