Dr. Office Ettiquette

[carrierae21]

I have signs on my daughter's stroller that say "Please Wash Your Hands Before You Touch Mine"

I actually got them from a synagis rep. You could ask your pediatrician if they have any of the signs from the synagis rep or just make one. I think that it is totally appropriate to say, "I would prefer you not touch him."

Even if you offend someone, you son will still be safe! That's all you need to worry about!

 

[carrierae21]

I have signs on my daughter's stroller that say "Please Wash Your Hands Before You Touch Mine"

I actually got them from a synagis rep. You could ask your pediatrician if they have any of the signs from the synagis rep or just make one. I think that it is totally appropriate to say, "I would prefer you not touch him."

Even if you offend someone, you son will still be safe! That's all you need to worry about!

 

[carrierae21]

I have signs on my daughter's stroller that say "Please Wash Your Hands Before You Touch Mine"

I actually got them from a synagis rep. You could ask your pediatrician if they have any of the signs from the synagis rep or just make one. I think that it is totally appropriate to say, "I would prefer you not touch him."

Even if you offend someone, you son will still be safe! That's all you need to worry about!

 

[carrierae21]

I have signs on my daughter's stroller that say "Please Wash Your Hands Before You Touch Mine"

I actually got them from a synagis rep. You could ask your pediatrician if they have any of the signs from the synagis rep or just make one. I think that it is totally appropriate to say, "I would prefer you not touch him."

Even if you offend someone, you son will still be safe! That's all you need to worry about!

 

[carrierae21]

I have signs on my daughter's stroller that say "Please Wash Your Hands Before You Touch Mine"
<br />
<br />I actually got them from a synagis rep. You could ask your pediatrician if they have any of the signs from the synagis rep or just make one. I think that it is totally appropriate to say, "I would prefer you not touch him."
<br />
<br />Even if you offend someone, you son will still be safe! That's all you need to worry about!

 

[mommy2diego]

Sometimes as a mom, we have to say things whether they come across as rude or not. Cf mom or not. You son doesn't have any respitory issues or culturing anything and i'm sure you'd like to keep it that way for as long as possible.

i personally used the blanket method in a crowded place when the baby was small... now i just say, please don't touch him, he gets sick easily and i don't want another hosptial stay this year.

Was this at a cf clinic or the reg dr's office.

our clinic has what they call "baby days" where they will bring in baby's that haven't cultured any bugs yet. They schedule everyone according to what they culture to try and help things. this was great at first. my son eventual cultured staph and pseudomonas, and now goes to regular clinic days...

also, everyone that can walk has to wear a mask when they walk in to register, whether they culture anything or not....and patients no longer wait in the waiting room, we are lead to our room immediately and coloring pages etc are brought right to the kids to avoid contact.

If this is a cf clinic maybe you can talk to the director and see about changes or precautionary measures they can take while you guys are waiting to be seen.

Best of luck.

 

[mommy2diego]

Sometimes as a mom, we have to say things whether they come across as rude or not. Cf mom or not. You son doesn't have any respitory issues or culturing anything and i'm sure you'd like to keep it that way for as long as possible.

i personally used the blanket method in a crowded place when the baby was small... now i just say, please don't touch him, he gets sick easily and i don't want another hosptial stay this year.

Was this at a cf clinic or the reg dr's office.

our clinic has what they call "baby days" where they will bring in baby's that haven't cultured any bugs yet. They schedule everyone according to what they culture to try and help things. this was great at first. my son eventual cultured staph and pseudomonas, and now goes to regular clinic days...

also, everyone that can walk has to wear a mask when they walk in to register, whether they culture anything or not....and patients no longer wait in the waiting room, we are lead to our room immediately and coloring pages etc are brought right to the kids to avoid contact.

If this is a cf clinic maybe you can talk to the director and see about changes or precautionary measures they can take while you guys are waiting to be seen.

Best of luck.

 

[mommy2diego]

Sometimes as a mom, we have to say things whether they come across as rude or not. Cf mom or not. You son doesn't have any respitory issues or culturing anything and i'm sure you'd like to keep it that way for as long as possible.

i personally used the blanket method in a crowded place when the baby was small... now i just say, please don't touch him, he gets sick easily and i don't want another hosptial stay this year.

