We had an appointment with Dr Oliver this afternoon. True to form they called for Elly when it was time to check him in. New nurse but still no excuse since it's five years later and they are still botching up three little letters - Eli. ELI. Not Elly. Ahem. But I digress . . .
The Boy, at 5 years old, now weighs 51 pounds and is 46 inches tall! The internet tells me those percentiles are around 95% but we won't get specifics until our Well Child Visit August 28th - henceforth known as When We Have To Get Shots.
Today's visit was to discuss some issues regarding dairy. And right now we are guessing it is lactose intolerance, although Dr Oliver says this is something that usually shows up long before now. We're going to cut back the dairy and use lactaid with The Boy's cereal and such. Going to keep an eye on how things go between now and August and will reevaluate then. May explore allergy testing after that depending on how it rolls with the hope we can do RAST instead of skin prick. Possibly may go to see Dr. Ali for GI. All up in the air as we give it a few months. Eli simply saw the entire visit as a chance to play Leapster & write on the chalkboard!
Was good to see Dr Oliver again - especially for a good visit with no shots. And it was awesome that they updated our immunization record with the new expiration date so we can start Kindergarten this fall - so in essence The Boy's prayer about shots and Kindergarten? Sort of answered! :) For now? We watch out for the dairy and learn to like the lactaid. Any hints or stories of those that've been there/done that are welcomed & appreciated! We'll be giving the Lactaid a try in cereal tomorrow & will see how it goes . . .
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