One of the kids’ favourite game is playing Doctor-Patient. JS will always be the doctor, WH, me or the maid be the patient and I would also be the doctor’s assistant or just plain being mummy. Most often they will just be glad to play by themself
Setting up their “clinic”, JS helps WH to get up to the doctor’s bed.
Comfortably lying down waiting to be checked
“Doctor” getting ready to work
Taking temparature
Giving baby a jab
These are the things that I often hear my little “doctor” telling her patient or the patient’s mummy
Doctor: WH, lai lai (come come) , lie down here, let me check. Where pain?
Doctor: Don’t be scared huh, not pain huh, lie down properly
Doctor: Ahhh, let me check our mouth
Doctor: Baby, you cannot share your drinks huh (mummy always say this to her that she must not share her drinks at school)
Doctor: Baby, you must take warm water, no cold water huh, no cold food, no cold fruits. You know
Doctor: Baby, you cannot drink milk from bottle huh, teeth will spoil. (again, this is what mummy always said)
Doctor: Baby, you must lie down properly drink milk, after get ear infection.
Doctor: Baby, when your shirt wet, must quickly change huh, must wipe dry dry.
Doctor: Open mouth..ah..yah..like that like that
Doctor: Relax huh, where pain, mana sakit
Doctor: Lie down here, this way, this way
Doctor: Must eat alot of vege, drink alot of water then only can ng ng
Doctor: Nah..here’s your medicine
The doctor buruk sounds more like mummy talking than what a real doctor would say.
When she’s sick of playing doctor, she wants to be patient, and FORCE baby to be doctor…
JS: Babbbbby, Babbbbby, come check me….sakit lah
She even force WH to be the patient sometimes
Isn’t it fun just to be able to stay home to be with the kids, enjoy them, watch them, be part of their growing up and have a good laugh.
