Mondays with Mia

Where we live, we can get free health checkups for babies. This is in addition to the standard well baby checkups at the hospital (which are also free...love national health care by the way). So, we decided to try one of these health checks today....why not, right?


We took the bus to Nakameguro where our local government office is, and this was also Mia's first bus ride. She has mainly been cruising around Tokyo in taxis until now.

What did she think of the ride? Well she slept the entire time...so it wasn't the magnificent learning experience we had hoped for...just kidding...we had no expectations....just realized some family members may have thought I was being serious.


We arrived to a completely empty waiting room....

There were actually maybe a total of 10 babies here by the end of the day....I was surprised more families didn't want to take advantage of this.


Anyway, first we had to get Mia undressed and in a new diaper....have I mentioned how much she hates being woken up...especially to get naked.


Here is a not so happy baby getting ready for her checkup....

....and a not so happy baby getting weighed and measured.

Do you see the numbers on the scale back there? Mia is now weighing in at around 9 pounds! We were both pretty shocked since we were guessing around 8-8.5 pounds. Also, her height is now around the 50th percentile! She was just in the 3rd percentile a few short weeks ago...talk about a major growth spurt!!!


Anyway, she passed the exam with flying colors and was much happier to be fully clothed again. Can't wait to see how she does at her next checkup in 2 weeks!!