The paediatrician's waiting room...

These days the waiting room of a peadiatrician's clinic resembles a small nursery or day care center .. Lots of books for all ages, puppets, building blocks, the tiny slide and see saw... Animal stickers all over the walls (giraffes are a big favorite), some even have the space marked out with little fences... It's adorable!

The long wait seems almost bearable till you start seeing a kid cough on the slide.... Or sneeze on the building blocks or worse still wipe her nose and with snort smeared hands digs into the pile of toys.... 

You can't move your kid away because by now he's fully engrossed in the toys... Interested in playing with one or two kids even.... 

Also you don't want to look like the psycho mum pulling out wet wipes and frantically wiping your kids hands in front of everyone.. 

Because then they look at you with this disapproving look thinking you disapprove of their germ carrying kids... 

Ummmmmmm......I do ... Because clearly you don't seem to have a problem with your kid spreading all his sickly germs over all the toys... 

What's worse is if your kid is fine and you are simply there for a vaccination...aaaarrrggghjh!!

The last time we took bumling, I gave this mother the death stare for not berating her kid for putting a building block in her mouth and then throwing it back into the box.... The mother was unfazed people...she really didn't care.... 

And when I try to discipline these people i actually getting really heated up.. No literally, my palms get hot because I get so angry... So usually I avoid public confrontations...

But when it comes to siddy it's really tough to be quiet... And I also don't want to create a scene.. 

So here is my solution:

I have decided to carry two books and maybe two small cars for him when we go next to the doctor.. That way he doesn't have to touch the toys there and since he has started his " it's mine" tantrum for all his toys hopefully he won't share...!!!! 

And for once I'll be ok with that! 

But seriously... How do you deal with waiting rooms at the pead's clinic?