I feel like I should be on a first-name basis with my kids’ pediatrician. It feels disrespectful to call her by her first name, but with three kids, there are quite a few visits — annual checkups, sick visits, my daughter’s repeated ear infections and my baby’s acid reflux. I see the pediatrician a lot, far more frequently than I see any of my own doctors.
Recently, prior to my daughter’s 3-year-old checkup, her pediatrician had forwarded an extensive developmental and behavioral assessment form for me to fill out. Following a string of questions about my child, such as “does your child run around in settings when he should sit still?” and “does your child have a hard time staying asleep and falling asleep?” came a series of questions directed to me.
Asked to rate on a scale of “rarely/not true,” “sometimes/sort of true,” and “”almost always/very true,” the questionnaire listed four categories:
- I feel too stressed to enjoy my child.
For more on this blog by Heather Diamond see: http://psychcentral.com/blog/a...stpartum-depression/
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