Doctor appointment

Brenna had her four year check up this morning.

As a reminder, last year she was mad that Piper got 2 shots and she only got one, because she was three, and thought she should have three.

So last night I reminded Brenna of her Dr. Appt and told her she was going to get shots. She asked if they would hurt, and I told her they would. She didn't look pleased. She reminded me at that point that she needed to tell Dr. Stephens about her leg and stomach hurting.

This morning we go in and the nurse, Ms. Anita, does the preliminary stuff, blood pressure, heart rate, weight, height, etc. Then the nurse practitioner comes in and checks joints and asks me basic stuff. We determined Brenna is a good, average kid. Then Dr. Stephens comes in just because he was there and wanted to say hi. He asks if we are doing okay and I tell him we are. At this point, Brenna holds up her little index finger and says "Actually..." and proceeds to tell him about her aches and pains. Dr. Stephens, with a somewhat straight face, does a thorough exam on her stomach and knee. He finds nothing obvious and asks me about what is going on. I let him know that Brenna will use these two excuses to get out of chores or whatever. He armed us with some tactics for dealing with it.

Then it is time for Ms. Anita to come back in and give the shots. Right away, Brenna asked if she could have four since she is four years old. Anita looks at my with dismay but tells Brenna she can have 4 shots. (Thankfully that is the scheduled amount.) Brenna took every shot like a man...or actually like a woman! She said "Ouch" after each one and then the last one was in her arm. Anita said it burned pretty bad, Brenna just said "Ouch....that hurts SO bad!!!". She never whimpered, she never whined, she never wanted to make Anita stop. She just took it! I was so proud of her!!!

She is getting ice cream tonight.