The frenemy doctor

So we went to see the new pediatrician today. 

She listened to everything  I had to say. And then she started talking. Her accent was very thick and she spoke very quiet and very fast. Needless to say, though she was speaking English, I could barely understand anything she said. (Have I mentioned yet that I am hard of hearing?)

Thank God I had asked my mom to come with me. She had to translate most of what the Dr was saying. Which was really irritating,

Additionally, when she asked how I reacted to being kicked in the face, I was honest with her and told her that I spanked Pookie. She chewed me out for “hitting” my kid. 

Number one, I didn’t hit her, I spanked her. There is a huge difference. Number 2, undermining a parent in front of their already defiant child only makes the parent’s job that much harder. 

Then she told me that I can’t hit or spank my kid. That  the only acceptable discipline is to say “no” in a quiet voice (yelling and lecturing are not allowed either) and then to calmly send the child to timeout. Pookie’s response to this was to do 2 things. First she looked at me and said “haha you can’t spank me”, then she kicked the Dr.

Needless to say we are still looking for answers. And we are still looking for a great pediatrician.