MB will not make necessary wellness visits for my charge

[Anonymous]

MB is a good mother and a really wonderful person. However, she is awful about keeping up with my charges vaccines and wellness visits. She totally skipped her 18 month check up and now we are headed for her two-year birthday and she still hasn't made the doctors appointment. She will take her to the doctor in an instant if the child is sick but just won't make the needed appointments.

How do I remind her in a gentle way that the child must go in for her check up?

[Anonymous]

Tell her you think the kid had a fever.

[Anonymous]

Wellness check ups are not nessasary.

[Anonymous]

Why does a healthy child need to visit the doctor when they're not sick? Is MB not capable of weighing and measuring the child? Doctor's offices are filthy cesspools of bacteria and viruses...are you TRYING to get your charge sick? I don't understand the problem here, other than if she's truly behind in vaccines...which I doubt. MYOB. When you're a parent you can do things however you want. This is not your kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wellness check ups are not nessasary.

They get shots. Ask her to schedule it and you take child. Problem solved.

[Anonymous]

Maybe you should talk to your MB about adding the scheduling to your duties? When I have absentminded employers, its what I do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why does a healthy child need to visit the doctor when they're not sick? Is MB not capable of weighing and measuring the child? Doctor's offices are filthy cesspools of bacteria and viruses...are you TRYING to get your charge sick? I don't understand the problem here, other than if she's truly behind in vaccines...which I doubt. MYOB. When you're a parent you can do things however you want. This is not your kid.

Children get their vaccines at wellness visits which is why they are so important.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why does a healthy child need to visit the doctor when they're not sick? Is MB not capable of weighing and measuring the child? Doctor's offices are filthy cesspools of bacteria and viruses...are you TRYING to get your charge sick? I don't understand the problem here, other than if she's truly behind in vaccines...which I doubt. MYOB. When you're a parent you can do things however you want. This is not your kid.

Oh, God - shut up! You haven't got a clue. WELLNESS VISITS ARE WHEN YOU GET VACCINES. Do you think the child is getting her vaccines in the mail? And do you think that a nanny doesn't know when her charge has been vaccinated?!

I hope you are just a troll and not a parent because you are shockingly stupid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe you should talk to your MB about adding the scheduling to your duties? When I have absentminded employers, its what I do.

This. Offer to make the appointments and take the child yourself. Since she missed so many scheduled vaccines, she will probably have to go to the doctor every two months to catch up.

[Anonymous]

A lot of people are anti vaccination

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A lot of people are anti vaccination

OP here - My employer is not anti-vaccination and my charge has had all her immunizations up to 18 months.

I will talk to her again and offer to take over scheduling my charge's appointments. Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MB is a good mother and a really wonderful person. However, she is awful about keeping up with my charges vaccines and wellness visits. She totally skipped her 18 month check up and now we are headed for her two-year birthday and she still hasn't made the doctors appointment. She will take her to the doctor in an instant if the child is sick but just won't make the needed appointments.

How do I remind her in a gentle way that the child must go in for her check up?

From the above, obviously, she is not a good mother.

[Anonymous]

While I can totally see your side on this, unfortunately there is really not much you can do since she is the parent & is in full charge of her child.

You can always mention + encourage the wellness check-ups, but ultimately the final decision is up to the parent.

Sadly it sounds as if you are actually more proactive than the parent here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why does a healthy child need to visit the doctor when they're not sick? Is MB not capable of weighing and measuring the child? Doctor's offices are filthy cesspools of bacteria and viruses...are you TRYING to get your charge sick? I don't understand the problem here, other than if she's truly behind in vaccines...which I doubt. MYOB. When you're a parent you can do things however you want. This is not your kid.

Oh, God - shut up! You haven't got a clue. WELLNESS VISITS ARE WHEN YOU GET VACCINES. Do you think the child is getting her vaccines in the mail? And do you think that a nanny doesn't know when her charge has been vaccinated?!

I hope you are just a troll and not a parent because you are shockingly stupid.

+10000

[Anonymous]

There are no more vaccines after 18 months until 4, except the annual flu vaccine. Also, as of 2, kids go once a year for well checks.