B+C+B+C+B+C: 2 year update

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

2 year update

Brianna had her official 2 year old checkup a few days ago. It's SO nice to only have to do these once a year now. I can't imagine what it's going to be like to take the twins to all those infant checkups... for all those shots... [shuddering]. But hopefully at least I'll be tougher. I bawled right along with Brianna the first few times they stuck needles in her. But at this appointment, I just told her she was going to have a shot and it was going to hurt but afterwards the nurse would give her a toy frog. She happily accepted the agreement initially, but then threw the frog down in protest after the painful injection. Apparently she didn't think it was a fair tradeoff.
Here are the official stats:

I don't know what the 803 number after the 28# is. I don't think it matters. She's at a healthy weight and length. According to babycenter's height predictor calculator, she'll be 5'9 at age 18. The doc struck up a conversation with Brianna and said she's way above normal in her speaking/cognitive ability. The only problems we have are that she never makes it through the night dry, and she has too much earwax. Any suggestions on how to get that out? The doc told me to do drops of peroxide/water in her ears. Brianna would love that as much as she loves immunizations.
The pediatrician left us saying, "I hope I don't see you here for another year!" Yeah, we hope so too!

4 comments:

DeAnne said...: how about just doing some peroxide soaked q-tips? Katelyn has a lot of wax too.; February 17, 2010 at 9:24 PM
Jordan and Crystal said...: 5'9 awesome! That is what i am. Arent you? I had so many ear problems when i was little..my parents thought I was deaf. I used to have to go to the ear doctor once a month to get me ears sucked....hated it; February 18, 2010 at 7:43 AM
valmike said...: Jokes on him, you'll be back with 2 babies next time! : )

5'9". I'm all ready jealous and she's no where near 18!; February 18, 2010 at 3:22 PM
chelsea mckell said...: DeAnne - that's a good idea!

Crystal - I'm 5'9 and 3/4'. A quarter of an inch away from 5'10. We had this discussion several times in highschool as I had to prove my superior height (though at the time I loathed it and would've glady handed you a couple inches).
Perhaps you didn't HEAR me telling you that! =); February 21, 2010 at 8:46 PM

Quotes I want to remember

"The Lord knows our bearing capacity, both as to coping and to comprehending, and He will not give us more to bear than we can manage at the moment, though to us it may seem otherwise. Just as no temptations will come to us from which we cannot escape or which we cannot bear, we will not be given more trials than we can sustain."
- Neal A. Maxwell

"It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not to schools, not to nurseries, not to babysitters. We become enamored with men's theories such as the idea of preschool training outside the home for young children. Not only does this put added pressure on the budget, but it places young children in an environment away from mother's influence."
-Ezra Taft Benson

“Perhaps there has never been a time when we had greater need to pray and to teach our family members to pray. Prayer is a defense against temptation. It is through earnest and heartfelt prayer that we can receive the needed blessings and the support required to make our way in this sometimes difficult and challenging journey we call mortality.”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Live the gospel as conspicuously as you can. Keep the covenants your children know you have made. And bear your testimony! Don’t just assume your children will somehow get the drift of your beliefs on their own.
-Jeffrey R. Holland

"We hold in our arms the rising generation. They come to this earth with important responsibilities and great spiritual capacities. We cannot be casual in how we prepare them. Our challenge as parents and teachers is not to create a spiritual core in their souls but rather to fan the flame of their spiritual core already aglow with the fire of their premortal faith."
-Neil L. Andersen

"Certainly there are times when getting the family together to read the scriptures does not stack up as a spiritual experience worthy of a journal entry. But we must not be deterred. There are special times when the spirit of a son or daughter is just right and the power of these great scriptures goes down into their heart like fire. As we honor our Heavenly Father in our homes, He will honor our efforts."
-Neil L. Andersen

President Hinckley admonished both men and women to be nurturers. He said, ‘How much more beautiful would be the society in which we live if every father . . . and . . . mother regarded [their] children . . . as gifts from the God of heaven . . . and brought them up with true affection in the wisdom and admonition of the Lord.’ ”
-Susan W. Tanner

"Children are like trees. When they are young, their lives can be shaped and directed, usually with ever so little effort. Said the writer of Proverbs, 'Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it' (22:6). That training finds its roots in the home. There will be little of help from other sources. Do not depend on government to help in this darkening situation. Barbara Bush, wife of former U.S. president George Bush, spoke wisely: 'Your success as a family, our success as society, depends not on what happens at the White House, but on what happens inside your house.' "
-Gordon B. Hinckley

“I give counsel to husbands and wives. Pray for the love which allows you to see the good in your companion. Pray for the love that makes weaknesses and mistakes seem small. Pray for the love to make your companion’s joy your own. Pray for the love to want to lessen the load and soften the sorrows of your companion.”
-Henry B. Eyring

“Reverent behavior is not a natural tendency for most children. It is a quality that is taught by parents and leaders through example and training. But remember, if reverence is rooted in love, so is the teaching of it. Harshness in our training begets resentment, not reverence.”
-Margaret S. Lifferth

"There is no one perfect way to be a good mother. Each situation is unique. Each mother has different challenges, different skills and abilities, and certainly different children. What matters is that a mother loves her children deeply and, in keeping with the devotion she has for God and her husband, prioritizes them above all else."
- M. Russell Ballard

“As parents, we should remember that our lives may be the book from the family library which the children most treasure. Are our examples worthy of emulation? Do we live in such a way that a son or a daughter may say, ‘I want to follow my dad,’ or ‘I want to be like my mother’?”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Security for our families comes from learning self-control, avoiding the excesses of this world, and being temperate in all things.”
-Kent D. Watson

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

2 year update

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