Going to the Doctor
June 25, 2008
Ella had her one year check up yesterday. Since our baseball outing back in April I always find it helpful to write down a few “notes to self” for the next visit, in case I have forgotten the disaster that occurred at the previous visit. So here goes — please do not overlook tip #1.
1. Ask a friend to watch the three children who are not being seen by the doctor. Please, please ask someone. You’ll regret it if you don’t.
2. If you have to bring them all, bribe them to behave. But if they misbehave, wait until you get back into the car to inform them that they are not getting their oreos.
3. Don’t peek out the venetian blinds that are tightly closed. The children don’t even notice that they are there until you peek out of them.
4. Don’t ask any questions. You don’t have time. Your daily stipend of sanity will run out if you ask questions.
5. Don’t use the hand sanitizer. See #3.
6. Be prepared to spend the remainder of the afternoon in snuggle mode. Three shots are a lot for a baby girl to handle.
I am a thirty-something wife and stay-at-home mom of 4 little children. My days are filled with playdates, storybooks and homework; naptime, diapers and laundry; boo-boos, boogers, wet kisses and warm hugs. There are crumbs on the floor, and sticky fingerprints on the windows. It is a time in my life that is very challenging, but there are moments that are like epiphanies in which I see very clearly just how beautiful my life is.
June 25, 2008 at 11:00 pm
All very true. Now that my oldest is 13 (nearly 14!) I have a built in babysitter. And she doesn’t complain; she’s raking in the big bucks!
June 28, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Dragging all of the kids to the doctor is the WORST!
June 29, 2008 at 11:47 am
Kristen you always manage to make me chuckle…..you should have called me..i would have helped out with the kids. Why didn’t we call each other last week?
Tip #7
call your friends when you are about to do something insane