The Toys Under The Sink

The Tiny Girl Who Has Been To Too Many Doctors Chronicles:  
My daughter has been to a lot of doctors.   She’s pretty understanding about the whole thing and doesn’t seem to get too upset about doctors visits.   She does have her things she dislikes though.   She isn’t fond of getting an IV (who is) and she doesn’t like “going to sleep” (general anesthesia).

We made an appointment for her to see her general practitioner because she has some bumps on her bottom.   We told her she was going to go with dad early in the morning to see the doctor about her bumps and then they’d go to school afterwards.  She wasn’t worried about the bumps, her only question was, “do I have to go to sleep?”

My husband told her she wouldn’t have to go to sleep.   He thought about how to explain where we’d be going.   Her doctor has been seeing her since she was three-days old and she is our favorite doctor.   We always like seeing her.   But that description didn’t make a connection with my daughter though what with all the doctors she’s seen in so many different offices over the past six months.   So, my husband tried another tactic.

He told her, “do you remember the doctor’s office where the toys are under the sink?   She brightened and nodded.   He said, “that’s where we’re going tomorrow.”    She knew exactly where we were going based on that description and went back to her work.    

I don’t know why they keep toys under the sinks in their patient rooms, but every single child that goes in there knows it.   As soon as we enter a room my children go and check under the sink.

The Big Boy Update:  My son had an app on his iPad that was crashing tonight.   He told his father and me, “maybe there’s something wrong with the Internet?”