Naturopath visit
I did everything I had to do today! I went to the lab and tinkled in a cup for my pre-employment drug screen, that was uneventful. They even watched kidlet for me while I collected my specimen, that was nice not having to deter him from touching everything while trying to aim.
Then I went to the daycare and signed about 8,000,000 papers while kidlet played with the other kids. He had a grand time, and didn't have any anxiety at all. He played with some homemade play dough and discovered the huge chalkboard easel in the corner of the room. I really like the daycare, the director, and especially the two teachers in his classroom. One of them, a man, has been there for six years, and the woman has been there for a year and her son is in the same room. He's a cutie. They're both fantastic people and Michael took to them immediately. When it came time to leave he and the other little kidlets hugged and kissed one another (awww) and then he even ran to the two teachers to give them hugs and kisses, too. My little charmer. I think he's going to get along great at this daycare, I'm so happy.
We met daddy Michael and some of his coworkers for lunch, walking up to the Portland Public Market. it was a very easy walk and makes me feel a lot better about the distances we'll have to walk to drop off and pick up. I'm actually the furthest away from the daycare but it's only an additional 3-4 blocks from daddy Michael's location. It'll be good exercise. Kidlet was in a great mood and for the most part behaved himself.
After lunch I drove over to the naturopath's office and parked in the garage to save myself some hassle. I changed Michael's diaper in the back seat as he had been in it for a while that morning, and of course by the time I walked the one block from the garage to the doctor's office he had dropped a load in his diaper. And I, of course, in my infinite wisdom, didn't bring a clean diaper with me, thinking, "I just changed him so he'll be set for at least an hour." Duh. Fortunately the doctor was totally cool about it and we just carried on as usual, ignoring the stench that was my kidlet. He was cute and talkative and curious while we were there, but started to fade partway through as he hadn't had a nap yet. I took him into my lap and nursed him while going over every detail about his eating habits, sleeping habits, temprament, vaccinations, illnesses, you name it. She took extremely detailed notes about everything and it made me feel good to see that she was so interested in knowing everything about him. He fell asleep and she did most of his physical exam while he lay in my lap. When he woke up after about fifteen minutes he was in a great mood and submitted himself to being weighed, measured, poked and prodded.
She proclaimed him healthy and, while small, developmentally sound and proportional for his size. She also said he was really bright and spoke well. She did find a mild ear infection in his left ear which I knew nothing about, and she prescribed a olive oil ear drop containing garlic and mullein that I'm going to look for at the health food store tomorrow. It was so cool to talk to her about alternative medicine instead of just juicing the poor kid up with antibiotics at the drop of a hat. We also talked at length about vaccinations and it helped me gain some perspective on what to do with Michael from here on out, and how to approach the same issue with future children. The thing that made me feel relieved is that if Michael were to be affliected with anything negative due to vaccinations, it would already have happened. I feel like I found all five empty chambers in Russian Roulette, and I don't plan to pull that trigger the sixth time.
I spent about an hour and a half talking to her, and I felt like I had finally found someone who understood where I was coming from. I'm considering going to her for my own checkups, depending on whether or not her services are covered by our health insurance or we can at the very least get medical expense reimbursement. She was able to recommend a different prenatal vitamin that won't be overdosing me on iron like my current one is, and it's only two tablets a day instead of six. Hallelujah! She also recommended a book on vaccines that I plan to check out of the library (since I will now be working mere blocks from the Portland Public Library, as well, yay!).
Then I went to the daycare and signed about 8,000,000 papers while kidlet played with the other kids. He had a grand time, and didn't have any anxiety at all. He played with some homemade play dough and discovered the huge chalkboard easel in the corner of the room. I really like the daycare, the director, and especially the two teachers in his classroom. One of them, a man, has been there for six years, and the woman has been there for a year and her son is in the same room. He's a cutie. They're both fantastic people and Michael took to them immediately. When it came time to leave he and the other little kidlets hugged and kissed one another (awww) and then he even ran to the two teachers to give them hugs and kisses, too. My little charmer. I think he's going to get along great at this daycare, I'm so happy.
We met daddy Michael and some of his coworkers for lunch, walking up to the Portland Public Market. it was a very easy walk and makes me feel a lot better about the distances we'll have to walk to drop off and pick up. I'm actually the furthest away from the daycare but it's only an additional 3-4 blocks from daddy Michael's location. It'll be good exercise. Kidlet was in a great mood and for the most part behaved himself.
After lunch I drove over to the naturopath's office and parked in the garage to save myself some hassle. I changed Michael's diaper in the back seat as he had been in it for a while that morning, and of course by the time I walked the one block from the garage to the doctor's office he had dropped a load in his diaper. And I, of course, in my infinite wisdom, didn't bring a clean diaper with me, thinking, "I just changed him so he'll be set for at least an hour." Duh. Fortunately the doctor was totally cool about it and we just carried on as usual, ignoring the stench that was my kidlet. He was cute and talkative and curious while we were there, but started to fade partway through as he hadn't had a nap yet. I took him into my lap and nursed him while going over every detail about his eating habits, sleeping habits, temprament, vaccinations, illnesses, you name it. She took extremely detailed notes about everything and it made me feel good to see that she was so interested in knowing everything about him. He fell asleep and she did most of his physical exam while he lay in my lap. When he woke up after about fifteen minutes he was in a great mood and submitted himself to being weighed, measured, poked and prodded.
She proclaimed him healthy and, while small, developmentally sound and proportional for his size. She also said he was really bright and spoke well. She did find a mild ear infection in his left ear which I knew nothing about, and she prescribed a olive oil ear drop containing garlic and mullein that I'm going to look for at the health food store tomorrow. It was so cool to talk to her about alternative medicine instead of just juicing the poor kid up with antibiotics at the drop of a hat. We also talked at length about vaccinations and it helped me gain some perspective on what to do with Michael from here on out, and how to approach the same issue with future children. The thing that made me feel relieved is that if Michael were to be affliected with anything negative due to vaccinations, it would already have happened. I feel like I found all five empty chambers in Russian Roulette, and I don't plan to pull that trigger the sixth time.
I spent about an hour and a half talking to her, and I felt like I had finally found someone who understood where I was coming from. I'm considering going to her for my own checkups, depending on whether or not her services are covered by our health insurance or we can at the very least get medical expense reimbursement. She was able to recommend a different prenatal vitamin that won't be overdosing me on iron like my current one is, and it's only two tablets a day instead of six. Hallelujah! She also recommended a book on vaccines that I plan to check out of the library (since I will now be working mere blocks from the Portland Public Library, as well, yay!).
posted by Jen at
12:01 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home