NEW(ISH) DOC

I keep forgetting to record it here, but Cora did eventually make it to her 3-year wellness exam... We had unexpectedly missed her appointment last week with Doctor Smith (i.e. we forgot about it until a few hours after the fact) and then couldn't get a new appointment scheduled for more than a month later. Excuse me, but what? Sorry good doc, but our days of 2-3 hour waits and consistent difficulty scheduling wellness exams (this isn't the first time this has happened, hence the reason both kids get their yearly appointments done a month or more late) are over. We just can't do it anymore (no matter how much we love and trust Doctor Smith). We considered moving to a different pediatrician (there are two others in town that we like, who we have seen "on call" or when our doc was out of town), but ultimately decided that our kids are old enough now that we don't need a pediatrician. So we called our general practitioner (who we like very much) and got Cora an appointment for 2 days later. TWO DAYS. And we were in and out of the office with the appointment completed in a mere 27 minutes. We chose wisely.

Anyway, about the actual appointment. Unsurprisingly (since we've been measuring her a LOT at home lately, at her request and James', because they are getting "bigger and bigger") she was 30 lbs and about 37.5" (for comparison, James is currently 40 lbs and 42.5", so 10 lbs heavier and 5" taller). Her ears looked great (though both tubes are completely out, in case I haven't mentioned it), no illnesses or issues (can't be thankful enough for good health reports!), and she didn't have to get any shots (mostly because her records hadn't made it across town in the 2 days since we had asked them to be transferred... even though they were suppose to be mailed out that same afternoon).

So there we have it. We've graduated from the pediatrician to our regular family doctor. Now when we all get sick at the same time we can just go to one office...