Dr Deb

I used to see the midwife here in my town, but she tranferred my care to an OB/GYN because of some health issues. *shrugs* I've seen this OB before, she was my care provider when I was pregnant with our last daughter, so no biggie. I'm used to her. I knwo what to expect & what not to expect.

I've been taking my youngest daughter, Fiorella, with me to my appointments...mainly because there's no reason to hire a sitter for her...when she can just come with me.

At the last appointment, Fiorella was asking a million questions & talking a mile-a-minute. Now Dr Deb doesn't have any children & her place (ironically) is not child friendly. There are no toys or kids books in the waiting room, nor in the exam rooms. She's not very....child friendly herself. But whatev........she's just there to give me the proper care...she's not a pediatrician...so I don't really care.

Anyways, this is the conversation from our last apt:
F: What's your name?
Dr: Dr Deb, whats your name?
F: Fiorella. Whats this?
Dr: Its a stethescope.
F: What does it do?
Dr: I use it for checking on your mom.
F: Is that my mom?
Dr: Uh..yes.
F: I'm a girl. Are you a boy?
Dr: No. I'm a girl too.
F: I'm a big girl.
Dr: Me too.
F: Your breath stinks. Are those your shoes?
Dr: Uhm. Yes.
F: These are my shoes.
Dr: I like the lights.
F: Your breath stinks. I like Dora.
Dr: I don't know Dora.
F: How come?
Dr: I don't know who she is.
F: Oh. Your breath stinks. Do you know Boots?
Dr: No.
F: (singing) D-d-d-dd-d-d Dora.....I like Dora. Your...
Dr: (cuts her off) Do you want to listen to the baby's heartbeat?

LOL....OMG...I had a hard time not laughing each time Fiorella just casually slipped in how the Dr's breath...wasn't fresh. I mean....to give Fiorella credit....the Dr did have stinky breath. It was like.....teacher breath......remember when teachers used to drink coffee all day & smoke at every break....so they had this awful....'pea-soup' smelling breath?? Well....thats what was going on. All I could do was pretend that Fiorella hadn't said it. Dr Deb did the same.

On the way home I told her it wasn't nice to tell someone they had stinky breath.

On the plus side......the next apt we went to.....Dr Deb had minty fresh breath & a jar of mints on the counter.