When did your finger start hurting? (To a 10 year old complaining of finger pain.)
“When I punched the wall.”
When did you start feeling sick? (To a 9 year old with a sore throat and cough.)
“After my sister coughed in my face.”
When did your head start hurting?
“When my teacher started talking about similes and metaphors”. [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Kids Say the Darndest Things’
August 26, 2009
Silly Questions
July 28, 2009
Just a Bear
Me to my 2 1/2-year-old patient: “See you later alligator.”
Response: “I’m not an alligator!”
Me: “What are you then?”
“I’m just a bear, Dr. Kim.”
Glad to have cleared that up….
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April 2, 2009
Crash Helmet
Me to my 9 year old patient: What can you do to protect your head while riding a bicycle?
My patient: If you hit a branch you should hang onto the branch instead of falling down.
Nice work, Evil Kneivel. But I was trying to get you to wear a helmet.
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March 5, 2009
Not Rocket Science
After his mom told me that he had coughed for a month, my 4-year-old patient said to me today, with great glee, “And I have snot rockets!”
February 12, 2009
Rejoicing in Wrinkles: How to Pick a Pediatrician
As a relatively young female physician, I need to balance professionalism and personality. I try to be a young, hip, vibrant pediatrician that connects with parents and kids, while at the same time projecting an air of competence, authority, and even wisdom so that families trust me.
I have a relatively informal manner, and I laugh [...]
A Pediatrician's Insights on Child Health, Parenting and Doctoring Kids
April 14, 2009
It’s All Fun And Games Until Someone Pokes An Ear Out
I have been getting great pleasure from parents telling me about how their children evoke my name at home (ah, the ego).
A 3-year-old patient of mine recently got a *very* small splinter and said to her mother: “If this doesn’t get better soon I’ll have to go and see Dr. Kim.” I think she is displaying [...]
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