Checkout Girl Advice...
Last night after work we had to run to BJs to pick up a few things we forgot to get over the weekend. As we were beginning the checkout process, the girl jockeying the register started in with the questions... "Awwwwww... how old's your baby"..."Does she have an eye infection...?"
Allow me to answer the eye infection question before I continue... We were told shortly after Natalie was born that she has a clogged tear duct. We shouldn’t worry about it because it'll go away on its own as she gets bigger... it should be gone by the time she 6 months old. For the record... I don't believe them. We were told this when she was about one month old... she's a little over 5 months old now. While it does look better at times, it still gets goopy from time to time.
OK, back to the story. Once this chick is finished firing off questions, she starts to give us advice on how to handle certain situations with Natalie. Did I mention that we were all there... including Emily... would that not be a sign that we've been there and done that? Anyways... her advice for the clogged tear duct:
"You should use these (some damn kind of eye drops) that I use. I'll be walking around my house and get chemicals in my eyes... this clear that right up." No shit, she said that she gets chemicals in her eyes from walking around her house.
"You should also wrap an ice cube up in a washcloth and put it on her eye. That way, the cold will numb the pain." On her eye? "Yes, on her eye." OK, I'm not going to be putting anything on any of my kid’s eyes.
She then started to give some advice on the teething process:
"When she starts teething, you should give her a frozen all-beef hot dog to chew on. That way the cold will help with the pain and as it thaws out, she'll have something to eat..." I was walking away with Emily at this point and couldn't hear the end of that conversation... Need I mention that my daughter has NO teeth at this point in her life… The last thing I'm going to give her is an friggin’ choke dog... are you kidding me.
She concluded her advice by saying, "I know so much about kids and I don't even have any... My parents say that I'm going to be real good with kids since I already know so much about them." I'm pretty sure this lunatic is still living at home with mom and dad, and if she does ever have kids... well, I find comfort in the fact that there are government agencies that take kids away from unfit parents.
Allow me to answer the eye infection question before I continue... We were told shortly after Natalie was born that she has a clogged tear duct. We shouldn’t worry about it because it'll go away on its own as she gets bigger... it should be gone by the time she 6 months old. For the record... I don't believe them. We were told this when she was about one month old... she's a little over 5 months old now. While it does look better at times, it still gets goopy from time to time.
OK, back to the story. Once this chick is finished firing off questions, she starts to give us advice on how to handle certain situations with Natalie. Did I mention that we were all there... including Emily... would that not be a sign that we've been there and done that? Anyways... her advice for the clogged tear duct:
"You should use these (some damn kind of eye drops) that I use. I'll be walking around my house and get chemicals in my eyes... this clear that right up." No shit, she said that she gets chemicals in her eyes from walking around her house.
"You should also wrap an ice cube up in a washcloth and put it on her eye. That way, the cold will numb the pain." On her eye? "Yes, on her eye." OK, I'm not going to be putting anything on any of my kid’s eyes.
She then started to give some advice on the teething process:
"When she starts teething, you should give her a frozen all-beef hot dog to chew on. That way the cold will help with the pain and as it thaws out, she'll have something to eat..." I was walking away with Emily at this point and couldn't hear the end of that conversation... Need I mention that my daughter has NO teeth at this point in her life… The last thing I'm going to give her is an friggin’ choke dog... are you kidding me.
She concluded her advice by saying, "I know so much about kids and I don't even have any... My parents say that I'm going to be real good with kids since I already know so much about them." I'm pretty sure this lunatic is still living at home with mom and dad, and if she does ever have kids... well, I find comfort in the fact that there are government agencies that take kids away from unfit parents.
Yeah she was pretty dumb. I hope she doesn't give her bad advice out to everyone with kids.
There might be some poor couple out there that actually takes it. That would be sad.
Posted by
Katie |
6:43 AM
We have the same problem with our daughter's eyes... nice to know we are not the only ones that want to throttle our pediatrician over it. I guess according to the "6-month rule" that we have two months to go, but we we'll stick with the stuff her doctor gave to us and leave the ice cubes in the freezer.
Posted by
Russ |
11:48 AM