As a first time mom I've made quite a few phone calls to our pediatrician. Thankfully their nursing staff is wonderful and extremely helpful. They've helped me out with some pretty ridiculous phone calls and never once laughed at me. I recently had to call again and was having some flashbacks to previous calls.
He's crying too much.
Yeah, in the first few weeks I called them more than once about this. I didn't know if something was wrong with him. I was convinced that he had some sort of issue, why else would he be crying this much?
He's pooping too much...or not enough.
At first, I was very concerned about my son's pooping habits. If he pooped twice in one day and then not at all the next I was on the phone immediately. Google was not my friend with this issue either. At one point I was pretty sure he had a blockage because he hadn't pooped for two days.
He's not sleeping.
I'm shocked that they didn't laugh at me for this one. But yes, I seriously did call them when he wasn't sleeping enough.
He's sleeping too much.
Yes, even this worried me in the beginning. So, what did I do? Called the doctor's office!
His eye looks funny.
Again, Google was not my friend here. His eye was slightly crusty one morning early on. I was pretty convinced he either had pink eye or he was going blind. When I told the nurse my concern she simply told me to just wipe his eye and see how it was in a few days.
He ate some of his diaper rash cream.
I was horrified the first time he reached around to his butt and then put his hand in his mouth. I probably should have called poison control, not the doctor's office, but by that time I already had his doctor on speed dial.
He hit his head on the crib.
Every head bump, every knock on the arm, I was so worried. I wanted to make sure he wasn't going to have a concussion. So, I called...every. single. time.
He has a rash.
Most people would put some cream on it and see how it looked in a few days. Not this mama, I was calling the doctor as soon as there was a red bump on his skin. Needless to say, I heard the words, "Just put some (insert random cream name here) on it and call us in a few days," more than a few times.
What I'm getting at here is that in the beginning everything was a huge deal. I was so unsure of myself and my parenting skills. Not that I feel like super mom now but I definitely feel more sure of myself. It's so hard when they first come home and you have no idea what's normal and what's cause for concern. My best advice is always call when you're unsure. I'd rather have made 100 pointless phone calls than not made one that really needed a doctor's attention and had something happen to him.
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