Have you ever taken your child with you to your doctor/dentist appointment?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm going to get DCUM crushed for even asking this question, but my 8 year old is on spring break, and I have a dentist appointment at 930 AM. Spouse all of a sudden has a work emergency and had to go into the office. I'm going to call the office to ask when they open, but what's your gut, is it okay for my child to sit in the dentist lobby during my appointment?

No. Hire a babysitter. You can't take him room with you and you would have to leave him in waiting room where he will be bored to tears. Why would you even think this is a good idea?

If your NT 8 year old can't sit with a book or other quiet activity in a waiting room without being "bored to tears" you have failed as a parent.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm going to get DCUM crushed for even asking this question, but my 8 year old is on spring break, and I have a dentist appointment at 930 AM. Spouse all of a sudden has a work emergency and had to go into the office. I'm going to call the office to ask when they open, but what's your gut, is it okay for my child to sit in the dentist lobby during my appointment?

No. Hire a babysitter. You can't take him room with you and you would have to leave him in waiting room where he will be bored to tears. Why would you even think this is a good idea?

Please be a troll. Please.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm going to get DCUM crushed for even asking this question, but my 8 year old is on spring break, and I have a dentist appointment at 930 AM. Spouse all of a sudden has a work emergency and had to go into the office. I'm going to call the office to ask when they open, but what's your gut, is it okay for my child to sit in the dentist lobby during my appointment?

No. Hire a babysitter. You can't take him room with you and you would have to leave him in waiting room where he will be bored to tears. Why would you even think this is a good idea?

That’s bizarre. My 8 year old can easily go for the length of a dentist appointment between tablet/Switch, a book, and his school worksheets. The only concern is if the dentist is even letting people into the waiting room/the exam rooms because of Covid rules.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm going to get DCUM crushed for even asking this question, but my 8 year old is on spring break, and I have a dentist appointment at 930 AM. Spouse all of a sudden has a work emergency and had to go into the office. I'm going to call the office to ask when they open, but what's your gut, is it okay for my child to sit in the dentist lobby during my appointment?

No. Hire a babysitter. You can't take him room with you and you would have to leave him in waiting room where he will be bored to tears. Why would you even think this is a good idea?

This is weird. Why can't an 8 year old be in the same room for a dentist appointment. My dentist doesn't have rooms but does have an extra chair facing the patient chair. Of course an 8 year old could sit there or in the waiting area.

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No. They're not responsible for your child, you are. Leave her at home or reschedule. I've never brought any of my kids because you're not allowed to unless there's another adult there to watch them in the lobby.

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Anonymous wrote:No. They're not responsible for your child, you are. Leave her at home or reschedule. I've never brought any of my kids because you're not allowed to unless there's another adult there to watch them in the lobby.

Oh, please. I’m a SAHM and always had a baby or toddler in a stroller at my appointments (OB, eye doctor, dentist, primary care) until Covid when my DH worked from home. I’m not paying for childcare—I AM the childcare.

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Of course! Especially when they were babies. I usually have them color or read a book. If I had anything sensitive to discuss, I’d bring an iPad and some headphones.

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Anonymous wrote:Yep, perfectly fine. Even if you're normally a "no screens" parent, I would make an exception and let him bring an IPad or something so that he'll sit quietly.

He should be able to sit quietly anyway. Does no one parent anymore?

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Anonymous wrote:No. They're not responsible for your child, you are. Leave her at home or reschedule. I've never brought any of my kids because you're not allowed to unless there's another adult there to watch them in the lobby.

What kind of bizarro doctors do you go to? Perhaps it's time to change.

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Yes, many. I give them an iPad and tell them to sit.

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Anonymous wrote:No. They're not responsible for your child, you are. Leave her at home or reschedule. I've never brought any of my kids because you're not allowed to unless there's another adult there to watch them in the lobby.

That's why you bring them with in the room if there is a rule that they can't be unsupervised in the lobby. 8 y.o can sit with a book on the chair.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm going to get DCUM crushed for even asking this question, but my 8 year old is on spring break, and I have a dentist appointment at 930 AM. Spouse all of a sudden has a work emergency and had to go into the office. I'm going to call the office to ask when they open, but what's your gut, is it okay for my child to sit in the dentist lobby during my appointment?

No. Hire a babysitter. You can't take him room with you and you would have to leave him in waiting room where he will be bored to tears. Why would you even think this is a good idea?

Of course the kid can be in the room with her - just the way I am in the room with my kids for their appointments or when I am in the room with my elderly parents who need me to take notes and advocate / ask questions they think of in advance and then get too flustered or “feel rushed” to ask at the actual appointment.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No. They're not responsible for your child, you are. Leave her at home or reschedule. I've never brought any of my kids because you're not allowed to unless there's another adult there to watch them in the lobby.

What kind of bizarro doctors do you go to? Perhaps it's time to change.

Ones that do not allow children in the exam room.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. They're not responsible for your child, you are. Leave her at home or reschedule. I've never brought any of my kids because you're not allowed to unless there's another adult there to watch them in the lobby.

What kind of bizarro doctors do you go to? Perhaps it's time to change.

Ones that do not allow children in the exam room.

Sure they don’t.

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Yes but this was pre-COVID. And it was an OB appt when I was still breastfeeding. Post-COVID a lot of docs' offices have restrictions on bringing extra people. That would be my only concern -- an 8yo is old enough to entertain himself, read, etc. in a corner while I talk to the doctor.