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42 sats \ 4 replies \ @gnilma 6 Jul \ on: Parent Corner: Emergency Room Tummy Ache alter_native
Your post made me reflect on the times things like this happened to me, and I came to the realization that the more kids you have, the more chill you become as a parent. At least that seems to be the case for me and my wife.
I remember bringing my daughter to the ER when she was 2 or 3, because she said it hurts inside her ears or something. She was crying but couldn't express herself fully. It turned out she had too much earwax or something like that. We ended up spending hours at the Children's Hospital ER room waiting to see the doctor, but she turned out to be fine. The only time I brought my older son to the ER was when his little brother pushed him off the upper bunk of the bunk bed and he hit his head on the ground. My older son was 8 at the time. He legit had an concussion and even lost memory of exactly what happened right after he hit the ground. That was a legit visit and the 8 hours wait time was justified, maybe? My little one is 7 right now and had never visited the ER.
Moral of the story, have more kids. Then you will see through all their drama. Haha.
Good advice!
This was our first ER trip. I think we probably do act more like parents who have multiple kids, just from what we learned about parenting beforehand and how we decided to approach it.
Still, the lesson was to be even more chill than we already tend to be.
One of our best friends who has three older kids was a big influence. She would always say "I don't know any adults who [crawl, wear diapers, drink from a bottle, can't talk, etc.], so she'll probably figure it out."
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My inclination was to think the way she does, anyway, but it's nice to get the confirmation from someone who went through it.