Anonymous wrote:My 2 year old has melted down and completely lost it at every doctor appointment for the last year because they want her to take her shoes off and step on the scale and then to have her height measured against a wall. So not only melting down, but melting down in the more public parts of the office. Fortunately, this is apparently normal for this age. I hate it, but I've learned to fake not being anxious or upset about it, because it's totally ridiculous and I know she'll grow out of it eventually (hopefully by 3, fingers crossed).
DS is now 4 and STILL hates taking his shoes off for this. At least now that he understands enough and I can sort of reason with him, I can prepare him for this step and promise him that he can put his shoes right back on after the measurements are taken.