Helpful Mom

These are the words my oldest asked me today while waiting for our Dr. appointment.  See I go fully prepared when taking my two girls to any kind of appointment when you never know how long you might be waiting for.  Our regular Dr. office can take up to 2 hours to from beginning to end so you can see why I need to brace myself for anything.  So I pack a special bag for appointments, food, treats, and drinks of course but also those special extras.  Books they haven’t seen yet, little toys from the $store , crayons, etc.  I generally don’t break any of these items out until we are out of the waiting room since most waiting rooms have a spot for kids with toys and books.  So I have them play with these “new” toys while we wait and then can break out what I packed as needed.  I have found that a box of crayons is a great toy at the Drs because they can color all over that paper on the exam table since they are just going to throw it away when they are done with you anyways.  The girls love getting up on the exam table now and spend quite a bit of time coloring all over it.  Play tic tac toe, or draw an outline of their hand or body.  Happy meal toys and holiday toys bought on clearance make great cheap toys for this purpose.  MP3 players with songs or stories uploaded to it can help to.  Be creative, you know what will capture your child’s attention, making a trip to the Drs special, or maybe Amazing…