3-Year Checkup

Grace on left and Frances on right, waiting for the doctor

The girls had their 3-year checkup today. No shots! They had fun, and brought their Doc McStuffins dolls along for support.

Here are their stats:

Frances is 38.3 inches tall (73%) and 31 lbs. 4 oz. (53%)

Grace is 38.3 inches tall (73%) and 30 lbs. 4 oz. (43%)

The doc was a bit concerned about their weight gain. She said at this age kids gain an average of 5 pounds a year – but the girls only gained 3 pounds. She said their weights would be okay on average but compared to how they gained before, it’s a big difference. I told her I was a fat baby and then thinned out. And we all know Richard is skin and bones. So she said it could be genetic. We’ll just have to keep an eye on it and make sure we try our hardest to get them a more balanced diet. They are still tall for their age, so maybe they’ll take after daddy?

She recommended Pre-K since the girls are in-home and not interacting with other kids as much – and separate classes, so they learn to function independently. She said it will probably help their language development as well. Not sure how we’ll swing that one since we don’t qualify for the public pre-K (stupid Maryland). So cross fingers money starts growing on trees so we can get into private pre-K. Or we’ll just have to wing it and hope all goes well for Kindergarten.