Teddy Bear Clinic

One thing that I'm really going to miss about Moscow is the Teddy Bear Clinic. The Gritman Medical Center puts on this clinic for kids and families every other year and last time they had it we went with our good friends, Rob and Janette Wood. It makes going to the hospital not so scary for little ones because they explain what happens if you ever have to go the hospital and you get to tour around a little bit. The last time we went, Reese was about two months old. Crazy to think that much time has past already and here I am about to have another!

First greeted by Charlie the bear, Carson didn't want to touch him, just show him his Buzz Lightyear

The first room we went into talked about babies conveniently. Each kid got a diaper and a wrist band to put on their teddy bear. Then they got to weigh their bears.

The next room was if someone had to go in for surgery and they had the giant bear on a breathing machine so it looked like it was really breathing. 

Then we headed over to the Physical Therapy building (where Carson goes for speech, he kept asking for Jody, his speech therapist) and they taught them to wash their hands properly and play on some physical therapy equipment.

Outside they had an ambulance and fire truck. But this time Carson had no hesitations about checking them out. I think it was because Ryan was there.

 

 

A few days after the clinic, Reese found his teddy bear that still had the diaper on. He said that it was time to change the bear's poopy bum, then he took of the diaper and said that the bear needed to go potty on the big boy toilet. So he went upstairs and helped him go. Reese even added the "pssss" sounds indicating when the bear was going and then completed the routine by flushing the toilet. Maybe we have another tactic for the next time we try potty training Reese!