Comments on: A Nagging Case of Hypochondria http://thismommygig.org/2008/05/29/a-nagging-case-of-hypochondria/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:45:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Diane Cordell http://thismommygig.org/2008/05/29/a-nagging-case-of-hypochondria/#comment-291 Diane Cordell Fri, 30 May 2008 22:32:07 +0000 http://thismommygig.org/?p=132#comment-291 Rachael, Lauren, Lady with 6 daughters, While I am a firm believe in the miracles of modern medicine, creating a pill where none was needed strikes me as very, very wrong. Mommies have always known how to comfort with a hug and a kiss. There's something very cold about foisting your child off with a bogus "cure". If the child is in need of more professional assistance, take them to a doctor and/or a therapist. Don't feed them a sugar pill. diane Diane Cordells last blog post..<a href="http://dmcordell.blogspot.com/2008/05/connections.html" rel="nofollow">Connections</a> Rachael, Lauren, Lady with 6 daughters,

While I am a firm believe in the miracles of modern medicine, creating a pill where none was needed strikes me as very, very wrong.

Mommies have always known how to comfort with a hug and a kiss. There’s something very cold about foisting your child off with a bogus “cure”.

If the child is in need of more professional assistance, take them to a doctor and/or a therapist. Don’t feed them a sugar pill.

diane

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]]> By: Lady wth 6 daughters http://thismommygig.org/2008/05/29/a-nagging-case-of-hypochondria/#comment-286 Lady wth 6 daughters Fri, 30 May 2008 14:55:24 +0000 http://thismommygig.org/?p=132#comment-286 Oh that is sick & twisted. What are they thinking? And I wonder how many parents will fall for it? Lady wth 6 daughterss last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MrsHannigan/~3/300680387/thank-god-i-didnt-buy-that-house.html" rel="nofollow">Thank God I Didn't Buy THAT House</a> Oh that is sick & twisted. What are they thinking? And I wonder how many parents will fall for it?

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]]> By: Lauren Vargas http://thismommygig.org/2008/05/29/a-nagging-case-of-hypochondria/#comment-284 Lauren Vargas Fri, 30 May 2008 13:03:13 +0000 http://thismommygig.org/?p=132#comment-284 Agree. There is a deeper problem... Lauren Vargass last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CommunicatorsAnonymous/~3/301238324/not-so-zany-the.html" rel="nofollow">Not So Zany: The Future of PR</a> Agree. There is a deeper problem…

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]]> By: Rachael Cahours Acklin http://thismommygig.org/2008/05/29/a-nagging-case-of-hypochondria/#comment-273 Rachael Cahours Acklin Fri, 30 May 2008 03:10:57 +0000 http://thismommygig.org/?p=132#comment-273 I completely agree with you, Diane! My kids love to ask for medicine if they don't feel good, and I always try something else INSTEAD first. Like a cool washcloth on the head and a lie down in a quiet room for a headache, rather than Tylenol right away. Or a humidifier and several pillows to prop you up and a glass of water for a stuffy nose, rather than a dose of cold medicine, as long as it's a fairly harmless sniffle. Why doctors can't recommend parents just treat their kids like kids, and not like a new experiment, is beyond me. I completely agree with you, Diane!

My kids love to ask for medicine if they don’t feel good, and I always try something else INSTEAD first. Like a cool washcloth on the head and a lie down in a quiet room for a headache, rather than Tylenol right away. Or a humidifier and several pillows to prop you up and a glass of water for a stuffy nose, rather than a dose of cold medicine, as long as it’s a fairly harmless sniffle.

Why doctors can’t recommend parents just treat their kids like kids, and not like a new experiment, is beyond me.

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