We went to the hospital for the first time for the Munchkin’s regular check up. Here it is called control. Any check up for the old or young is called called control. I find that a bit …strange, scarey, communistic sounding. But it is what it is.
No computers lined the desks. All the files are hand written. But it all worked the same as the computer run offices back home.
The one thing that did get to me was the lack of tissue paper for clean surfaces. But I guess that is just less waste for the world to stash in landfills, because paper recycling is hard to find here.
I have been wondering how much she had grown. She has gotten so much bigger since we arrived 6 months ago. She is walking and “talking” a good bit too.
Her measurements were taken at the hospital and of course, everything was in metric. She is now 80 Centimeters and 11.5 kilos. I had to come home to translate the measurements in to English or rather 31 1/2 inches and 25 lbs.
In the above picture is the Unicef measuring table for babies. Complete with a real tape measure. The baby scale is just out of sight. It was short for the munchkin, but it worked just fine. She didn’t like it though.
The Doctors (all female in this unit) and nurses had a bit of trouble reading the records we brought from home. The shots are in English, but not so different they weren’t able to translate. The dates are written here a bit different. Today is June 3, 2013.. in the U.S. that is 06-3-2013 in Europe that would be 03.06.2013. It can cause a little confusion.
The Doctor had a lot to tell us and kept looking at me naturally, as the mother tends to care for the babes. But in our case, the Hubby had to take in all the info. I barely understood a thing.
The munchkin got a shot, and only cried for a minute and was fine. She is such a trooper.
The first “Control” here was not so bad for me or the little one!
Dobar dan!
Chronicles of Serbia 
“Control” – yikes!
What is it called in Russia?
i actually have no idea! i’ve managed very successfully to avoid any doctor’s visits here. i’m sure something equally sinister, though, to talk about the very young and very old 🙂
They use the word control in Italy a lot, which is a bit strange for a contry that has very little control.
Thanks for converting the hight and weight into real money, an inches sounds much better than centimetres
Brave little Munchin. I hated it when my kids had their jabs done, they always looked at me with rear-filled eyes like I was the meanest traitor on the face of the earth. The French love the word “control” too – they use it for health and cars. Speaks volumes 😀
….or even “tear” filled eyes. (PN, shush).