BillandAbby

We have our Medicals on Monday and have been asked to bring along urine samples. How the hell do we do that for our 18 month old toddler who is still in nappies?

I also wondered how thorough the medical will be for a such a little one - I can hardly get him to keep still for 1 minute.....

Any advice gratefully received.

Abby, Bill and Joe

PJA

Our toddler will be having a medical too - but urine samples are for over 5's only. I believe your toddler will have his/her chest listened to ears, throat checked and that's about it. Sure it's nothing to worry about! Remind me I said that when we have ours in June!!

Jane

TillyG

You don't have to take urine samples if they're under a certain age (I think it was 5). DD (2.5) was the only one out of the 3 of us who had to have a medical - DH and I just had to have chest xrays. All they did was listen to her chest and heart, check her immunisation record and then "test" her on a couple of things (speech, sight, etc etc) . Nothing too bad really.

Luma

Urine samples are for over 5s only

BillandAbby

Just got back from having the meds - and as everyone said - they were fine. Took about an hour for the 3 of us - and did involve undressing and being prodded a bit but nothing too bad. The doctor (Newcastle upon Tyne) was great with our 18 month year old and as you all said the urine test and blood samples were just for the adults. He told us that the X-Rays were fine and said he didn't think that Sydney would have any concerns with any of it. The Blood Test results take about 3 days but he said we could assume no problems unless he rang.

All in all quite painless (apart from the cost - there goes 410 quid we'll never see again) - so now we are just waiting for the Police Checks to come back - they have had them 4 weeks so I have to give them at least another week before phoning and getting snippy!