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Anonymous wrote:Why didn't you want her to be there with your child?

OP?

...in the examining room.

It wouldnt bother me at all. Even with no magazine or book I would enjoy 20 min to sit and relax in the waiting room.

Anonymous wrote:Why didn't you want her to be there with your child?

OP?

OP here. I don't let my nanny drive my child so for doctor's appointments I go home and pick them up. Sometimes it is nice to have a second person in the car with DS so he doesn't fall asleep and I can just go to work without walking back into the house.

I just don't need the nanny with me inside the examining room for some appointments but I do need her to carry DS through the parking lot and up the elevator into the office as I have a bad back.

However, I may have made a mistake this time in telling her as we were about to go into the examining room that I didn't need her to come in with us. She didn't bring anything to read and the waiting room has no magazines.

Why didn't you want her to be there with your child?

If the nanny isn't going to go into the examining room with you, OP, why did you need her to come with you at all?

I'd rather be in the waiting room trolling the internet on my phone than crammed into a tiny undersized exam room. Two adults do not need to be in there unless we're dealing with twins.

It is disrespectful of your nanny, OP. My MB would never do that to me.

I've taken kids to the pediatrician many times and have only gone in w/ them once. I usually wait in the waiting room, though I'd have loved it if the parent had said go get some coffee and be back in 30.

You need help to take your child to ped's office?

Depends on the situation I think. If you have one child, I agree with the other posters. I care for two and last time we went to the doctor I say in the wait room while one got a needle and then we switched kids. It worked out well for us.

Anonymous wrote:I do think it is insulting to make her sit alone in a pediatrician's waiting room, OP. Either have her come in with you and DC or let her stay at home and do her other child-related chores like groceries or cooking for him. Please do not use her as a donkey to carry your baby and his diaper bag from the car for you.

This.

I do think it is insulting to make her sit alone in a pediatrician's waiting room, OP. Either have her come in with you and DC or let her stay at home and do her other child-related chores like groceries or cooking for him. Please do not use her as a donkey to carry your baby and his diaper bag from the car for you.

If she's there because you need her to bring your kid there and then bring them home, why not give her a break when you guys link up? Let heR go to coffee or lunch or whatever. Don't see why she has to be with you in the waiting room

... to wait in the waiting room while you take your child into the doctor's examining room? Sometimes I need the nanny with us for appointments and other times I don't but I sensed that she was insulted when I tell her she doesn't need to come in with us.