Getting grilled by the pediatrician
By Heather
By Heather
We just had my son’s five-year-old well-check appointment. The doctor was pleased with his health, height, weight, diet, and general growth (yay!) so she grilled him on safety questions left and right (uh oh, what would he say?! C’mon kid! Mama’s a safety blogger!)
She started him out with a few softball questions, “What do you wear on a scooter or bike?”
Easy peasy, he answered, “A helmet.”
“What do you do if there’s an earthquake?”
[pregnant pause]
She had stumped him. FAIL.
She said to always protect your head and hide under a table.
She asked him, “What do you do if there’s a fire at home? Would you hide under the table?”
He said, “No, I would leave the house.”
WIN.
Truth be told, we could spend more time discussing and practicing our fire exit plans, but I’m glad he didn’t say he’d hide under the table. She suggested we practice this often before kindergarten because kids often remember “stop,drop, and roll” at the expense of everything else.
It’s one thing to have great safety practices in mind as parents, but we also need to continually share and discuss these plans with our children.
How do you discuss safety with your little ones?
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