Ten-Year Appointment

I can't believe CC will be ten on Monday! I mean, that is just crazy. She was a little baby in my arms, screaming her head off, just ... what, 30 seconds ago?

"The days pass slowly, but the years fly by." Truer words have never been spoken.

Her first official birthday event was her 10-year pediatric appointment. We skipped last year's appointment because of Covid, and since my kids (fortunately) are usually very healthy, CC hasn't been back since her 8-year appointment. It's been a while!

We have a new doctor, because our beloved pediatrician recently retired. Fortunately our new doctor is a family friend who we've had playdates with and who we'd frequently see at church (pre-Covid). She spent most of the appointment talking directly to CC, and asking her a few questions about upcoming puberty. Crazy that this is so quickly approaching! But fortunately CC and I have already had many discussions about all the weird things that will happen to her in the next few years, so she knows what to expect.

Despite spending her baby years at an average size, CC is now in the 6th percentile in height (50.25 inches), but less than first percentile in weight (49.3 pounds). For the first time, the doctor expressed a bit of concern about her weight -- CC is "falling off her curve." The pediatrician doesn't want us to do anything drastic at this point, but she stressed to CC (as I do, daily) the importance of having enough protein.

We also discussed CC's frequent headaches, and we will start keeping a journal of the day and time of each headache, as well as her screen time and water/protein intake for those days. I suspect we will start to notice a trend. But fortunately, now that the kids are starting back to school 4 days a week, there will be significantly less screen time.

Lastly, she picked up a heart murmur when giving CC her exam. This is probably nothing -- heart murmurs in kids are very common (in fact, Little Man had one as a baby and it turned out to be nothing). But since one has never been detected on CC in the past, we are getting a referral to a cardiologist to confirm that it's nothing to worry about.