Gracie's check up

Gracie had her 4-year old, pre-school well visit yesterday. She weighs 34 lbs, is 3'5" tall and has a little bit of her dad's eye genes. The eye test where she had to cover her eyes produced slight concern (20/50 in her left eye). We'll get her checked out by the same eye doctor who took care of (and operated on) Max's cyst. Then, we had the shots, which didn't go well at all. She had to get 4 and after trying to reason with a 4-year old about shots, I learned very quickly that the best way to have those administered is to hold her down with the help of the nurse and just do it. She didn't like it (which is a kind way to put it), but by the time she was on the way home, sucking on that sucker, I think she was over it. The swine flu vaccine is coming up at the end of October and that is 2 shots. I don't expect it to go much better.