I am enraged at our BM right now. She has a pattern of being a hypochondriac, but this is getting rediculous. Now every time the kids have a sniffle, they go into the doctor and end up on antibiotics. Now, I know the family doctor, because he is my doctor as well. And I know he has a pattern of pretty easily prescribing antibiotics if the patient is insistant. I also know that antibiotics are not harmful for the kiddo, at least short term. But as i've been listening to some of the research recently, doctors are OVER prescribing and over treating when it is not necessary, to cover their butts. So, what we end up with are children who are given antibiotics at every turn and end up with no natural immunity. I'm not against antibiotics at all. But I have yet to see the kid get a sniffle without ending up on a z-pack.

The biggest thing that is angering, is that my boyfriend has 100% legal medical say. Yet she can still go and do this without our consent. It isn't fair, and there is nothing we can do to stop her as far as I know. I know we can fight charges if we didn't authorize and we feel they were unnecesary, but in this case it's not about the money, it's about the kiddo always being on antibiotics.