Uhh I had a WTF experience at the pediatricians' office this morning. The (male) PA referred to my son's genitals as "Ralph, Louie, and the Hammer"....whaaat?
Working from home today, hopefully I can get what I need done today. It is hard to not parent from the office, even though I know DH is fully capable of caring for LO. But I need to not so Pandora here I come.
Also I can't remember if we paid bills yet this month. DH and I have apparently forgotten how to be adults.
emilyz320 DH and I have had arguments in the morning that he doesn't remember because of sleep deprivation. That's really fun.
Mom bought a few things for G yesterday, but not any sleepers/pjs. So, I'll just have to get them myself. Looking at filling a cart online. He'll need some for Italy, so I'll get 12 month and if he needs any before that, just get them here. I might snag some Halloween and Christmas pjs while I'm at it.
Teething is hitting him hard today. I finally got him down (hopefully for more than 30 minutes) with a half dose of Tylenol and a bottle.
And banh mi burgers for dinner tonight! I've got a couple of daikons that want eating, so this will be awesome.
Working from home today, hopefully I can get what I need done today. It is hard to not parent from the office, even though I know DH is fully capable of caring for LO. But I need to not so Pandora here I come.
Also I can't remember if we paid bills yet this month. DH and I have apparently forgotten how to be adults.
Re; Bill paying. Yeah. Half the time I don't remember when was the last time we paid any bill. Adulting is hard. Especially with mommy brain and work stress.
Bat signal to misshart00! Haven't seen you in the spam thread in a while, but know you've been busy when I lurked the Bronze thread. How has potty training DD been going?
Also, sending internet dick punches to all DHs who rightly deserve it
I thought we already bypassed the 70s era of clothing and the 90s grunge look is back in style? Disclaimer: I lack in the fashion area. I do not keep up with trends.
Spam for today: DS is MUCH better today! Yay! After 24 hours of not being able to nurse due to congestion, he finally was able to figure out how to pop on and off the boob so he could breathe and eat.
I think my fever yesterday was because I had a clogged duct from him not nursing, even though I was pumping. I don't respond as well to the pump so I know that I was not draining them at each pumping session.
OMG, annoying MIL is rolling into town next Wednesday, not next weekend! DH just reminded me today I was like, whaaaat? I need more than a week to train my eyes to stay where they are when she says something stupid.
Working from home today, hopefully I can get what I need done today. It is hard to not parent from the office, even though I know DH is fully capable of caring for LO. But I need to not so Pandora here I come.
Also I can't remember if we paid bills yet this month. DH and I have apparently forgotten how to be adults.
Re; Bill paying. Yeah. Half the time I don't remember when was the last time we paid any bill. Adulting is hard. Especially with mommy brain and work stress.
Bat signal to misshart00! Haven't seen you in the spam thread in a while, but know you've been busy when I lurked the Bronze thread. How has potty training DD been going?
Also, sending internet dick punches to all DHs who rightly deserve it
Still here. We've given up on potty training for now. She simply wasn't getting it. Now my problem is that I get her up from naps and she's naked. I keep telling her we can try the big girl potty again but she's not getting it. Oh well. I'll probably try again at the end of the month.
cginge that's hilarious but weird coming from the PA.
It was funny but also felt weird because we've never met this PA before, ha. He also said something about how LO will be "cranking" on his hammer before too long...it was kinda awkward, because how do you respond to that kind of stuff? I kind of did the awkward-laugh-change-the-subject thing.
It wasn't proper terminology? I dunno, it may have only been one person....
Well isn't that petty... I mean come on. Penis, testicals, vagina, breasts. torpedos, hackey sacks, vajingo, bewbs. It's the same thing. just because I don't use the boring original names doesn't mean I can't talk about them. In fact we all know I've talked about my VAGINA in detail just a couple of weeks ago. Why not use these awesome names we've come up with for our genitalia? that's discrimination!
Not much spam here. Went on an hour walk with the girls today and then just blew it with a spoonful of carmel ice cream topping. Oops. Grocery shopping tonight. That is all.
