~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This message is from PedTalk! To reply to the group, use "" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Regarding apartments, I give a copy of Barton Schmidt's handout "Trained >Night Feeder" (or "Crier") from the pediatric advisor and tell them to show >it to their neighbors ahead of time. And if they can start on a Friday >night, by Sunday things should already be better. > >When kids share rooms that's a much tougher situation. I'll say to give >the older children the special privilege of sleeping on the parents floor >for a couple of nights if that would help. > > > >Michael Sachs, M.D. >General Pediatrician At 04:11 PM 1/27/98 -0500, Al & Diane Solderitsch wrote: >Mike- >Great idea about sharing this with the neighbors (duh- why didn't I think >of that?). I use that exact handout for the 4-24 month olds with that >problem - in fact, we ripped out every page of that book, put each page in >a clear non-glare cover sheet (the kind with the opening on top and the 3 >holes on the side), and put it in a 2-1/2 inch 3-ring binder. It keeps it >great for copying (you should have seen our 1st book!). Of course, we keep >many copies of our favorites and pull out the book for the not-so-often >ones. -Diane, CNP I should add a couple of things. For those who aren't familiar with it, when I refer to the "Pediatric Advisor", it's a computer program edited (and largely written by) Dr. Barton Schmidt with several hundred patient handouts covering a wide variety of pediatric issues. For those without office computers (or those who don't want to invest in this software), he's also published a book called "Handouts for Pediatric Patients" (I think that's the title - it's been put away since I bought the software) with much of the same info. Both are great, but the software is updated yearly and the book must be 5 or 6 years old by now, so some of the info (like vaccinations) is bound to be out-of-date. Another use for the sleep handouts can be when one parent comes in and is all gung-ho, but the parent not at the visit has reservations about letting the baby cry. Sometimes an official handout written by an expert can help convince the other parent. Michael Sachs, M.D. General Pediatrician