<p>Tyler had his 3-year checkup on Wednesday.  The doctor was very happy with his progress.  She said his heart and lungs sound fine, and his skin looks good.  His eczema has definitely improved, we didn't need to do nearly as much moisturinzing this winter and his skin did well.  He would have the occasional flare-ups, but nothing like he used to get.</p>

<p>He had to get one shot, and have a finger-prick test for lead.  He didn't realize what the shot was until she "poked" him with the needle, and of course he cried. :(  He cried a little about the finger-prick, too, but I think that was mostly because of the earlier shot (when he got the finger-prick test last year he didn't bat an eyelash).</p>

<p>He was still pretty upset when we left, so he snuggled Shiner while I drove him to Kathy's.  At one point I heard him say "Shiner, that poke really hurt!".  It was kind of sweet and kind of sad at the same time.  Apparently the shot traumatized him, because the next morning when I told him we should take the band-aid off, he got upset and said "but mommy, I have a bleed there!".  I told him it was ok, it wasn't bleeding anymore, but he didn't want to take it off.  The poor little guy was trembling like a leaf!  I told him we could leave it on, but</p>