Relevant Books

I went to the library and chose a couple of books on going to museums. Tonight we read You Can't Take a Balloon into the Metropolitan Museum. It is a cute book that really has piqued Caleb's curiosity.

Reading books or watching a TV program about an upcoming event really does give Caleb a script to work from. I learned this when we went to his four year old check up. He knew we were going, and he knew he was going to get a shot. By coincidence he happened to watch an Oobi episode where Oobi goes to the doctor and gets a shot. This twenty minute program totally prepared Caleb. I recommend taping the episode so that you have it on hand whenever you make a painful doctor visit. Caleb did not cry at all and he got four shots. The next time we went in to the doctor we ended up getting flu shots. This was a suprise, one neither I nor Caleb was prepared for. It did not go well.