Now You Got Mama Mad

Blue Marble had her yearly exam today. The visit started with a half hour wait in the waiting room which drives me completely nuts. If my appointment is at 10.25, I expect to be seen at that time or a few minutes later. My time is valuable. So waiting around in a doctors office with new moms is not only extremely annoying but it's also a room which gets no internet connection so my pocket PC was not a happy camper which in turn puts me in a shitty mood and then that rubs off on Blue Marble.

Once we get into the exam room the "nurse" girl starts going over Blue Marbles medical history. By now you know Blue Marble is not the healthiest of all beings. She's the one who always ends up with the ridiculously strange medical ailments. But, she's a tough girl which brings me to the point of this post.

The doctor finally moseys into the room and begins talking to me about Blue Marbles weight. She is 68 pounds/49 inches. She is rock solid. She is built like an Olympic Swimmer. Completely Solid! If you ran into her on the playground, you'd fall down. Get it?? Well, apparently the doctor doesn't think so because she proceeded to tell me that Blue Marble is overweight. And here is how she put it to me, she said, "Now adays it's more common for girls to be thin and while Blue Marble isn't obese she definitely isn't thin like how we are seeing the girls today." Ummmmmmmmmm?????? It took everything I had not to stand up out of my chair, wrap my hands around the doctors neck and snap it in half.

Girls are skinny now-a-days???? For real!!!???? Aren't we supposed to raise our children to love the bodies they're born with and not try to get them to fit some fantasy mold??? I was pissed. I proceeded to explain to the doctor that Blue Marble is build exactly like I was built when I was younger and I never had issues with weight until after I had children and I'll be god damned if i tell any of my Marbles that because what they see on TV or in books or magazines is how their bodies should look.

I was just at a waterpark yesterday and let me tell you.......most of the little girls i saw there had bodies like my Marbles and the ones that didn't were Yellow Marbles age so that woman can take her weight philosophy and shove up her fucking ass.

Then she wanted Blue Marble to get a booster for the chicken pox vaccine. Those of you who have kids know that when they go to the doctor it's best to prepare them ahead of time for a shot. Blue Marble was not having it and with her determined, head strong personality if i wanted the rest of the appointment to go well, i would need to work someone of my mom magic and figure out this shot issue. First, I haven't heard of the chicken pox booster and I am not going to let them ram some needle into my Marbles arm before i've had the chance to research it. So I told the doctor I needed time to research this new booster and that if i felt it was necessary for my Marble to have it I would make an appointment to come back and have it done. The doctor acted like I was some freak who didn't believe in vaccinations and told me that I need to stay up to date on the CDC website. Yea, sure... I'm right on top of that.

To sum up this shitty experience at the doctor, I have to say that I have learned that when there are several doctors in the practice, make sure you go to the ones that aren't in their 80's, wear clothes from the 50's, and have a mentality from when they first began practicing children's medicine!