Stave off exam room anxiety by doodling on the paper-covered exam table

Jaclyn's discovered a great way to keep her daughter entertained during those loooong exam room waits:

I discovered a new hack during my daughter's 2 year-old check-up. We were waiting in the exam room and I was desperately trying to keep her entertained. I dug through her diaper bag and found a zip-lock baggie full of crayons, but was disappointed to find that, somewhere along the line, we'd lost the coloring book that I usually keep in there. However, the paper-covered examination table made a perfect palette for our doodles and my daughter thought it was very funny to color on the doctor's table. Voila...one happy toddler and an unusually easy wait in the doctor's office!

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