12m check-up... is my kid weird?! (long)

saturdaynightdoubletree

So today DD had her 12m check-up (a bit late). We just switched offices, so this was our first visit.

She played, talked, and laughed with the nurses. When the doctor came in, she gave him the evil eye and wouldn't even crack the slightest smile. The guy was talking like Donald Duck and letting her play with all his gadgets... she was NOT amused.

So then it came time to listen to her heart... SHE FREAKED OUT!!! Smacked his hand and started crying. He stopped.. showed her the stethoscope, let her play with it, put it on my hand, listened to her stuffed animals heartbeat and tried again. FAIL! She smacked his hand away and started screaming again. Eventually I just held her tight and he did what he had to do. 

After, the nurses came in again... she was back to happy, fun baby. They gave her three shots... she just layed there, cried for 5 seconds, and was back to laughing and smiling at them.

Weirdly enough, DD has always loved the doctor's and never had a problem with shots. At her 9 month appointment, with no shots to be had, she started with this fear of the stethoscope... I just can't figure it out!!! All her doctors think it's funny, and have never seen such a thing. Is my kid weird? lol. Anyone else have a similar experience?

macchiatto

Alex is scared of the stethoscope. But then, by his 15m appt he was terrified of the entire visit. (Will is fine with it all.) At the 18m appt, he was in full-on panic mode pretty much from the time we entered the exam room until we got back in the car. After that I bought them a Fisher-Price medical kit and now he loves his stethoscope. We're going to do some role-play and read Berenstain Bears Visit the Dr before his next appt.

Soap1

macchiatto:

After that I bought them a Fisher-Price medical kit and now he loves his stethoscope. We're going to do some role-play and read Berenstain Bears Visit the Dr before his next appt.

That's a great idea!

macchiatto

I'm hoping it helps! He's just been so utterly hysterical the last few times he's been to the doctor, I feel bad for him (and for the doctor, nurses, other patients and their parents ...).

saturdaynightdoubletree

macchiatto:

After that I bought them a Fisher-Price medical kit...

This is all I could think about leaving the office... hope it helps her the way it did with your DS!!!

jenn_darrin1515

One of my dds is a mess at appts.

macchiato - what a fab idea!  I am going to have to get hte girls one of those...ava is fine...but the minute we get into the exam room, before we even start taking off clothes or anything Milina starts crying and is hysterical for the entire visit...that may help for sure!

macchiatto

I hope it works for her, too, and that our kids won't be thrown off by the dr's stethoscope not being brightly-colored plastic.
It's now his favorite accessory.

 

saturdaynightdoubletree

macchiatto:

I hope it works for her, too, and that our kids won't be thrown off by the dr's stethoscope not being brightly-colored plastic.
It's now his favorite accessory.

 

haha - so true! makes me feel better she's not the only one though.

macchiatto

Jenn, your twins sound so much like mine!

mtnrider

Yup, DS gets hysterical over the stethescope and the long metal thing they stick in his ears to remove ear wax.  When I leave the exam room all the nurses just give me a look because he is such a loud screamer.