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A couple weeks ago Miss Monkey went in for her 18 month appointment. It was totally exhausting. First off, just before the appointment the APA decided to issue a recommendation for autism screening at the 18 month appointments. So, I had to fill out three survey's that pretty much all asked the same things. One of the survey's pretty much asked the same three questions in about ten different ways. That wasn't a big deal, except they put us in the little room and so I had to also keep her out of the Dr. Office trash ewww!
She isn't talking really. She says like 5 words maybe and they wanted her to be saying 10 words plus Mom and Dad and two concept sentences (not all done, but want that). She isn't doing any of that on a real regular basis. So they wanted her to go see a specialist, at 18 months. I said no. Some days she is like an echo, but will never say the words again. Plus, my sister when through the whole see a specialist thing at 18 months and by the time her appointment came up he was talking and the specialist said she could not help any. So, I sorta felt like it was kinda a "con". She was on state insurance and they paid everything. I am not and I have to pay out of pocket for quite a bit of stuff.
Right on que she woke up yesterday morning and somehow managed to drag the garbage can out of the kitchen (w/o coffee I am useless!) and Mr. OCD told her to put the garbage can back and she said garbage can clear as day and she still says it. She also started saying Fishy, and gulb, gulb. She started saying kisses and nose over the weekend. So those combine with her other approximately five brings her right up to speed.
Back to the appointment! After asking me approximately 10 times if she can stack blocks, or objects 1 in by 1 in on the survey, the Dr. actually brought out 3 blocks to see if she could. I just don't understand why they ask and then just check, seems like a waste of time and money to me. Just have the Dr. check and have a check mark yes or no on the chart. Don't waste the parents time, don't waste the ink and don't waste the paper. I would like to announce, that I wrote down that she didn't stack the blocks and she didn't do it for the Dr. either.
She weighed in at 28 lbs (that can't be right she feels heavier) and 35 1/4 inches tall. Then came the shots and you won't believe what happened. She was on my lap and the lady walked in with the shots. She drank the Tylenol, then wiggled down. The nurse was reading the shots to me to verify so it wasn't a big deal it wasn't shot time yet. Then she just runs full speed from one corner of the room to the other. She reaches up and suddenly bashes her face against the wall. I was in utter shock, she hasn't ran into a wall ever, especially not face first. The nurse was still turned around and has just said so that is just two shots today when she heard her cry. She thought that Monkey knew what a shot was and wanted out of there. I had of course picked her up and was comforting her. The nurse turns around and I said, she just face planted on the wall.
I was thinking nice we haven't even gotten to the shots and we are having severe melt down. So, I calmed her down so we could give her shots. She didn't like the shots but recovered well. She was so funny, she wanted to walk. She limped out of the room and tried to find somebody to show off her limp and went the wrong way. Then I finally got her going the right way and she proudly limped past the nurses station.
Finally, we were making the 21 month appointment. Yes, I have to go back in 3 months to say "she talks" (can you hear my eyes rolling to the back of my head?). Autumn is trying to steal a pen from the receptionist, while limping. I am waiting for another receptionist to write down my appointment. Then I just started laughing. The receptionist both thought I was nuts! This was the most silly hour I've had since I had a toddler. The faceplant just kept replaying in my head and I just have no clue why she did that. I have no clue how she built up that much speed in the little room. Then that night on America's Funniest Video's there was a video of a little kid essentially doing the same thing, and then I didn't feel like the worst parent ever (and I laughed again).
She isn't talking really. She says like 5 words maybe and they wanted her to be saying 10 words plus Mom and Dad and two concept sentences (not all done, but want that). She isn't doing any of that on a real regular basis. So they wanted her to go see a specialist, at 18 months. I said no. Some days she is like an echo, but will never say the words again. Plus, my sister when through the whole see a specialist thing at 18 months and by the time her appointment came up he was talking and the specialist said she could not help any. So, I sorta felt like it was kinda a "con". She was on state insurance and they paid everything. I am not and I have to pay out of pocket for quite a bit of stuff.
Right on que she woke up yesterday morning and somehow managed to drag the garbage can out of the kitchen (w/o coffee I am useless!) and Mr. OCD told her to put the garbage can back and she said garbage can clear as day and she still says it. She also started saying Fishy, and gulb, gulb. She started saying kisses and nose over the weekend. So those combine with her other approximately five brings her right up to speed.
Back to the appointment! After asking me approximately 10 times if she can stack blocks, or objects 1 in by 1 in on the survey, the Dr. actually brought out 3 blocks to see if she could. I just don't understand why they ask and then just check, seems like a waste of time and money to me. Just have the Dr. check and have a check mark yes or no on the chart. Don't waste the parents time, don't waste the ink and don't waste the paper. I would like to announce, that I wrote down that she didn't stack the blocks and she didn't do it for the Dr. either.
She weighed in at 28 lbs (that can't be right she feels heavier) and 35 1/4 inches tall. Then came the shots and you won't believe what happened. She was on my lap and the lady walked in with the shots. She drank the Tylenol, then wiggled down. The nurse was reading the shots to me to verify so it wasn't a big deal it wasn't shot time yet. Then she just runs full speed from one corner of the room to the other. She reaches up and suddenly bashes her face against the wall. I was in utter shock, she hasn't ran into a wall ever, especially not face first. The nurse was still turned around and has just said so that is just two shots today when she heard her cry. She thought that Monkey knew what a shot was and wanted out of there. I had of course picked her up and was comforting her. The nurse turns around and I said, she just face planted on the wall.
I was thinking nice we haven't even gotten to the shots and we are having severe melt down. So, I calmed her down so we could give her shots. She didn't like the shots but recovered well. She was so funny, she wanted to walk. She limped out of the room and tried to find somebody to show off her limp and went the wrong way. Then I finally got her going the right way and she proudly limped past the nurses station.
Finally, we were making the 21 month appointment. Yes, I have to go back in 3 months to say "she talks" (can you hear my eyes rolling to the back of my head?). Autumn is trying to steal a pen from the receptionist, while limping. I am waiting for another receptionist to write down my appointment. Then I just started laughing. The receptionist both thought I was nuts! This was the most silly hour I've had since I had a toddler. The faceplant just kept replaying in my head and I just have no clue why she did that. I have no clue how she built up that much speed in the little room. Then that night on America's Funniest Video's there was a video of a little kid essentially doing the same thing, and then I didn't feel like the worst parent ever (and I laughed again).
3 comments:
Kids do the funniest things at the most inappropriate time don't they? LOL, your story keeps making me chuckle as I imagine the scene in my head :o)
Ouch - face plant at the doctor's office! She sounds like she is progressing fine. Limping Monkey- LOL - I think you may have a little performer on your hands. She just sounds like the cutest thing.
Well, if it makes you feel any better, my kid was sitting on the little pull-out step of the exam table and manage to fall off of it and bash his head on the hard tile floor just as the doctor walked in. Yeah, he didn't nominate me for mother of the year award that year, lemme tell ya.
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