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Doctor, doctor
November 14, 2007 – 5:39 pmMonday was a holiday, which meant no preschool.
Ack!
I woke up very, very tired. The day stretched out before me, rainy and long.
How do I keep this 4-year old boy entertained with a minimum of effort?
We started off the day with some coloring, and then moved on to puzzles. But after an hour, CJ was ready for something else.
I was ready to lie down.
And then genius struck.
“I know! Let’s play doctor! I’ll lie on the bed, and you can take care of me.”
I am BRILLIANT.
CJ’s eyes lit up at my excellent idea. I snuggled into my cozy bed, while he ran to his room to pull out his doctor box.
He came in, very serious, and began peering in my ears with one of his medical devices. He listened to my heart beat. He banged on my knee with his little plastic hammer.
“What seems to be the matter, miss?” he asked me.
“Oh doctor, my arm is hurting terribly!” I moaned.
And so he whacked the offending arm, as hard as he could, with the little plastic hammer. “Is that better?”
Where did this boy learn to care for the wounded?
I assured him that my arm was healed (just don’t whack it again, please!)
“Now what’s the matter?” he asked me.
“My eye!” I howled, “I think there’s something in my eye!”
He pulled out his looking-tool and peeked inside my eye. Then he reached for his plastic hammer. His arm raised…
“NOOOO!!!” I shouted, throwing up my arm at the last possible minute to protect my eyeball from certain demise. “You can’t whack mommy on her EYE!”
CJ sighed a deep, weary sigh. “Mo-om,” he admonished me, “I’m only going to whack it a little.”
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By Rachel on Nov 14, 2007 | Reply
Duh, mom!
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By Lela on Nov 14, 2007 | Reply
OMG! I can’t believe you told him your eye hurt after what he did to your arm! Rofl!
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By Mommy Daisy on Nov 14, 2007 | Reply
Ha ha ha, only a little. ;)
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By Mamma on Nov 14, 2007 | Reply
Just a little!
He beat you at your own game. Darn smart kids.
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By Annie on Nov 14, 2007 | Reply
Kudos to you Jenny! I’m ashamed to admit that in the same circumstances, I’d have just switched on the TV!
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By a writer's woolgatherings on Nov 14, 2007 | Reply
I agree with lela - I’m not sure I would have admitted to anymore aches and pains after having been whacked in the arm!
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By MommyMommy on Nov 14, 2007 | Reply
I am choking on my peanut butter sandwich from laughing so hard!!!
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By Zaya on Nov 14, 2007 | Reply
What were you thinking? Your eye after he whacked your arm… Hide the hammer and give him a box of bandaids instead… or a cold compress… You could have him read to you, just not the book about the lady… :)
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By beta mom on Nov 14, 2007 | Reply
At least he didn’t say, “This is going to hurt me more than it hurts you”!
Good ploy to get to lie down, however!
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By Shelby on Nov 14, 2007 | Reply
Your stories always make me wish I could have a mommy blog. So sweet.
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By Amy on Nov 14, 2007 | Reply
Alright you should have seen that coming. But more to the point, you need to toughen up! Let him give you a good whack! Being the mom of a boy is the definition of hazard duty.
I have to get tackled in simulations of football plays.
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By Nadine on Nov 14, 2007 | Reply
LOL! Dito what Lela said. I was like how can she say her eye hurts!
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By Sarah on Nov 14, 2007 | Reply
How are you going to feel if, by not letting him whack your eye, he never reaches that high ambition to be a world class doctor?
Just kidding.
Good save!
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By Life As I Know It on Nov 14, 2007 | Reply
Aren’t those long, no school, nothing to do days awful?!?
I’m in the middle of day two at home with a sick kid.
Maybe we should play doctor?
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By Smiling Mom on Nov 14, 2007 | Reply
Fantastic! And Funny! And I think that my son would soooo get along with CJ.
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By Not the Queen on Nov 14, 2007 | Reply
Oh dear! What goes on during his doctor appointments to make him think whacking body parts will heal anything?
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By Maureen on Nov 14, 2007 | Reply
Um… you didn’t (pardon the pun) SEE that coming????
Hilarious!
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By Homeschool Help Web on Nov 14, 2007 | Reply
ROFLOL!
MY kids nearly whacked me in the head with a toy rolling pin while my face was covered with a cloth. I don’t remember now what we were playing. Good thing I was paying attention and not off in some “zone” somewhere! :-O
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By Karen (Pediascribe) on Nov 14, 2007 | Reply
Ok, I so want to read the blog post that you write after the principal of CJ’s school calls you in. You know the one where he sits you down and says, “CJ says he plays ‘doctor’ with you.”
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By carrie on Nov 14, 2007 | Reply
Because that’s what the doctor DOES, sheesh!
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By Mommy Cracked on Nov 14, 2007 | Reply
Too cute! I’ll have to remember that idea for the next time I am too tired to play trains.
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By Heather, Queen of Shake-Shake on Nov 14, 2007 | Reply
Boys…always wanting to whack something.
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By cate on Nov 14, 2007 | Reply
that kid is too funny!
that’s a great idea, though…playing doctor so you can lie down? i’m gonna have to use that one!
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By creative-type dad on Nov 14, 2007 | Reply
whacking with a hammer?
I think he went to medical school at Home Depot
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By magnolia mama on Nov 15, 2007 | Reply
Hilarious!
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By moving mama on Nov 15, 2007 | Reply
Not too long ago, I was whacked in the temple with a wooden screwdriver…I saw my life flash in front of me. And had quite a bump to show for “playing” with my youngest. Count your blessings that he didn’t make contact :)
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By My Semblance of Sanity on Nov 15, 2007 | Reply
absolutely flippin’ precious!
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By Kelly on Nov 16, 2007 | Reply
Tell me you got an eye roll too. Really, it wouldn’t be complete without a little eye roll.
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By a happier girl on Dec 5, 2007 | Reply
I can’t believe you went with your eye after getting the arm whacked. Too funny!
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By Mommy City on Nov 10, 2008 | Reply
BRB - I have to go get something to clean off my desk. For some reason it has water all over it. It might have something to do with having read ‘My eye!’ at the exact moment I was taking a drink. By the time I got to “whack it a little” I had as much water on my face (tears) as I had on my desk. That boy of yours is hysterical!!!
Just a little Mommy. Just a little. HAHAAA!!!
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