You know you are a Prem Parent when...

- you have your GP on speed dial on the home phone and it's one of the first in your mobile!

- you are on first name basis with the GP's receptionist.

- you know the receptionist at the hospital paed outpatients by name.

- you get recognised by hospital nurses and theatre staff.

- you get lost in a mall carpark but can navigate round a hospital like you have an inbuilt GPS.

- you have your local pharmacy number in your phone too!

- your calendar has more medical appointments than playdates.

- in discussing your child who is crying in pain and saying he can't breathe when he lies down, you comment he's clearly moving air so we don't need an ambulance for THAT!

- you know your child's own normal temperature - W runs a bit low, N runs a bit hot and T's in the middle!

- your Christmas preparations have making sure you have repeats dispensed, a final weigh in with the GP booked, and that you have about a month's worth of specialised formulas in stock because of the Christmas close down at pharmaceutical warehouses on the top of your list - oh yeah and presents had better be organised...

- when you have the re-opening date of your GP written on the calendar - and the first appt of the New Year already booked.

- when you know the coming year will simply start the medical round about all over again...