It was funny but also felt weird because we've never met this PA before, ha. He also said something about how LO will be "cranking" on his hammer before too long...it was kinda awkward, because how do you respond to that kind of stuff? I kind of did the awkward-laugh-change-the-subject thing.
Um I think I would avoid him from for future appointments. That's weird.
There was other weird stuff too. I told H we'd be sticking with female providers until I recover from this experience.
I thought we already bypassed the 70s era of clothing and the 90s grunge look is back in style? Disclaimer: I lack in the fashion area. I do not keep up with trends.
These fancy pants are on Zulily today. I'm out of touch with fashion to, but these are horrid.
Um I think I would avoid him from for future appointments. That's weird.
There was other weird stuff too. I told H we'd be sticking with female providers until I recover from this experience.
That does sound really creepy tbh. I can't think of any reason why a pediatrician would have to talk about your son cranking his hammer, ever. Really. Ever.
There was other weird stuff too. I told H we'd be sticking with female providers until I recover from this experience.
Honestly I would leave feedback with the office manager or doctor. That is very unprofessional and I am sure they would like to know.
Yeh, that would be the mature, responsible, adult thing to do. Or... (or)... you could get him a crank and a hammer with a note saying 'not cool, doc. Not, cool.' and go from there. Just saying...
There was other weird stuff too. I told H we'd be sticking with female providers until I recover from this experience.
That does sound really creepy tbh. I can't think of any reason why a pediatrician would have to talk about your son cranking his hammer, ever. Really. Ever.
Some parents get super freaked out when babies/toddlers touch their own genitals, so I could see a pediatrician trying to give parents a heads up that it's normal behavior and don't freak out. But, uh, there are better ways and it doesn't sound like this is what he was doing, or at least not effectively.
G will only nap on me today if I want him to sleep longer than 30 minutes. I hope that doesn't continue through the night, because that got really old last night. Poor guy.
That does sound really creepy tbh. I can't think of any reason why a pediatrician would have to talk about your son cranking his hammer, ever. Really. Ever.
Some parents get super freaked out when babies/toddlers touch their own genitals, so I could see a pediatrician trying to give parents a heads up that it's normal behavior and don't freak out. But, uh, there are better ways and it doesn't sound like this is what he was doing, or at least not effectively.
My BFF has a son and she asked her dr about this bc it seemed like he was trying to rip it off every chance he got
That does sound really creepy tbh. I can't think of any reason why a pediatrician would have to talk about your son cranking his hammer, ever. Really. Ever.
Some parents get super freaked out when babies/toddlers touch their own genitals, so I could see a pediatrician trying to give parents a heads up that it's normal behavior and don't freak out. But, uh, there are better ways and it doesn't sound like this is what he was doing, or at least not effectively.
He had an annoying habit of answering questions I didn't ask. The whole penis conversation arose because the tip of LO's penis is a little inflamed (we tried using cheaper, less absorbent diapers but my little prince requires Pampers and the cheapies irritated his skin) and I asked if we needed any cream or anything for it. He started talking about things that had nothing to do with my concern--this happened a couple times. It was so bizarre. He has good reviews too.
Re; Bill paying. Yeah. Half the time I don't remember when was the last time we paid any bill. Adulting is hard. Especially with mommy brain and work stress.
Bat signal to misshart00! Haven't seen you in the spam thread in a while, but know you've been busy when I lurked the Bronze thread. How has potty training DD been going?
Also, sending internet dick punches to all DHs who rightly deserve it
Still here. We've given up on potty training for now. She simply wasn't getting it. Now my problem is that I get her up from naps and she's naked. I keep telling her we can try the big girl potty again but she's not getting it. Oh well. I'll probably try again at the end of the month.
Potty training is hard. It felt like it took SS forever to figure it out.
It wasn't proper terminology? I dunno, it may have only been one person....
I remember seeing this. They were definitely bent out of shape over it. How dare you not refer to them properly?!? Your child is going to be so confused now that they heard you say beanbag. *sarcasm*
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