"almost every U.S. child has blood work done on an annual basis" What? I hated needles as a kid. I think I would have remembered having my blood drawn once a y

"almost every U.S. child has blood work done on an annual basis" What? I hated needles as a kid. I think I would have remembered having my blood drawn once a year. At http://www.mamapedia.com/article/how-often-do-children-get-routine-bloodwork http://www.mamapedia.com/article/how-often-do-children-get-r... , there are a lot of people who had never heard of routine bloodwork. At http://www.metroparent.com/daily/health-fitness/childrens-health/child-blood-work/ http://www.metroparent.com/daily/health-fitness/childrens-he... is a doctor talking about routine bloodwork for children, but only every other year after the age of 5.