First visit to the doctors office

Now Ladies and Gentlemen, who knows how you have come to select your babies pediatrician, one might guess recommendation by a close friend or relative, maybe even the yellow pages! Mine was recommended by my father in law, who was a doctor and knew this pediatrician personally! We had to find one that spoke English of course this one did and to top it off it was a woman, possibly a mother like me……….Her name was Madame Seboune!

The big day arrived and I hurried through the morning dreading my sons appointment, what would this doctor reveal to me about my poor parenting skills, would she see that I was unsure about what I was doing etc…etc….?

I, clutching my 2 1/2 month old son was ushered into the office of the Doctor, to be greeted by a small woman anxiously puffing on a cigarette (don’t forget we are in Europe) Dr. Seboune! I was dumbfounded and even more surprised when she scooped my son from my arms and proceeded to carry him as one would carry a foot ball underneath her arm on her way to make a touch down on the examination table! I guess I looked like I might keel over in a dead faint so she gave me words of comfort and wisdom, “Don’t be afraid of the baby, they are very supple and there is very little that you could unintentionally do to one that would injure it!” I watched awe struck as she weighed, measured him, bended and pulled all of his appendages, with he not making the slightest sound of protest to his treatment! When she had finished she assured me that his weight was perfect, his proportions were also and that it looked like I was doing a good job! She then returned him to me proclaiming him to be a beautiful specimen!

She was the best doctor that I have ever encountered, she gave me confidence to trust myself to be a good care giver to my child, I figured that if she hadn’t injured him during that first examination I never could . Later I moved to another city and had to get a new doctor, but, will never forget that Lady!

So here is the thing, first visit don’t be surprised by what you might see or hear, and if you don’t like what you see or hear you can always try another doctor, if you do like the demonstration then hang on to this Doc as long as you can, not least for entertainment’s sake!