How to extract everything possible from visiting your doctor
To get the most out of the time that the doctor will take you, both parents must come to the reception. Many pediatricians work overtime to adjust to busy parents.
Before going to the doctor, make a list of questions and problems that you would like to discuss. It is best to learn the list by heart, because you still, most likely, forget it at home. If you have a particularly difficult problem that causes great concern, for example, a behavioral problem, when you are recording for an appointment, ask for extra time. Respect the fact that the doctor allocates for each scheduled inspection a strictly certain time, in time to take the next parent with the child.
Every mother with a strong intuition has a built-in alarm system, and when the red light comes on, the mother thinks: "I know that something is wrong with my child and I will not leave the doctor until the cause is Tips for making phone calls to
• Respect the time your doctor spends with your family - do not call outside office hours, except for those frightening situations where you are afraid that your child will become worse by the time the doctor returns to his or her ownworkplace.
• Keep near the phone number of the nearest pharmacy.
• Before lifting the tube, be prepared to accurately describe the illness of your child: when and how it started;whether the child's condition improves, worsens or remains unchanged;what treatment did you try and what are the results;how much you are concerned;and, most
important, how sick your child looks. Your doctor is in a situation where he is forced to diagnose one of your descriptions.
• If you feel that your doctor understates the extent of your anxiety, once again point out how you are going through. The best way, in my opinion, is to say directly: "My child looks very unhealthy, I'm very worried, and I would like you to examine him."
• Ask if you do not understand the data on the phone instructions of the doctor, and write down everything.
• Do not hesitate to call again if your child becomes very ill.
has been found. "With smeared signs and symptoms( eg, colic, unexplained fever, fatigue, poor weight gain), your doctor may not be able to indicate the exact cause, especially on your first visit. Be sure to give the doctor, who is trying to decide how intensively you need to examine your child, to know about the extent of your anxiety. You are a valuable member of the medical team. The degree of your anxiety is often all that is needed to help the doctor decide to examine your child further.
To facilitate inspection for each
Attempts to inspect a crying baby crying are difficult for the child, for the parents and for the doctor, and in addition, a complete examination is almost impossible. That's what you can do. Do not forget that it is you who are for your child a mirror reflecting the state of the world. If you are worried, your child will almost certainly be given your excitement. Avoid fearsome assurances: "The doctor will not hurt you" or "A shot is almost painful."From all that you said, a child can only perceive the word "painful," and the thought itself will connect the pain with the doctor in his brain - and this association will lead to a desperate struggle, you will not have time to blink an eye. Create a good first impression. Have a good time with the doctor. Maintain the conversation "We are glad to have come here" before the examination begins. According to children's logic, if the doctor is not afraid of you, he is not terrible to your child. If, at the sight of the doctor, your child clings to you like a small koala, rather put on your face the happiest expression. Instead of further strengthening the grip of the child, holding him tightly to yourself( thereby telling the child that he really has something to fear, but his mother will save him), relax your hands so that the child relaxes his. Finally, ask( in the rare case, if it is not your doctor's usual practice) to leave the child on his lap, at least for the time of the initial examination. I found that this allows a more complete inspection and less exhausting of all present.