Zoe had her well-child visit at the new pediatrician last week. She is 20 lbs (I thought she would be more) and 30 inches. She is doing well for the most part. The doctor thinks she may have some reflux so he rx'ed her some meds. Unfortunately we are going on COBRA this month and it hasn't kicked in yet so we can't get the meds until it does. (Lee's mortgage company got bought out so we have to COBRA for one month and starting new policy next month.)
The bad part was that Zoe tested high for lead (14.5) and we went back today for a retest. The retest was a lot better(10.6) but still higher than normal. Now we have to go back in 4 weeks and test again. We do live in an older home (our old house was also old) so that is a possibility. The paint here is not peeling, in fact the previous owner had the place coated with a heavy coat of paint recently so I doubt it is that. The paint in the old house was peely, but she did not get around much back then so I'm not sure if I think it could be that. Both houses had the plumbing replaced fairly recently so it is probably not that. One thing the lab person said is that newspapers are printed with lead ink and she is always grabbing for our newspapers. I really doubted this and as I suspected, it is just another medical "professional" who does not know what she is talking about (see article). It could be one of her toys or really anything. Hopefully, in 4 weeks the levels will be better still and we can stop worrying.
In other news...she is really walking good now! She loves to tell people "hi" and wave to them when we are out and about. It's very funny, she is one friendly kid! She is very interested in body parts, especially on the face. The only one she can say is "eye" so everything is an eye. She will point to your nose and say eye, point to your mouth and say eye, and yes she will also point to eyes and say eye. Bellybuttons are eyes, flowers are eyes, everything that is remotely like an eye is "eye". She will turn through the pages of her books and point out all the eyes.
She has learned to say "no" and she says it with a negative hand wave to help get her point across. Hilarious!! (Note: I would have put a video here but blogger changed recently and I can't figure it out right now...grrr!!! How annoying!!!)
