favorite age?

[nightowl]

What age do you like the best? My mom is a peds hem/onc nurse, and she loves the teenagers, while her best friend loves getting the babies. I personally really love the 3 year olds (sooo adorable) and teenagers (because I remember all of that terrible teen angst). Does anyone else love a certain age group? Just wondering, since peds offers such a range...

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[Freibi]

I love the elementary school aged children - they are so curious about everything and it's cute how they explain things. And of course, who wouldn't love the babies!

 

[oldbearprofessor]

I'm fond of 32-34 weeks post-menstrual age. They're cute and usually do well regardless of what we do to them.

 

[MedGoatTX]

10 years or so. Old enough to have a personality and carry on a conversation with you, yet not old enough to be a bitchy teenager yet.

 

[Marigold]

I have a few favorites...first, 5 mos, then 5 yrs, then 8-9 yrs.

 

[riverie]

Toddlers are adorable. Gotta love 'em.

 

[drbon]

Toddlers are adorable. Gotta love 'em.

yeah but they're the hardest to examine, you can't reason with an 18 month old

my faves are def the babies and then the teenagers....

 

[oldbearprofessor]

yeah but they're the hardest to examine, you can't reason with an 18 month old

my faves are def the babies and then the teenagers....

You can reason with a teenager???

You need to chat with my 3 ...

 

[bjackrian]

I like preschool age because they're so goofy. My wife tells me that I'm really a four year old at heart (my ears perk up every time a fire truck goes by our apartment window). =)

I also like teenagers because they hvae a lot of interesting issues, and I think it's really rewarding when they'll discuss/open up about them to you when they won't talk to anyone else.

 

[TexasRose]

Depends.

In a medical setting, I prefer the neonates.

On my own time, I love both the babies and the elementary aged kids. No wait, I like the younger teens too because they have such interesting points of view about things like politics and the environment. Oh yeah, and 15months-3 years 'cus everything is fascinating to them. *shrug* I guess I like 'em all.

 

[drbon]

You can reason with a teenager???

You need to chat with my 3 ...

well at least most will let you examine them without screaming bloody murder

 

[CrazyPeds527]

My vote would be for pre-teens (Age 5-12) probably because that is how i old i perpetually am...the best is playing video games and high five-ing my patients on down time!

 

[sickofit]

Tanner stage 2

 

[Tone2002]

Tanner stage 2

well that is an interesting way to put it.

 

[Marigold]

You can reason with a teenager???

You need to chat with my 3 ...

 

[tawanda]

Little babies up to about age 3-4 are my favorites. I had several adorable 3-year-old girls with pneumonia as patients last month. Loved 'em! Don't mind the teens either, it's especially rewarding when you can get them to open up to you.

 

[doctawife]

My fave - between 6 months to 10 years. Anything under 6 months might need invasive testing, and anything over 10 years might need a pelvic/STI screen.

My least favorite? Anything over 15 years. Hello? Can anyone say adult physiology and problems? :shudder:

 

[bjackrian]

I love your "Rocephin is for wimps." Just thought I'd share. =)

 

[mytirf]

I suppose it sounds a bit cliche, but I actually love taking care of all ages, from the 25 week premie to the 45yo with CF or Congenital heart disease. Strange as it sounds I think it is most challenging and rewarding aspect of pediatrics that you have to be able to examine, consider a differential, treat, relate to and appreciate a tremendous spectrum of ages. It is the fact that separates pedi from adult medicine, where there are only two types, young and healthy and age and sick. So I think we are extremely privileged to have such a broad diversity of patients, in order to never get bored.

-MT

 

[Moshe Rabbenu]

Jeez, I hope "To Catch a Predator" doesn't get hold of this thread...

Anyway, I'm not a doc or a med student yet, but I do work in an OR, and I love when we get the kids. I think I like teenagers the best for reasons listed above (can converse with you, etc.), but the kiddies are great too. They're cute even when they are pissed at you.

 

[BigRedBeta]

Definitely 4 month olds - I love how they're just excited to sit up and look around!

After that, 5 year olds when they're in good moods and boys more than girls at this age. This probably goes back to when I coached kindergarten soccer while I was in HS.

Teenagers can be good too, but it really, really depends.