The other evening just before bed time Georgina came into the kitchen complaining of a tummy ache.
Despite having spent the last half an hour rolling around laughing with her brother and having had a good time ,she put on the " I'm going to have my father over" face on , with her hands clutched over her stomach.
The conversation went a bit like this;
Georgina : " Daddy I've got a really bad tummy ache"
Daddy: "Where does it hurt?"
Georgina: "Here" ( pointing to her mid riff)
Daddy: "How badly does it hurt?"
Georgina; "Really bad"
Daddy: " How badly on a scale of 1 to 10?"
Georgina: " I'm not sure, what are the choices?"
Daddy: " Well 10 is really really bad and I would have to get you to the hospital immediately"
Georgina: " My programme is on , What's a 9 ?"
Daddy: "Well a 9 is you probably need to go to the hospital but not immediately but very soon"
Georgina: " Ok what's an 8 ?"
Daddy: " An 8 would be that your tummy is really bad and I have to get you to the doctor who may then want you to go to hospital"
A minute or two goes by.
Georgina: "May be it would get better if I had a hug and a biscuit"
Daddy: "Mmm Are you sure?"
Georgina: " What was an 8 again?"
After several hugs and a table full of crumbs the ailment had completely disappeared!
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That's funny....and sweet. :)
That's adorable. Sounds like he knows how to handle her pretty well. :D He's definitely a keeper.
Linda
Too funny. We have a similar scale in our house which came in handy when my son experienced a 10: which equalled an emergency apendectomy.
My father's response to all medical ailments: "Go take a hot shower. You'll feel better." Didn't matter if I'd cut my finger, twisted my ankle or had a fever. A hot shower, that was the cure-all.
I love it! :)
Kids are hilarious!! That's so darn cute.
My standard question when the kids are whining OBVIOUSLY for attention is, "Well, should we take you to the hospital or just cut it off (out) here at home?"
That merits a squeal, and the problem ALWAYS disappears.
If it doesn't, then I know it's serious!
Oh bless her!!!
Boy does that conversation sound familiar! I love how its sooo serious yet solved by desert!
Fathers have interesting methods in dealing with the hurts of the day. Mine would bring me Elphant Brand popcorn: the kind with pink sugar coating.
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