The (Mis)Adventures of Dr. D

Petite Pedia Plots 127 Part of the routine check-up for well babies is checking on their developmental milestones.  With this 6 month old baby, I asked the Dad if the baby liked looking at himself in the mirror.  Dad answered, "Oh yes!  I think he got that from his Mom.  Mom likes to spend hours looking at herself in the mirror!" Too much info, Dad! From www.openspacesfengshui.com

from www.seniorark.com Petite Pedia Plots 123 New parents are always curious who their baby will take after in the looks department.   I had this couple who were arguing about it.  Mom is pretty adamant that her little boy looks like her. At the end of the consult, I advised them that the baby might start losing hair within the next month.  Mom, then looks at the bald Dad, and says, "Well, when that happens, I'm pretty sure he's gonna look like you!"

Petite Pedia Plots 91 A mom was telling me that her 7 month old son had a really REALLY good appetite. I asked her why she thought so and she replied, "Dra, pati yung pagkain na napapanood niya sa TV, inaabot at aagawin niya!" Photo taken from Handcraftedtravellers.com

Petite Pedia Plots 79 My 4 yr old patient is on a 'sweets' restriction diet because he is already obese.  So, to make his Mom buy him sweets, he tells her that his 6-month old brother is hungry and would like some "fudgie bars".  Buti na lang hindi kumakagat si Mommy. ;p From Pinterest - Big Brother of Prince

Petite Pedia Plots 70 Patient's Mom was trying to divert baby's attention from the iv insertion. She was asking the baby where the monkey was. Baby kept on looking pointedly at the male nurse - Ah, there's the monkey!  Photo lifted from Pinterest

Petite Pedia Plots 66 My patient's Mom wanted to start bottle-feeding her baby. Apparently, baby was very picky. She started with Avent then Dr Brown's, moved on to Nuk and Tommy Tippee. Baby didn't like all of them. Even tried Pigeon but to no avail. She ended up with Babyflo and baby loved it. Hehe. Pasosi-sosi pa kasi. Photo from Young Parents website

Petite Pedia Plots 57 This really made my day. While checking up on her newborn baby , this 29-yr old mom said she was very comfortable talking to me. I asked her why. She answered that we were on the same wavelength since we were probably the same age. When I told her my real age, she couldn't believe it. (And no, I'm  not gonna tell you what it is!)