Was this at a cf clinic or the reg dr's office.

our clinic has what they call "baby days" where they will bring in baby's that haven't cultured any bugs yet. They schedule everyone according to what they culture to try and help things. this was great at first. my son eventual cultured staph and pseudomonas, and now goes to regular clinic days...

also, everyone that can walk has to wear a mask when they walk in to register, whether they culture anything or not....and patients no longer wait in the waiting room, we are lead to our room immediately and coloring pages etc are brought right to the kids to avoid contact.

If this is a cf clinic maybe you can talk to the director and see about changes or precautionary measures they can take while you guys are waiting to be seen.

Best of luck.

 

[mommy2diego]

Sometimes as a mom, we have to say things whether they come across as rude or not. Cf mom or not. You son doesn't have any respitory issues or culturing anything and i'm sure you'd like to keep it that way for as long as possible.

i personally used the blanket method in a crowded place when the baby was small... now i just say, please don't touch him, he gets sick easily and i don't want another hosptial stay this year.

Was this at a cf clinic or the reg dr's office.

our clinic has what they call "baby days" where they will bring in baby's that haven't cultured any bugs yet. They schedule everyone according to what they culture to try and help things. this was great at first. my son eventual cultured staph and pseudomonas, and now goes to regular clinic days...

also, everyone that can walk has to wear a mask when they walk in to register, whether they culture anything or not....and patients no longer wait in the waiting room, we are lead to our room immediately and coloring pages etc are brought right to the kids to avoid contact.

If this is a cf clinic maybe you can talk to the director and see about changes or precautionary measures they can take while you guys are waiting to be seen.

Best of luck.

 

[mommy2diego]

Sometimes as a mom, we have to say things whether they come across as rude or not. Cf mom or not. You son doesn't have any respitory issues or culturing anything and i'm sure you'd like to keep it that way for as long as possible.
<br />
<br />i personally used the blanket method in a crowded place when the baby was small... now i just say, please don't touch him, he gets sick easily and i don't want another hosptial stay this year.
<br />
<br />Was this at a cf clinic or the reg dr's office.
<br />
<br />our clinic has what they call "baby days" where they will bring in baby's that haven't cultured any bugs yet. They schedule everyone according to what they culture to try and help things. this was great at first. my son eventual cultured staph and pseudomonas, and now goes to regular clinic days...
<br />
<br />also, everyone that can walk has to wear a mask when they walk in to register, whether they culture anything or not....and patients no longer wait in the waiting room, we are lead to our room immediately and coloring pages etc are brought right to the kids to avoid contact.
<br />
<br />If this is a cf clinic maybe you can talk to the director and see about changes or precautionary measures they can take while you guys are waiting to be seen.
<br />
<br />Best of luck.

 

[Ratatosk]

I have a button I got which says, have you washed your hands (and stethescope). I got them due to the conditions at the local CF clinic. When DS was younger we kept him off to the side in his carseat carrier with a blanket over him, but as he got older and the waiting room got more crowded, we finally opted to see the same doctors at the peds office instead.

And we always had a rule about not touching or holding DS unless people (friends and family members) washed their hands first.

Oh and when we once asked to just "switch rooms" with another family at CF clinic, I felt really bad --- 'cuz I was kinda freaking when we got to the room the nurse wanted to put us in and someone was there ---- when I refused, but the father indicated he understood.

 

[Ratatosk]

I have a button I got which says, have you washed your hands (and stethescope). I got them due to the conditions at the local CF clinic. When DS was younger we kept him off to the side in his carseat carrier with a blanket over him, but as he got older and the waiting room got more crowded, we finally opted to see the same doctors at the peds office instead.

And we always had a rule about not touching or holding DS unless people (friends and family members) washed their hands first.

Oh and when we once asked to just "switch rooms" with another family at CF clinic, I felt really bad --- 'cuz I was kinda freaking when we got to the room the nurse wanted to put us in and someone was there ---- when I refused, but the father indicated he understood.

 

[Ratatosk]

I have a button I got which says, have you washed your hands (and stethescope). I got them due to the conditions at the local CF clinic. When DS was younger we kept him off to the side in his carseat carrier with a blanket over him, but as he got older and the waiting room got more crowded, we finally opted to see the same doctors at the peds office instead.

And we always had a rule about not touching or holding DS unless people (friends and family members) washed their hands first.

