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<blockquote data-quote="flutterbee" data-source="post: 172632"><p>Yep, I'd be finding a new doctor, too. </p><p></p><p>As far as the medical staff being busy and patients being 'babies' (and this child is a baby still, at 3 years old), we live in a free society. If we don't like the service, we go somewhere else. I wouldn't see a doctor who worked that way and I certainly wouldn't force my children to endure it.</p><p></p><p>And as mom was surprised by this reaction and, therefore, not expecting it, I'm not sure what anxieties or fears mom had that could possibly be triggering this. That's a pretty big assumption to make.</p><p></p><p>My daughter did wonderfully at the doctor's office until she was 5 and the nurse came in and surprised her with the vaccinations. A look of shock instantly came over my daughter's face and she sobbed off and on the entire day. It took her years to overcome that and she still has to muster up all her courage to go to the doctor. And, no, we don't see the same one.</p><p></p><p>I'm with SRL. This in and of itself would not be enough to concern me. It doesn't seem to be out of the realm of age appropriate behavior. And nothing in the post sounded like ODD to me. It doesn't read like a child being willfully disobedient just because. I did wonder about some possible sensory issues, but if he had never had his blood pressure taken before it could have just been the unknown that bothered him. </p><p></p><p>A suggestion I have is to pick up a blood pressure monitor, or borrow one, and show him how it works. Show him by using it on yourself first. Also, go over the various things that will happen at a doctor visit. Show him how the doctor will look in his ears and will look in his mouth so he can be reassured that these things won't hurt him.</p><p></p><p>I'm sorry you and your son had this experience.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterbee, post: 172632"] Yep, I'd be finding a new doctor, too. As far as the medical staff being busy and patients being 'babies' (and this child is a baby still, at 3 years old), we live in a free society. If we don't like the service, we go somewhere else. I wouldn't see a doctor who worked that way and I certainly wouldn't force my children to endure it. And as mom was surprised by this reaction and, therefore, not expecting it, I'm not sure what anxieties or fears mom had that could possibly be triggering this. That's a pretty big assumption to make. My daughter did wonderfully at the doctor's office until she was 5 and the nurse came in and surprised her with the vaccinations. A look of shock instantly came over my daughter's face and she sobbed off and on the entire day. It took her years to overcome that and she still has to muster up all her courage to go to the doctor. And, no, we don't see the same one. I'm with SRL. This in and of itself would not be enough to concern me. It doesn't seem to be out of the realm of age appropriate behavior. And nothing in the post sounded like ODD to me. It doesn't read like a child being willfully disobedient just because. I did wonder about some possible sensory issues, but if he had never had his blood pressure taken before it could have just been the unknown that bothered him. A suggestion I have is to pick up a blood pressure monitor, or borrow one, and show him how it works. Show him by using it on yourself first. Also, go over the various things that will happen at a doctor visit. Show him how the doctor will look in his ears and will look in his mouth so he can be reassured that these things won't hurt him. I'm sorry you and your son had this experience. [/QUOTE]
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