Chubby Bubby No More. . .

Why is it that a Drs appointment is never just that simple in our family?!?

Today Mr3 was off to the Dr. It was a fairly straightforward appointment. He has frequent nose bleeds in summer time, and even with the cooler weather has still had a few. As we are moving to Tom Price where there is a never ending summer I thought it was time to do something about it.

I wanted to get his nose cauterised.

Problem number 1: the Drs surgery no longer had the equipment to do this themselves.

Problem number 2: I got a referral for a private specialist to do the job-only it costs $160 just for the consult!!! Argh!

Problem number 3: while getting his height and weight checked (just general checkup) the Dr discovered Mr3 has only gained 1kg in an entire year!! Woah!!
I wish I could only gain a kilo a year.
So his weight has dropped off the scales a fair bit.
A little bit too much to just ignore.

Problem number 4: PMH no longer takes outside referrals for their dieticians

Problem number 5: getting into a private dietician on short notice (before we move away in 6 weeks) was fairly hard work, I had to plead my case and tell them all about moving house and being pregnant and then they felt sorry for me and booked me in.

Problem number 6: a private dietician isn't free like PMH is-$120 for that one!!

It was quite an outing to the Drs. I'm now feeling like I can see money rolling out of our bank and it's added a few extra appointments to our already busy next few weeks. Trying to squeeze in as much as possible before this bub comes and we leave.

 This whole weight gain thing is completely out of the blue. I mean Mr3 has always been a shorty but his height and weight are now way too out of wack and in all honesty gaining only 1kg in a year is crazy-and he hasn't just been sick or anything to lose weight.

A couple years ago we did this same thing with Miss5 because she was eating TONNES and not gaining weight. At the time she was too young to test for a gluten intolerance or much else and now she seems to be plodding along fine. Although I did figure out the white bread addiction around the same time and have banned white bread ever since then-so maybe that was part of it?!?

Mr 3 eats an enormous amount as well, drinks roughly a litre of water a day (or more on hot days)  and doesn't over-exercise (if that is even a thing.) So it's a bit bizarre his weight has dropped off so much.

It seems that my kids just enjoy being born big...and from then on they don't grow much. I've got two short little skinny kids. But I had two very big, very chubby babies! I wish they were born small and then grew!!

Oh well I guess I have to expect the unexpected with these little Currie's I've got....after all they do take after their mummy!