Just another clinical day

So today I followed around this interesting pediatrician. She told me of her theory about the inability to console kids between 1 and 3 years of age with stranger anxiety. First of all, we are genetically related to the ape. Female apes will steal other female apes' babies. However, they won't steal them when they are nursing because they themselves aren't lactating so would be unable to feed them. Then after 2 or 3, they aren't cute any more so they don't steal them then either. So between weaning and the ugly stage, they are vulnerable to being stolen. So that's why kids between 1 and 3 cry unconsolably with strangers--it's the protective mechanism to make as much noise as possible so they won't be stolen.

After quizzing me extensively about the lifestyle of Mennonites, she thought she would make a great Mennonite lady. After all, she loves to cook and she used to sew her own clothing. After hearing about my dream to go on a medical mission to Africa, she thought it would be a great idea. She thinks she would be a great medical missionary. Except for one tiny detail--she's really not that religious.