Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Bad Parenting?!

Went to the nutritionist today!! All I have to say is that lady is VERY lucky I only yelled for 5 minutes!! 2 months ago or so, I was told by the WIC nurse that Emily is obese. Hmm...she may be 2 -3lbs heavier than an average 3 year old, but at what point did they stop to think that she is also 3-5 inches taller than the average 3 year old? Any ways, I had to go meet with this nutritionist today. Little miss wasn't feeling good to begin with and I didn't want to take her out. But, I had to. So, after sitting in the waiting room for over an hour, they call us back. First thing they do is get Emily's weight and height. 39.8 inches tall and 39.2 lbs. Now, I have no idea what she weighed last time, and I thought that she weighed 39lbs last time. Get into the next room, the lady graphs it out for me, and come to find out, she is below the BMI line now and has lost 3 lbs!!! I was happy because I figure she has nothing to complain about now. Oh...I was SO wrong! Instead of getting lectured on how my child was obese, I was being questioned on why and how my child has lost so much weight!!!!! WHAT?!?!?! My last appointment I was being a bad mom because my child was overweight, now you are accusing me of starving my child? Are you serious? Needless to say, me being VERY tired and frustrated because I hate them making a big deal about BMI at such a young age, I went off on the nutritionist!! She was trying to make everything all better by saying she wasn't calling me a bad mom by any means. But, she will sit there and accuse me of starving my child? Are you kidding me? So, I pointed out that obviously Emily had gone through a growth spurt and now that it is nice outside, she is able to go outside and run and play on all 3 acres between our yard and her grandparents yard. The lady then apologized and said that there was no reason to see us again and to just make an appointment to see the WIC nurse in June as needed. UUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!! I was one very angry mom! Why in the world would they even make an issue about a 3 year olds weight any ways? They are 3...not 13!!!! And they wonder why so many young women grow up with eating disorders!!
Had to leave that appointment and go see her pediatrician. I have lucked out with little miss and have NEVER needed to go to see a doctor other than for shots. She has been so healthy. She has had a cold for almost 5 weeks and she just kept getting worse. Her uncle went to the doctor the other day and he found out he had bronchitis! So, I decided little miss needed to go to the doctor. Took her in today and she has a severe ear infection and sinus infection! The doctor said her ear infection is so bad, she is surprised that she is not constantly holding her ears and screaming out in pain! I feel so bad for waiting so long to take her in, but she hasn't even acted like she is sick other than her couch and runny nose. Just seemed like another cold to me. She is now on amoxicilin and hopefully she will get better. I have to take her back next Wednesday to see if the medication is working, and if it isn't, then she has to add another antibiotic!! Poor baby!!
And then to top of my wonderful day....I got called into work!! I just wanted to come home and cuddle with my daughter and spend time with her, but I had to go to work...again. But, I left her with her uncle "Wob" and they hung out together...both very sick.

5 comments:

Shanna. said...

i am so sorry that you had to deal with that lady! i'm glad you yelled at her tho! emmy is so darn cute! i showed my mom pics of her and told her that you were told she is overweight. my mom was like wtf?! well... not those words exactly, but you get my drift. i miss you!

DriveByScreamer said...

Okay, I can see their concern IF Em was 3 yo and weighed 100 lbs.... But Seriously? And then the thing about the "sudden" weight loss... What the hell is wrong with them? I'm sorry you got called in to work after all that... The perils of adulthood...

NightDragon said...

YOU ARE AN AMAZING MOM. And I love you guys.

Kim said...

Do you have any heights and weights of Emily written down for say, 15 months or around there? Kara is already such a big girl and I know she isn't eating any junk food. She doesn't even know what chocolate or cookies are!

Mom/Nana said...

I would love to see Kimberly say WTF. I for one would be shocked!!!! Our Angel is perfect. Just keep loving her.