While I was at work yesterday, Beloved took the boys to the paediatrician for Tristan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s three-year old check-up. Um, yes, he turned three a month ago \u00e2\u20ac\u201c I kind of forgot to make the appointment until last week.<\/p>\n
This is a big step for me, giving up control of a well-baby appointment to Daddy. I have no trouble letting Beloved change diapers or get up for midnight feedings, and he does a great job getting them dressed — probably doing a far better job of coordinating their outfits than I ever do. He stays home with them two days per week, so he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s quite good at feeding the boys, putting them down for naps and taking them on little excursions. In a perfect world, I’d prefer it be me at home with the boys, but if not me then Beloved has proven himself more than worthy of the challenge.<\/p>\n
But it was still hard for me to relinquish control of the doctor\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s appointment. This is serious Mommy-territory, and I have been known to have control issues on occasion. Would he remember to ask the right questions? Would he be able to handle both boys in the exam room? Would he remember enough details of what the doctor asked and observed to satisfy my neurotic need for affirmation that Tristan is doing well?<\/p>\n
Yes, yes and yes. I have to tell you, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m proud of all four of us. First, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m proud of Tristan for behaving so well. (By contrast, the two-year old appointment was a bit of a farce, with Tristan pulling the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcI\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m a boneless bag of slippery potatoes and I will resist your every attempt to examine me as if you were attacking me with a hot poker\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 tantrum.) I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m proud of Simon for being patient and only trying to climb up the doctor\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s leg once during the exam. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m proud of me for \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcletting\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Beloved handle the appointment. Mostly, though, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m proud of Beloved for exceeding my expectations of him and for being more than able to handle everything the boys throw at him.<\/p>\n
He even remembered to make a mental note of Tristan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s new stats for my wall calendar-cum-baby book. Tristan made it a little easier for him by being a perfect square \u00e2\u20ac\u201c he is 40.5 inches tall and weighs 40.5 lbs. He is in the 95th percentile, the size of a five year old. Another whopper<\/a> in the family!<\/p>\n Categories: <\/span>Tristan<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" While I was at work yesterday, Beloved took the boys to the paediatrician for Tristan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s three-year old check-up. Um, yes, he turned three a month ago \u00e2\u20ac\u201c I kind of forgot to make the appointment until last week. This is a big step for me, giving up control of a well-baby appointment to Daddy. I … Continue reading “Tristan squared”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mothering-without-a-licence","category-tristan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13077,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions\/13077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}