January 26th, 2010 07:11pm
Pagers for parents
by kristi.palma
There’s a Sick Room and a Well Room at the pediatrician’s office.
But what happens when you have one sick and one well child? You sweat.
That was me this morning when I took my 3 year-old son to the doctor and had to subject my 7 month-old daughter to a waiting room full of coughing, runny-nosed kids. My son was up all night in what turned out to be his first ear infection. He was so miserable he curled up in a waiting room chair and seemed to be sleeping. And my daughter was in her car seat at my feet — a sitting duck.
TuscMoms.com Editor Kristi Palma writes a parenting column for The Tuscaloosa News called “The Mom Stop.” She is a stay-at-home mom to Jack, a blue-eyed, banana-lovin’ toddler who loves to sing and count. She and her husband welcomed daughter Paige in June. Contact her at kristi.palma@tuscmoms.com.