Therapeutic parenting... post operatively
Tiny had his tonsils and adenoids out on Friday. It’s fair to say that none of us were looking forward to it. He hates doctors and hospitals and is not good at taking medication at the best of times. At home he’ll generally take ‘pink medicine’ (Calpol) fairly happily but anything else is a challenge. He’s also prone to anxiety and had generally been in a bit of a regressive phase recently… I only realised how much so when I spent a bit of time with a friend’s nearly one year old last weekend and realised that despite being nearly 4, Tiny had so many behaviours in common with him. Given that Little had a similar operation at the same hospital not too long ago, we at least had a fair idea of what was going to happen and were able to write Tiny a pretty comprehensive story explaining it all. We read it with him as much as we could beforehand and he took it into nursery too and shared it with some of his teachers there. I made sure I packed several of his comfort things for the day a