Playing Doctor
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Childhood Cancer followers. We might have to keep a close eye on them, the next few times that they play together. Be open, honest, and matter-of-fact.
As hard as it can be! Try to keep it casual or your child may think they are getting in trouble and not be willing to talk about what happened. Ask them what happened earlier that day.
What game were you playing? Try to work out if it was innocent consensual, spontaneous, not happened before and if your child was unbothered by it. They will usually let you know if you keep the tone of the conversation casual. Books are a great way to chat about this. You can also start talking about the gender differences that happen in your own household. Or buy a baby doll that is anatomically correct.
Next time your child has a friend over to play, try to keep a close eye on them by keeping bedroom doors open, encouraging them to play in the lounge room. Try to discreetly stay in the background and watch out for any sneaky behaviour. Books are a great way to start these conversations.
You can find some fantastic books to help you prevent any more episodes of playing doctor. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Well, read on and find out how to have fun as a kid playing doctor with your pals or family members! To create this article, 18 people, some anonymous, worked together to author and improve it over time.
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You can use a toy doctor's kit, or you can make your own using kitchen utensils, pencils, blocks, other toys, or anything else that you can pretend to be medical instruments. If you have it, wear a white coat and a stethoscope! There are toy stethoscopes that actually work, use one if you have one. Find someone to play with. You'll need patients - they can be a sibling, friend, or even stuffed animals. Gather some papers so you can do fake paperwork. You can pretend to take notes and fill in charts about your patients, write prescriptions for medicine, and look illnesses up in books.
Make fake beds so your patients can go to sleep. Don't forget to make them comfortable! Start by having the patient lie or sit on the bed. Knock on the door and then come in.
You will then need to take their temperature using a toy thermometer. Put it under the patient's arm and leave it there before taking a reading. Next, get the stethoscope and listen to the patient's heart. Ask your patient to lift up their shirt to expose their chest or remove it.
Then, put the stethoscope in your ears and hold it against the bare skin of the patient's chest. Listen carefully to the thumping sound of the patient's heart beating.
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You should then listen to the patient's lungs. Ask them to lift up or remove their shirt. Put the stethoscope in your ears and hold it against the bare skin of their chest. Ask them to take deep breaths in and out through their open mouth. Repeat using the same method holding the stethoscope against the bare skin of the patient's back. Next, ask the patient to lie down and lift up their shirt.