Sedona's 5-year-old doctor checkup wound up being one of those visits where the doctor was saying sorry: Kindergarten-bound Sedona was due to get five shots and blood drawn for the first time in her life. (Don't ask me why Maven got blood drawn at age 3, but Sedona didn't. Oh, well.)
Suffice it to say that Sedona did not enjoy the first few, which prompted the nurse to ask me if we wanted to put off some of the other shots till another time, particularly the blood test. Nah, I said, let's do this -- and tried to use it as a teachable moment. Sedona persevered and wound up pretty calm while the blood was drawn, and we talked afterward about what a feeling of accomplishment it was for her -- and how if she hadn't gotten the work done, then she'd have to worry about it and just go back again soon. She left happy.
Suffice it to say that Sedona did not enjoy the first few, which prompted the nurse to ask me if we wanted to put off some of the other shots till another time, particularly the blood test. Nah, I said, let's do this -- and tried to use it as a teachable moment. Sedona persevered and wound up pretty calm while the blood was drawn, and we talked afterward about what a feeling of accomplishment it was for her -- and how if she hadn't gotten the work done, then she'd have to worry about it and just go back again soon. She left happy.
Sedona's current weight is 41.2 lbs (50-75th percentile) and height is 41.5 inches (25-50th percentile). She seems for now to be progressing down toward the 50th for weight and up toward the 50th for height.
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