This week was busy what with school “tours” for kindergarten, annual medical check-up for Chloe and field trip for Dylan!
First, we are hoping Cameron will be admitted into the dual immersion program at school and, as part of her enrollment form, we were required to do a classroom observation. It brought tears to my eyes seeing how adorable (and fantastic) it was that these little kids, not even through their first year of school yet, were already listening and speaking complete Spanish. They were singing songs, listening and responding to stories and their teacher’s instructions, as naturally as if they were born speaking the language. It was truly impressive.
There are only 8 slots available for the upcoming school year and there were many parents on our Tuesday “tour,” but I’m going to remain hopeful that she’ll get in….We won’t find out for another couple of months!
Later in the day, I took Chloe to her 2-year appointment. I was surprised to discover we’d missed her 18-month appointment–poor third child!! 🙁
Anyway, she is as healthy as can be, 33″ tall (45th percentile) and 23 lbs. (7th percentile). Yes, she is light, but the doctor is not concerned; she is on her trend line and the doc expressed great satisfaction with her head circumference (18.31″ and 23rd percentile)!
Since we missed her last appointment 6 months ago, she needed to get caught up on some vaccines. Poor Chloe. She was already wary of being there the moment Leti hustled her in (I have to admit, our doctor’s assistant is a bit brusque, loud, and “scary”). Chloe kept grabbing my face in her hands and whispering, “mommy. I want to go home.” I felt so bad that I had to keep telling her we needed to stay to see the doctor. Then, she refused to take off her shirt, still whispering to me that she wanted to go home.
She was more at ease with the doctor, but still hesitant and anxious. Then, she needed those 3 shots! She was quiet, albeit shocked, when the first one went in, a bit more whimpery with the second, and for the third, she just whimpered, “no” before the needle even went in. Then she clung to my neck and buried her head in my shoulder and I was so happy to tell her that we could finally leave!
Luckily, her appointment was in the mid-afternoon, so she didn’t have to go to school afterwards! When we got home and changed her diaper, she noticed her band-aids over her vaccine points and got so aggravated by them, we had to peel them off!
So glad we don’t have to go back for another year!
But on to the other moments. Our little girl sings herself to sleep and tells herself stories–Going on a Bear Hunt, Great Big Stars, Five Little Monkeys…It’s adorable. She’s a great talker, just like Cameron and Dylan! She’s also become quite adept at telling on her older sibs although her accusations devolve into gibberish after she gets out the initial “Dylan did…” or “Cameron did….”
She has adjusted well to the transition into the pre-K area at school and the teachers are impressed with her ability to communicate!
We’re also working on weaning. She will admit that there’s very little (or no) “mommy milk” but still, she “wants to try though” (her words)! I have to admit that there is a big part of me that will miss the snuggles and coziness of it all…she’s growing up.
