Now, my question is this: The dentist says he can’t inject or consciously sedate her cos she’s too young. He will numb the area with a cream & then pull the tooth while I hold her (OH MY GOD)! I’ve phoned a paediatric dentist to enquire what they do & they say they will put her under with anesthetic & she’ll go into theatre…. this has its own risks of course, but seems kinder. The first dentist assures me she won’t feel it and doesn’t seem that concerned over the potential trauma to her (and me)

Can anyone give me any advice or guidance – given how young she is, should/could the tooth be fixed? What are the risks associated with a GA for such a young child? Would it be truly awful for her to have her tooth pulled with only a gum-numbing spray/gel?

1- Not imitating my hand actions but copy my sounds.
2- only says dada, ta ta, papa but not mama and also do blabbering.
3- rocking back & forward, sit ups, just started walking.
4- makes fairly good eye contact especially with me.
5- plays with his hands sometimes.
6- watch t.v adorably but doesn’t throw tantrums if i switch off the t.v.
7- doesn’t connect words with the object as if i say bring the ball he stares at me blankly or doesn’t associate papa or dada with people like my husband or my father in law.
8- always pick n throw the toys & things but doesn’t use them as they meant to be like do the same pick & drop thing with the hair brush.
9- doesn’t say hi or himself do the shake hand only give big smiles to people he knows.
10- have good stranger anxiety.
11- have fair separation anxiety

Please reply.
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Basically, I am having trouble finding jobs NOT in food-service. Honestly, yes, I could very well apply to McDonalds with all the other kids from my school, but that is not the kind of work atmosphere I am comfortable in, with minimum wage and too many people behind the counter.

I don’t want to tutor, babysit, or teach piano lessons because those jobs are commission-based and I would prefer a fixed salary. It would be hard to gather clients. Also, I am beginning my job hunt now but will most likely wait until summer to take up a job, during which time my “students” would be on vacation or enjoying their break.

Retail might be okay, but I am not very persuasive and I hate the idea of standing on my feet all day and maintaining a sales quota.

Okay, so at this point I sound a little conceited and lazy, I know. In my defense, all I could ask for in a first job is one that will utilize what I have worked my whole life (hah!) to achieve: straight A’s, 4.4 GPA, a 29 Composite ACT Score, a spotless permanent record, two partial scholarships to my private high school, proficiency in Spanish, expertise in piano performance, decent typing skills and more. Catch my drift? I haven’t ever met a McDonlad’s employee with these credentials, much less one in ninth grade.

In addition, a job that would give me experience or even learning opportunities in my fields of interest would be a plus. I am knowledgeable in biology, chemistry, medicine, and algebra, as I hope to be a pediatric anesthesiologist someday. English and reading comprehension are my best subjects, which is useful as well. Some jobs I am researching/considering include the following:

—medical technician (CPhT must graduate high school, Alabama law prohibits technicians under 17)
—research assistant—i have close friends who have done so, living at the University and assisting in their laboratories
—medical secretary
—sales associate

So, community, what do you think? Have I raised my expectations too high for a first job? Could you suggest other jobs for me or elaborate on the ones I provided? Am I cut out for the working world?

Thanks in advance for your honest opinion. =)
very funny, NotShy X)

okay…so after rereading my question, i fully grasped my total snobbishness in posting this and making the harsh points that i did. i can’t believe i wrote this, especially since i was frustrated after my four-hour job-hunt and my lack of sleep. sorry!

I play piano, but am not very good. I don’t take lessons, but started reading music about three months ago and am playing at the level of someone who has been playing for two or three years. I am in my schools class council, and a club called Science Days (we go to elementary schools and teach kids science experiments).

I know that I want to go into pediatric nursing, and I think my volunteering choices will show I had an early interest in this. I’ve also taken over 9 science courses in high school and done very well in them. I was wondering if you have any ideas for respectable schools to apply to. I know I’m not “Ivy level,” but I’d like to go somewhere honorable where I will receive a wonderful education. Please let me know any ideas for safety, match, and reach schools. I’d prefer to stay on the east coast (I live in NC right now, and wouldn’t like to go anywhere in the south, but am open to considering it). Ideally, I’d go to a school with a program where you start nursing classes freshman year, so that I wouldn’t have to re-apply to the college of nursing at a university going into my junior year. I know Villanova has a nursing school like that, but if I could find a school that isn’t associated with a religion that would be great.

Also, I realize I have to be in a city so I can gain experience through a hospital, but I don’t want to be in a city that’s too overwhelming. Then again, I don’t want to end up at a hospital where the most extreme case is the chicken pox. I love beautiful old towns with history to them, I don’t want everything to be new and renovated.

I’ve visited UNC-Chapel Hill, Georgetown, Villanova, Johns Hopkins, U Penn, and U Pitt. They all have aspects I love, but I wish I could mix them all together! By themselves, none of these schools stood out to me and seemed like a good fit.

