Sylvie’s 3-yr appointment

Yesterday Sylvia had her 3-year doctor’s appointment.  Her doctor is Catherine Kelley with UW Health/Unity, and we really like her.  However, her office is all the way on the other side of town, and I’m a little weary of hiking all the way over there. In the last seven months/8 or so doctor’s appointments, this is actually just the second time that we’ve seen her.  Soooo if anyone has recommendations for a Unity/UW doctor on the east side of town, let me know!  Specifically, I’m curious about doctors at the Monona Clinic or the McFarland Clinic.  The two clinics are merging this fall and will be just down the street, so I thought I’d try to find someone there.

Sylvia had her eyesight tested at this appointment.  They used a few different shapes (apple/umbrella/house) that she identified.  She came out as 20/30 vision.

Height and weight-wise, she was at the 50th percentile for both.  She weighed in at 30lbs 12 oz and was 37.2″ tall.  She was such a big girl, and did great for the whole exam.  Sylv has had a cold/cough for the last week, and when they checked her ears, they said she had a mild ear infection.   Poor girl.  No antibiotics, though, as they said it should clear up on its own in about the same amount of time that the antibiotics would take.

When Sylv turned 3, we instituted new rules for Poodle and paci.  If you haven’t been around Sylvie, you may now know that she’s intensely attached to her Poodle (blanket) and pacifier.  There are periods when little in the world can calm her like those two comfort items.  In the last year and a half, we’ve tried a few times to limit their use.  We’ve had some short-term success, but have reverted to nearly full-time use when she’s having a hard day.  I’m not really interested in my three-year-old walking around and mumbling through her pacifier.  So we decided that 3-year-olds only use paci and Poodle a) in their rooms b) on the sofa (watching a show)  or c) in the car.  Happily, she’s on-board with this new system.  We’re 5 days into the Poodle & Paci Reduction System and all is well.  When she needs some time with them, she goes to her room.  Then she tosses them behind her as she runs back out into the house.  A few times, we’ve even left home without them.  Gotta say that it makes this mom a little nervous, but it’s been going well.  She’s developed some much stronger abilities to self-soothe, and that, my friends, is a good thing!

These photos of Sylv are taken last weekend when we visited Tom’s in-progress home on the Wisconsin River.  More pics here.  The new 3-year-old is wearing her new purple shoes from Granny and Grandad, her fairy dress from Grandma Jo, and he wings/gloves/wand from me and Bryan.  If you can’t tell, she’s a fan of the new duds:)