Supporting 18 month old at pediatrician’s office
Our son’s 15 month appointment was rough. He wanted nothing to do with any of the procedures- weight, height, look at eyes/ears etc. We got through it and got the vaccine done but it was ROUGH for him and I felt really disingenuous in the way that I supported him (encouraging him and explaining what was going on) because he was SO upset and I wondered if I should have pulled the plug on the whole thing- he has zero health concerns and is UTD on vaccines.
Now he is 18 months and very definitive in his communication. Yes/no, etc. I am torn between supporting him in the same way that I did before, which felt crap and didn’t seem to help him, and going there and *please be nice in your response* honoring his decision to reject the exam, etc. It’s certainly possible that he will be ok with the exam this time, but I want to be prepared with a plan of action in case he is hysterical again.