Birthdays Mean Checkups, and Checkups Mean…
Jaimie on Oct 28th 2008
Alexa had her 2 year checkup yesterday. Mostly she was cranky and put out by it all. Ever her lovely opinionated self, that one. 
She is finally back on the weight chart at 22 lbs 11 oz, which is 8th percentile. I am happy with 8th. That’s fine. I don’t care what percentile she is, as long as she stays on the chart. She is a tiny little girl, and that is okay. Her height and head circumference were both average as always and gaining appropriately.
She doesn’t have a big enough vocabulary or verbalize her opinions enough. The pediatrician suggested we call early intervention here, so I did that afternoon, and they’ll be calling me back with an intake appointment by Wednesday. I don’t want her to be behind, but I am pretty sure she is. But, well, all I can ask is that it is different from CJ somehow. Because having two kids with the same speech delay makes me feel somehow at fault. We read to them! I promise! A lot!
Ah well. It actually was a pretty good appointment overall. She has the beginnings of an ear infection, and since she tends towards horrid ones that she doesn’t bother to even get a fever for as a warning, the pedi put her on antibiotics for the next 10 days. Which she fought and fought for me, but took for her Daddy like an angel. Heh.
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Please don’t feel guilty…you are the best Mom! You know how to advocate for your children and give them the support they need.
My 19 year old is dyslexic and reading and spelling are still extremely difficult for her. She continues to have 504 accommodations in college. Her young life was full of story times, music, enriching experiences and love. As much as I wish she wasn’t LD, I know it isn’t anyone’s fault. She’s a wonderful young woman with an engaging personality, a 3.5 GPA, working in retail at a high end store, and has set goals for her future.
Your little girl will thrive too, with you as her Mom!
I am with you here. My two kids both have had several (of the same) issues including speech delays and I keep thinking the same thing. What did I do? It doesn’t help that people make comments to that effect without thinking.
We are in early intervention and I do feel like it has been a huge help to our family. And I think deep down I know it is not really my fault.
I’m kind of worried about Sarah having Sensory issues. I went through a whole host of bad feelings the last few days … what am I doing to make my kids have problems with touch???? But, as we know, that’s a no-good line of thinking.
Sarah is really small like Chloe. Small but mighty.