Dr Visit

Leah had her 3 year well child visit two days after her birthday. There were very few people in the waiting room, and we kept our distance from each other.  I remembered from the other kids that there were shots at this appointment, but I guess we got them done at the 2.5 year appointment or maybe the schedule has changed. They said none til her Kindergarten shots, which she could get at either her 4 or 5 year appointment. (I'm not complaining!)

Stats:
30 pounds, 43rd percentile
36 1/2 inches (3 feet, 1/2 inch), 37th percentile
(So up 2.5 pounds and 2.5 inches since her last visit.)

What Leah's up to right now:

• Very, very verbal - she likes to talk and sing and can be understood pretty well by us and also others
• Very, very interested in books, reading, and drawing
• Definitely left-handed
• She likes to play with her siblings and be in the middle of whatever they are doing
• However, unfortunately, she does not like to share at all
• She likes to help and do things by herself - she might ask an adult once, but then she'll just do it, whatever she wants
• She can get dressed and undressed by herself
• Happily follows multi-step directions
• Says please and thank-you without prompting
• Just now starting to have a couple of tantrums and some more strong opinions - we didn't have any "terrible twos" (Does that mean now we're in for it?)
• Plays make-believe
• Counts up to five (maybe 6) with one-to-one correspondence, counts up to 15 by route (and then beyond skipping some numbers :) 
• Knows her ABC's (and recognizes them in print)
• She can write an approximation of her name (the L is clear!)
• Draws a person with many body parts
• Can walk backwards, kick a ball, climb easily, throw with one hand, catch against her body and hop one one foot

We'd gone for her preschool screening the day before, and on that she scored:
72nd percentile for gross and fine motor skills
86th percentile for concepts
91st percentile for language
The screener wrote "What a smartie!!" at the bottom of the paper, but I didn't get to keep the full assessment the way I did when Amelie did it.
Leah was able to hop on one foot, stack and sort, name her letters, and draw several shapes. She made cuts on the edge of the paper, but wasn't able to cut across the whole the line with scissors the way her siblings were when I took them to the screening back when they were 3, but her birthday was just he day before and she was holding the scissors with her right hand, which she basically never uses. She built towers and copied patterns with blocks. Anyway, it was a fun trip and she enjoyed doing the activities.

Here are the links to her 2.5 year old visit, and her 2 year old visit.