I was discharging a 3 year old with strep throat and giving the discharge instructions to the parents. I was going over the prescription for Amoxicillin when the mom says "Oh, I can't get him to take medicine."
WTF? He's three. Who is the parent in this relationship. If you don't have some control over your three year old your life is going to be HELL when they get older.
When did parents stop being parents and turn into a bunch of namby-pamby pussies? Children don't know what is good for them and what is dangerous. It is up to you, their parents to make rules to keep them safe and healthy and ensure they grow up to be responsible, productive adults and you are FAILING MISERABLY!
Yet another reason why people should have to take a test before they are allowed to reproduce.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
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A parent once told me that I HAD to give the 4 year old juice (She was NPO for surgery) or the child would throw a temper-tantrum. The parent then told me that when throws a temper tantrum she hits anyone who trys to comfort her or curb the tamtrum.
That's why we have Bicillin.
And it has the Ten/Ten Seal of Approval.
:)
The "Pink medicine"?? My kids loved that stuff.
You should have told her what would happen if the kid didn't take his medicine.....:)
More and more parents doesn't know how discipline their children, and that is I think one big problem where to face the future.
"Yet another reason why people should have to take a test before they are allowed to reproduce".
Awesome! I am not alone! Too bad it would be a violation of some "constitutional right", and they would "call their lawyer", or contact their "friend in the Mayor's office".
Just wait, if Hillary's pay-$500-for-every-child bounty goes into effect, we're really going to be screwed.
As a parent, I couldn't agree more. When our oldest was going through the 5-year-old "I don't want to eat anything but hotdogs." phase our Doc looked my wife right in the eyes and said, "Make a good meal, put it in front of her and tell her to eat. If she doesn't, she doesn't. After a couple of days, she'll eat. I promise you, she won't starve."
Oh boy....a bounty for popping kids? Look at SA's 'child support grant', currently given as a monthly amount until the age of 14, but with a proposed extension to 18 or 21. Not enough to raise a child even halfway-well, but hey...if you are short of cash, just have another one! Explains why we have such a humungous high-school pregnancy rate....
t-dude, you are so right.
No healthy child, if given food, will ever starve.
My daughter has adopted that strategey with my grandsons, and both eat well.
Me, to child picking his nose until it bleeds: "Honey don't pick your nose, you don't want it to bleed."
Mom from under the blankets in chair-bed: "We don't correct him, it suppresses his natural spirit."
Me, to asshole soymilk drinking holistically unbalanced new age non-vaccinating mother: "Maybe a little shot of DTaP could have supressed the nasty case of pertussis the poor kid now has."
(Not really... sigh. At least with the mask on I can mouth "fuck off you stupid twat".)
Yesterday my husband and I took our son to the pediatrician. While there we saw many kids running circles around their parents, throwing tantrums and generally wreaking havoc! We were complimented on our son on how "good" he was being. We were asked our secret and we said "He's our son we're his parents".
As a preschool teacher - I can pretty much tell you who runs which house. I can also tell you who will most likely end up in prison and will still be blaming "sum dood". They already blame the notorious "Idonknow".
The problem that I have seen is that many of these parents want to be their child's 'best friend' more that be the one that guides and disciplines them. Many of these are essentially big children themselves, so they themselves think like this!
Education on proper parenting is needed, since they are not getting it at home anymore. The problem is that, when you are working with the LCD(lowest common denominator)and the under/uneducated, they can get very nasty and indignant about you interfering with their 'right' to parent as they see fit.. ask any teacher :)
Another problem is the example many parents set.
Kids are great hypocrisy detectors.
Parents who say one thing and do another lack credibility in the kids eyes.
I agree with Scapel. All strep gets LA Bicillin in my ER unless they are PCN allergic!
You should have to take test to:
A. Reproduce
B. Consume ETOH
I had problems with 2 of 3 of my children with taking medicine when they were/are young. My youngest is 4 1/2 and hates taking medicine (when she rarely needs to). What I do is pin them to the floor, with my knees holding their arms at the side, and I use a syringe (needless, of course) to squirt the medicine in their mouth. It was how I had to give meds to my son when he was young - and he never willingly took his meds for his ear infections either. It was always the forceful way, even though I offered it to him first, to taking willingly....he knew he was taking it either way.
With my youngest, the method of pinning them to the floor worked wonders! I only had to do it twice, and she decided to take her medicine willingly (sinus infection). Amazing how you can get your kid to take their medicine if you force the issue, instead of being a pansy parent, and let the kid rule you.
Oops, I meant needle-less, not needless!!
A nurse friend of mine got reprimanded for telling a parent, very politely "You have to be the boss". I dont know the details, but I'm sure you can all fill in the blanks.
In my house you can take your medicine the "easy way" or the "hard way". Guess which one involves me wrestling you to the ground in a headlock, prying your mouth open and medicating you? Oh, and I'll hold your nose until you have to swallow. 2 yo takes his meds when I hand him a pre-loaded med syringe. 1 yo keeps hoping that the hard way will change, that or he's a slow learner. Fortunately, they're pretty healthy little guys.
Totally agree with many commenters - we're not our kids' friends - we're their parents and we have a DUTY to love, nuture, care for, and yes...discipline them.
I wish everyone was sensible enough to discipline their kids.
*sigh* ill keep dreaming
AMEN TO THAT!
I cannot believe what goes on these days. Parents want to be their child's "friend"
*forehead/desk*
Gotta be my biggest pet peeve ever... least I know I'm not alone
I got the whole "You are the adult" speech once at 2am, when my child had woken up completely hysterical with pain from an ear infection. I had told the nurse that while I normally had no trouble getting my daughter to take meds, when she was this worked up, I couldn't. The nurse proceeded to try to get some tylenol into the child. It took both of us adults to hold her down, pry her mouth open, pour the stuff in, and hold her nose. The nurse left the room a minute later to change, covered from her waist to her hair with purple sticky goo, since instead of swallowing on having her nose held, my daughter spat.
I didn't get anymore grief over not getting oral pain meds into my kid for the rest of the visit.
Thanks to the blog owner. What a blog! nice idea.
We did the headlock thing too, when our kids were little and just starting to learn that they WERE going to take their medicine when we said so. We did one other thing: as we squirted the stuff into their mouths, we blew on their faces. Amazing how much that made them swallow.
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