Worst Doctor's visit ever!

Before I start ranting about our horrid 2 hour visit to Dr. Jones, I will give you Donovan's stats. He is a healthy 26 1/2 lbs and 31 inches. Still in the 90th percentile for both.

The visit itself wasn't too bad. Dr. Jones was kind as always and remembered who we were and commented that Donovan looks more and more like his dad every day, all he needs is the dark hair. He is very nice and we like him, but apparently they had a few emergency visits today because we sat in the waiting room for 1 hour. Sitting in the waiting room for an hour by myself would be bad enough, but with a one year old who wants to get up and explore everything and get into all kinds of mischief is not very fun. We also had the worst experience we have ever had with shots. An unfamiliar nurse gave him his shots and she was extremely slow. I guess we have just been spoiled with Nurse Karla, but it was horrible! It prolonged the screaming for sure and he was a little more traumatized than usual. He didn't calm down until we left the office, but we had to go to the lab to get his finger pricked to check his hemoglobin and iron levels. Supposedly that is an Iowa law, whatever. The lab tech was pretty nice but you could tell he wasn't extremely comfortable with children. Donovan did not love him. As soon as he was pricked he started screaming. It took about 25 seconds to get both samples he needed, but it felt like 25 minutes! My poor child was traumatized twice in one day and there was nothing I could do about it. Once we got out of there he was fine, but then he fell asleep in the car. I got him home and wanted to feed him lunch so he wouldn't nap on an empty stomach, but he could not keep his eyes open, so I gave him some milk and put him in his bed. I think he was asleep before his head hit the mattress. Poor little boy, I really hope he gets a good nap, he needs and deserves it. Considering all the trauma and length of time we spent there, he did very well and I am proud of my sweet little boy.