I’ve run out of options I can think of, I know I have a lot of expectations so I’m really hoping someone out there has a suggestion I haven’t thought of. I want to find the perfect school for me, so please tell me anything you can-and make sure they have a good program for getting a BSN in nursing, as getting the best quality of education so I can make a difference in many lives is my main priority!

Thanks!
Thanks everyone so far-also, I forgot to mention I do better in smaller class sizes, so a school with under 10,000 would be best!

Many of my teachers comment on what they perceive to be the “talent” they see in my writing, though really to me I’ve never understood what it is that they all seem to like. My goal is to go into medicine, particularly pediatric oncology, but am also very interested and fascinated by psychology and philosophies of the mind, the “self”, etc.

I am planning on double-majoring in biology and psychology and moving forward from there, but would it be possible at all to minor in English as well in order to still be capable and somewhat recongized later on in life as a writer that would more than likely be associated with my life in another profession?

Or should I just stick with my double-major plan and resort to blogging if I have the time?

I am needing advice on how to successfully deal with my ugly thoughts about my health. I have been checked over and given a clean bill of health for years now. It still has me thinking otherwise. I want to rid myself of this condition, as I have a 3 yr old whom I absolutely do not want growing up knowing the debilitating effects from this mental issue. On top of the hypochondria, I have panic and anxiety which only intensifies the worry. I have recently started seeing a therapist and am really hoping this helps train my mind to deal with my worries in a positive way when I do start to have these fears and thoughts. I am also on an antidepressant to help with the anxiety & have learned to read, breathe, & relax while having an anxiety attack. I recently started school and am hoping this will help keep my mind away from health issues. Are there any other routes I can travel down in learning to combat this anxious hypochondria? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Husband is deployed & as I stated, I do not want my 3 year old to associate doctor visits with a “feel-good notion.” (If that makes any sense!) THANK YOU FOR READING!

I’ve never even considered the medical field until recently when my aunt was talking about how theres a tun of positions for a nurses aid at the hospital where she works. I wanted to do a little more research and find out just what a Nurses Aid is responsible for…

I’m not the type that would be able to stomach giving needles. I do okay with a little bit of blood and I’m hoping that I can just suck it up and deal with whatever I’d have to do (as far as bodily fluid goes..I have a weak stomach but its getting better as I get older..).

Do nurses aids work in dr’s offices? I’m thinking that a pediatric office would be a great place for me to go. Is a nurses aid the one that originally brings you into the room and takes your temp and all that?

Anyway, it seems that in every hospital nowadays, after your child is born, you have 24 -48 hours to (a)name the kid AND (b)get it a Social Security card, or else you CAN’T leave the hospital…plus, the rule also applies when you are discharged, and the staff in the nursery finds out you DON’T own a Chrysler minivan(whether Dodge Caravan, Chrysler Town and Country, or the late Plymouth Voyager)…you are banned from leaving unless you go out and rent the darn van, just to make them happy(the STUPID idiots!)…keeping Chrysler loyalty to a new level is just ridiculous!

Also, when you make the official announcement of the upcoming birth(or the baby’s homecoming, well-meaning neighbors(yeah, right!), sneak into your house and paint the baby’s room the socially-appropriate colors(you know, “Miami-Dade County Blue[actually bright turquoise!] for the boy, or Miami-Dade PINK[yecch!] for the girl, plus the matching gender-appropriate decals on the walls, like footballs, baseballs, and firetrucks(boys) or flowers, pictures of puppies(hello, I HATE pit bulls–except for Rachael Ray’s beloved Isaboo!), and pictures of MILEY CYRUS[yecch!])…

Why must these sterreotypes be continuously enforced?…is it just to make the advertising agencies, Chrysler workers and sales associates(and hospital nursery staffers) happy?…or what?

When our kids(Redondo, now 12 1/2 and Marina, now 10 1/2) were born, the nursery staff refused to let us leave the hospital in our ’85 Chevy Sprint minicar unless we rented a Chrysler Town and Country minivan from the dealer down the street…as for the “neighbors-from-hell”, they actually did those awful deeds I described earlier…and I had to repaint the rooms back to MY colors(basic white and NO decals on the walls!)…

The neighbors came over two weeks later and made sure we “toed the line” re: the kids, but were truly upset at the “re-modeling of the rooms”, and vowed to make our lives as new parents miserable…especially when we had the windows open during the summer heat waves in their first year of life, when they got a heavy dose of VAN HALEN instead of lullabies!…take THAT, Ben Spock!

I like being a “rebel” parent as some of you have proudly labeled me(thanks!), but the pressure to conform by “well-meaning” folks in the pediatric advertising community is going too far, IMO!

Your thoughts?

P.S.: too bad I can’t also classify this under “Society and Culture”…sigh…
Sorry to posters 1 and 3, but I tell the truth the way it is, and besides, I have NOTHING against Chrysler products, it’s just that in our neighborhood near Hemet(CA), you’re not a “soccer-mom-to-be-in 15-years” unless you have a Caravan/Voyager/T & C…crazy, eh?