Hurry Up and Wait! Tips For Surviving a Trip to the Doc

We don't always head to our child's doc with time to plan the visit, so improvise. Kids can be convinced that just about anything is a toy as long as you make it fun! One caveat though: using exam room gloves as toys/balloons should be avoided. North Carolina pediatrician Dr. Christoph Diasio explains the reasoning, "The concern about blowing up gloves is that a some children choke on balloons every year, so many docs/nurses are worried the child will choke on the gloves."