I AM A LUCKY WOMAN. BESIDES HELPING PEOPLE IN A BUSY PEDIATRIC PRACTICE, I HAVE GOTTEN TO GO TO KENYA, FIJI, JORDAN AND GUATEMALA TEACHING MEDICAL PERSONNEL HOW TO RESUSCITATE NEWBORNS HAVING A HARD TIME WITH THOSE FIRST CRUCIAL BREATHS.
MOST WONDERFUL OF ALL MY BLESSINGS ARE MY THREE GROWN CHILDREN AND THEIR EQUALLY WONDERFUL MATES. NOW COMES MY FIRST GRANDCHILD AND I AM “OVER THE TOP”
SO IT WILL BE FUN SHARING WITH YOU WHAT I’VE LEARNED ALONG THE WAY.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT I HATE WRITING REPORTS. WHILE IT IS PREFERABLE TO BEING A TELEMARKETER (FOR WHOM I HAVE GREAT SYMPATHIES ASSUMING THAT THEY ARE FORCED TO DO SUCH WORK TO BUY THEIR CHILD A KIDNEY) I WOULD RATHER BE A NURSERY LEADER, WALMART GREETER OR DO WINDOWS.
MY CHILDREN PLEAD, IT ISN’T WRITING, IT IS A BLOG.” A WHAT? A BLOG TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AND TALK ABOUT MY IMPUT ON THE DANO2 LINE OF SAFE TOYS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN.
SO, HERE GOES----------
SOME OF MY KNOWLEDGE COMES VIA A PSYCH DEGREE FROM UCLA, ASU, AND UCSD. SOME OF IT FROM AN MD DEGREE AT UCLA WITH INTERNSHIP, RESIDENCY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALTY TRAINING AT UCSD. THOSE 40 YEARS IN THE TRENCHES BATTLING STREPT THROAT, TEETHING ISSUES AND WORRIED FIRST TIME PARENTS COUNT FOR SOMETHING TOO.
BUT MUCH OF WHAT I HAVE TO SAY WILL SEEM INTUITIVE TO ANY GRANDMOTHER WORTH HER SALT. I HAVE BEEN A MOM AND SWEAR IT IS HARDER AND MORE EDUCATIONAL THAN EARNING MY FANCY TITLES. AS A GREAT PROFESSOR ONCE TOLD ME, “LISTEN TO THE PARENT.” I RESPECT YOU AND WANT TO DIALOGUE WITH YOU AS WE TRY TO MAKE THE WORLD SAFER FOR CHILDREN.
BY SAFE, I DON’T MEAN ‘BUBBLE BABIES” CHILDREN NEED TO EXPLORE. AS GARRISON KEILLOR ONCE SAID “IT’S A SHALLOW LIFE THDEED THAT DOESN’T GIVE A PERSON A FEW SCARS.”
A BRUISE IS ONE THING. THE ENVIORNMENT WE CONTROL SHOULD ALWAYS PROMOTE LIFE… LIFE FOR CHILDREN AND LIFE FOR THE PLANET.
TAKE CARE, WE CAN TALK MORE LATER ABOUT HOW IT IS HAPPENING.
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