Our little pincushion

Yesterday's doctor visit went very well. The doctor thought that both of the boys are doing really well. Dima is in the 3 percentile for his height (meaning 3% of children his age are smaller than him), and I didn't hear where he was on weight but I'm sure it's right around there if not lower. He had to get eight shots. And no, he didn't cry. This is one of the issues with neglect. Children who have been neglected or have attachment disorders often have a very high pain tolerance, because they've learned that crying does not bring comfort or relief. In other words, when they were little and would cry, no one would come to ease their pain and comfort them. He did flinch on the shot in his thigh which was the 8th one. He did great overall and we'll keep working on teaching him to come to us for comfort. It will take some time. :)

Here's a picture of Dima the pincushion:

Zhenya's visit is this afternoon. He got to watch Dima yesterday, so we'll see how he does with the shots. :)