Switching doctors

Well, we took Makenzie to her WIC appointment today, and brought up a few of our concerns. I know the people there can sometimes take things a little too seriously, but still...I've been considering changing doctors for Makenzie for a while now. Where we go now, I feel like it's pretty much like you're just the next number, and they want to get through you as quick as possible so they can move on to the next. I feel like any concern we've had for Makenzie has always been put off. Sure, maybe I'm just a worried mom. Of course I worry. But when I have a concern and without hesitation am told "That's normal," or "She's fine," it makes me mad. How do you know she's fine just by looking at her? 

Anyway, the girl we talked with today at WIC said it sounds as though it might be good for us to look into switching doctors, and I told her I was already considering it. I want to find her a doctor that actually seems to care about our concerns, and a place where they make the patients feel important, not like another number. 

Other than that, she's in the 20th percentile for height (28 3/4 inches, 1/4 inch shorter than at drs...WIC measures differently, but I'd say more acurate, since they actually use something made to measure babies, instead of just marking the paper they're laying on, which can be inaccurate if you have a squirming baby), and 3rd percentile for weight. She has dropped off a little on weight, while she had been on about the same curve all along; low on the curve, but consistent. I worry sometimes, because I just want to make sure she's getting enough, but I know she's a VERY active one year old who is always on the go, and comes from parents who are small. She's always happy and active, so I assume she is likely just fine...just my peanut :)

It still makes me laugh the attention this girl attracts in town. It's awkward sometimes for us to go shopping because of how many people stop to talk to us. She had on her puffy pink coat and little pink boots and was running around Hannaford today, and everyone thought she was the cutest little thing. Last week at Walmart, two women stopped to talk to her and I, and one of them goes, "She's cuter than my granddaughter!" Lol! The other woman with her said her name in a way that was like jeez, don't say that, and the woman who said it was like, "Well, she is!" and the other woman was like, "I know, but still!" Haha! It made me laugh, and I wished Gus was there because I know he'd have thought it was the funniest thing.

No more appointments for a while hopefully, and Gus' taxes will be here by the 31st at the latest. I'm really excited to get a few things paid off and do a little shopping, and to put some away for Makenzie. I've already given myself a limit as far as spending goes, and hopefully can stick with it.

Well, off to play with Kenzie and Daddy til bedtime :)