Our Week at the Pediatricians

I have had to make three trips to the Pediatricians office this week. 

First, I had to pick up an updated vaccination record to enroll Nick is Kindergarten.  That was pretty painless, less than five minutes at the office.  We were so quick; they didn’t even bother to charge for parking. 

The next night Nick was up coughing a lot… back to the doctor.  Nothing a quick dose of antibiotics won’t fix. 

Then, back to the office the next day for a TB test for Nick, another part of registering for Kindergarten.  This visit was a little less smooth; it started with Nick kicking me multiple times in the waiting room (he is afraid of needles) and ended with me holding him down as they gave him the quick injection.  A little more crying, and a few kicks to the front door of the office and we were out. 

Fast forward to five o’clock today when the phone rings, I see the Pediatricians name on the caller ID.  My only thought was how nice, she is calling to check and see how Nick feels.  I couldn’t have been more wrong.  The conversation started nice enough, she wanted to know if Nick had recovered from earlier.  Then all of a sudden it turned into an overall criticism of my wild children (meaning my parenting skills in general).  Turns out the second day we were there, the exam room was “a mess” when we left.  I found this hard to believe since the two boys had picked up all the toys before we left the room.  It wasn’t toys, it turns out when the kids washed their hands as we were leaving they go the floor wet.  The horror!!! And to add to it, there had been sand in Nick’s sneakers that he spilled as he removed them for his weigh in.  I had inadvertently left some muddy water on the ground, and allegedly a janitor had to be called to clean it up.  Then, came today’s atrocities.  This one, I admit was my fault.  I had a pen in my purse that Jack got ahold of as I was restraining Nick during his TB test and he had colored on the paper that covers the exam table.  I honestly don’t know if any ink got on the table, I guess it is possible that a little did, the Pediatrician claims it did.  Then again, as I was leaving the office, I decided it was a good idea to wash the kids hands, as physician’s office can be pretty germy.  Again, a little water got on the floor.  This I had noticed, decided that getting my angry, screaming child out of there made more sense than wiping up about 2 paper towels worth of water.  And ignored the “mess” and left.  After being accosted with all of these accusations by the pediatrician, she basically asked me if I could control them better at the next visit because they make too much work for her staff.  Instead of all the great snide responses I can think of now, I just said yes and hung up the phone.  As of yesterday, I was happily recommending our new, local pediatrician.  But, I guess now I am back to the drawing board.  So, does anyone have a pediatrician they can recommend that doesn’t mind messy, disobedient children?