Overly Long trip to the Pediatrician

As usual I waited until after the boys required check up to make an appointment for a well baby visit. I figure what is a week or two. They will be seen by the doctor and all required information will be documented so what does a few days matter.

So I was busy doing something around the house(washing dishes I think), so I had Brian call the Peds office and schedule an appointment. To my surprise they could see us this week. So we took the appointment since with our schedules who knows when it would all line up again in such a perfect way. Because I cant go to the doctors office alone. Someone, usually Brian, has to go with me to assist with the boys. Everything was good to go. Appointment schedule for 10:30 with our normal doctor.

In a shocking manner we got there 15 minutes early. And for us and our track record with the doctor we are normally right on time or a few minutes late. After all it is alot of work to get the boys and all their stuff out the door on time to go somewhere. That is why I am happy every Sunday when we make it to church on time. That was a complete side note :) So I checked us in and we procceeded to the waiting room. Where it seemed we sat for quite sometime before they called me to the window to pay and make yet another set of copies of my drivers license (which I am unsure why) and the boys insurance cards. Just asked if anything has changed since the last copies made and if not then roll with it. Or ask to see all the cards and compare them to the ones on file. Because they just made copies the last time I was there. Unless this was for my other childs file. Who knows!! All I know is that they keep getting new staff at the peds office and some of these people are not very bright. And this girl at the window was horribly slow.

Finally 25 minutes after our scheduled appointment time we get all back to the boys room. This is the only happy part I have to say...

The boys are now considered "big" boys and got weighed on a standing scale. Both boys are 25 pounds. And they get their height measured by standing with their backs to the wall and the nurse slides this thing down to their head and it lines up with numbers on the wall to give a more accurate height then drawing lines at their head and feet on the paper on the table in assessment room. They both are 33 inches and their temperatures were exactly the same. Boys are getting bigger. Amazing how time flies! Funny thing is they havent grown and inch since their 18 month visit. They are considered to be in the 10th percentile for the age.

All the good stuff aside, after they got through the logistics we waited in the room for another hour before the doctor finally came in to go over the boys chart with us and to assess them more. We find out they both had the beginnings of an ear infection (imagine that). they are definetely twins doing everything together. And Brian and I figured out they know 41 words which the doctor was very pleased to hear. But we didnt care what she was saying because they were very restless and we were tired of telling them, "no" to everything they couldnt touch and that they need to behave.

I make appointment times at certain times because it is more conducive to our schedule. Needless to say I was not a happy mommy when we left that day.

All that really matters is that they are healthy and they are. So I suppose brian and i arent doing big of a bang of job.