Hellobee Boards Topic: Do you let your LO play with the toys in the waiting room of a doctor's office?

Hellobee Boards Topic: Do you let your LO play with the toys in the waiting room of a doctor's office? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 04 Apr 2026 15:14:43 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses on "Do you let your LO play with the toys in the waiting room of a doctor's office?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-play-with-the-toys-in-the-waiting-room-of-a-doctors-office#post-165700 Tue, 22 May 2012 20:35:44 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 165700@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Where we wait, there are no toys. So I bring Mavrick a few toy cars and books and we are good. Sweet T on "Do you let your LO play with the toys in the waiting room of a doctor's office?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-play-with-the-toys-in-the-waiting-room-of-a-doctors-office#post-165682 Tue, 22 May 2012 19:51:53 +0000 Sweet T 165682@https://boards.hellobee.com/ DS has always been too young to care at our appointments. Our pediatrician now doesn't have any toys though. I always take our stuff anyway. heffalump on "Do you let your LO play with the toys in the waiting room of a doctor's office?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-play-with-the-toys-in-the-waiting-room-of-a-doctors-office#post-165679 Tue, 22 May 2012 19:45:05 +0000 heffalump 165679@https://boards.hellobee.com/ She's too young to care now. But I'm going to make a point of it to bring my own special, clean toys. banana on "Do you let your LO play with the toys in the waiting room of a doctor's office?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-play-with-the-toys-in-the-waiting-room-of-a-doctors-office#post-165259 Tue, 22 May 2012 12:01:40 +0000 banana 165259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We usually bring our own toys but if he really wants to play with something at the doc's office, we'll let him. And then we sanitize like crazy afterwards. Boogs on "Do you let your LO play with the toys in the waiting room of a doctor's office?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-play-with-the-toys-in-the-waiting-room-of-a-doctors-office#post-165232 Tue, 22 May 2012 11:39:56 +0000 Boogs 165232@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Never. I bring snacks to distract him or our own toys. mrs. wagon on "Do you let your LO play with the toys in the waiting room of a doctor's office?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-play-with-the-toys-in-the-waiting-room-of-a-doctors-office#post-165208 Tue, 22 May 2012 11:23:26 +0000 mrs. wagon 165208@https://boards.hellobee.com/ There are no toys, just a little climbing structure for kids to sit on and watch the TV. Just that was enough to give Wagon Jr. a 24 hour fever last time we were there for his chin rash. Friggin. ETA: we were THOROUGH with the purell afterwards, too!!! Mrs. Jacks on "Do you let your LO play with the toys in the waiting room of a doctor's office?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-play-with-the-toys-in-the-waiting-room-of-a-doctors-office#post-165189 Tue, 22 May 2012 11:01:46 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 165189@https://boards.hellobee.com/ It grosses me out, but I let her run :) She usually spends most of her time looking at the fishies in the aquarium or with the germy crayons. LuLu Mom on "Do you let your LO play with the toys in the waiting room of a doctor's office?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-play-with-the-toys-in-the-waiting-room-of-a-doctors-office#post-165187 Tue, 22 May 2012 11:01:31 +0000 LuLu Mom 165187@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I probably will bring our own to play with if necessary and our own books, I hate gross germs, and a kid's doctor's office has to be filled with them! Mrsbells on "Do you let your LO play with the toys in the waiting room of a doctor's office?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-play-with-the-toys-in-the-waiting-room-of-a-doctors-office#post-165181 Tue, 22 May 2012 10:58:07 +0000 Mrsbells 165181@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My LO isnt old enough yet, but usually when I see kids playing with those all I can think of is cross contamination of germs. I dont think they should keep toys in waiting rooms chopsuey on "Do you let your LO play with the toys in the waiting room of a doctor's office?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-play-with-the-toys-in-the-waiting-room-of-a-doctors-office#post-165140 Tue, 22 May 2012 10:02:28 +0000 chopsuey 165140@https://boards.hellobee.com/ There's a zany zoo thing at our pediatrician's waiting room. We let her roam and wash her hands when we get to the examination room! Andrea on "Do you let your LO play with the toys in the waiting room of a doctor's office?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-play-with-the-toys-in-the-waiting-room-of-a-doctors-office#post-165136 Tue, 22 May 2012 10:01:10 +0000 Andrea 165136@https://boards.hellobee.com/ There are no toys but there are books and I have let the LO read them. I am probably in the minority, though. I see all the other parents freaking out in waiting rooms and telling their kids not to touch anything. I just shrug. LO doesn't get sick a lot. Pipers Mommy on "Do you let your LO play with the toys in the waiting room of a doctor's office?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-play-with-the-toys-in-the-waiting-room-of-a-doctors-office#post-165134 Tue, 22 May 2012 09:57:21 +0000 Pipers Mommy 165134@https://boards.hellobee.com/ my LO eyed them at our last visit and just looking at them gave me the heebeejeebees, yuck lavender on "Do you let your LO play with the toys in the waiting room of a doctor's office?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-play-with-the-toys-in-the-waiting-room-of-a-doctors-office#post-165132 Tue, 22 May 2012 09:53:04 +0000 lavender 165132@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I work in a dental office and we have toys in the waiting area and I know for a fact that nobody cleans them at the end of the day. When LO gets old enough, I will not let her play with toys in the waiting area...ewww mrbee on "Do you let your LO play with the toys in the waiting room of a doctor's office?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-play-with-the-toys-in-the-waiting-room-of-a-doctors-office#post-165131 Tue, 22 May 2012 09:50:02 +0000 mrbee 165131@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I envision the toys as being covered in infectious disease. Do you let your LO play with the toys in the waiting room of a doctor's office?