Today at work I brought back a 4-year-old for a check up. He was tearful and fearful and clearly did not want to be at the doctor's office.
He asked me, repeatedly through his tears, "Are you checking me?" Then, "Are you poking me?" Then, worst of all, "Do you poke little babies?" Each of these questions he asked me half a dozen times.
I tried to reassure him that everything would be okay, that I wasn't poking him (right now) and that the babies were all okay. He finally calmed down. He calmed down just in time for me to come back to the room and poke him 3 times.
He might end up with some trust issues.
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