Oh and when we once asked to just "switch rooms" with another family at CF clinic, I felt really bad --- 'cuz I was kinda freaking when we got to the room the nurse wanted to put us in and someone was there ---- when I refused, but the father indicated he understood.

 

[Ratatosk]

I have a button I got which says, have you washed your hands (and stethescope). I got them due to the conditions at the local CF clinic. When DS was younger we kept him off to the side in his carseat carrier with a blanket over him, but as he got older and the waiting room got more crowded, we finally opted to see the same doctors at the peds office instead.

And we always had a rule about not touching or holding DS unless people (friends and family members) washed their hands first.

Oh and when we once asked to just "switch rooms" with another family at CF clinic, I felt really bad --- 'cuz I was kinda freaking when we got to the room the nurse wanted to put us in and someone was there ---- when I refused, but the father indicated he understood.

 

[Ratatosk]

I have a button I got which says, have you washed your hands (and stethescope). I got them due to the conditions at the local CF clinic. When DS was younger we kept him off to the side in his carseat carrier with a blanket over him, but as he got older and the waiting room got more crowded, we finally opted to see the same doctors at the peds office instead.
<br />
<br />And we always had a rule about not touching or holding DS unless people (friends and family members) washed their hands first.
<br />
<br />Oh and when we once asked to just "switch rooms" with another family at CF clinic, I felt really bad --- 'cuz I was kinda freaking when we got to the room the nurse wanted to put us in and someone was there ---- when I refused, but the father indicated he understood.

 

[NanaOf8GirlsAndCounting]

We always covered Graycie when she was in the carrier. People would just come up anywhere and try to touch her, resturants, stores anywhere really. Now we have a sign on her stroller and I made one for the front door for family to remember that says Share your kisses and your hugs but wash your hands to kill those bugs!!! Sometimes even family has to be reminded. We have had to tell some parents at a resturant whose child wandered over to our table to see the baby not to touch her. I am outspoken so that is not a problem and I don't feel the need to tell everyone that she has CF and have to go into a long story so if they think I am rude, I'll deal with it.

 

[NanaOf8GirlsAndCounting]

We always covered Graycie when she was in the carrier. People would just come up anywhere and try to touch her, resturants, stores anywhere really. Now we have a sign on her stroller and I made one for the front door for family to remember that says Share your kisses and your hugs but wash your hands to kill those bugs!!! Sometimes even family has to be reminded. We have had to tell some parents at a resturant whose child wandered over to our table to see the baby not to touch her. I am outspoken so that is not a problem and I don't feel the need to tell everyone that she has CF and have to go into a long story so if they think I am rude, I'll deal with it.

 

[NanaOf8GirlsAndCounting]

We always covered Graycie when she was in the carrier. People would just come up anywhere and try to touch her, resturants, stores anywhere really. Now we have a sign on her stroller and I made one for the front door for family to remember that says Share your kisses and your hugs but wash your hands to kill those bugs!!! Sometimes even family has to be reminded. We have had to tell some parents at a resturant whose child wandered over to our table to see the baby not to touch her. I am outspoken so that is not a problem and I don't feel the need to tell everyone that she has CF and have to go into a long story so if they think I am rude, I'll deal with it.

 

[NanaOf8GirlsAndCounting]

We always covered Graycie when she was in the carrier. People would just come up anywhere and try to touch her, resturants, stores anywhere really. Now we have a sign on her stroller and I made one for the front door for family to remember that says Share your kisses and your hugs but wash your hands to kill those bugs!!! Sometimes even family has to be reminded. We have had to tell some parents at a resturant whose child wandered over to our table to see the baby not to touch her. I am outspoken so that is not a problem and I don't feel the need to tell everyone that she has CF and have to go into a long story so if they think I am rude, I'll deal with it.

 

[NanaOf8GirlsAndCounting]

We always covered Graycie when she was in the carrier. People would just come up anywhere and try to touch her, resturants, stores anywhere really. Now we have a sign on her stroller and I made one for the front door for family to remember that says Share your kisses and your hugs but wash your hands to kill those bugs!!! Sometimes even family has to be reminded. We have had to tell some parents at a resturant whose child wandered over to our table to see the baby not to touch her. I am outspoken so that is not a problem and I don't feel the need to tell everyone that she has CF and have to go into a long story so if they think I am rude, I'll deal with it.