The last few weeks my daughter hasn’t been well; so I took her to the doctors, the first time we went the doctor dismissed her symptoms as those of teething. So when she seemed to be getting worse I took her to see our Health Visitor, she told me to make an appointment with a GP (by this point I was feeling pretty fed up, thinking this was yet another person fobbing me off) so I went to make an appointment for her not feeling very optimistic but this time I decided I’d had enough so was quite forceful and actually found out that she had a virus.
So to deal with annoying professionals
- Trust your instincts, you know your baby better than anyone
- Be assertive
- Ask questions….often professionals bombard you with medical gibber or are very vague so if you don’t understand ask
- If you think that the professional hasn’t given your case the attention required seek a second opinion
Remember in some cases the professional will say things that you don’t want to hear, but the truth can be hard to swallow at times so it is often better to simply bite your tongue and accept it as having a shouting match with them will not help most of the time it basically stresses everyone concerned out and professionals can refuse to treat you or your child if you become violent or abusive.