Taking Your Toddler to a French Paediatrician
Handle a check-up with jabs, a cough and the classic French advice, from the carnet de santé to the saline nose rinse.
In France every child has a carnet de santé, a health booklet you bring to every appointment, where vaccinations, weight and height are recorded. Eleven vaccinations are compulsory for children born since 2018 and are checked before nursery or school entry. Check-ups can be done by a paediatrician, a GP or for free at the local PMI centre, and French doctors almost always recommend a lavage de nez with saline for colds.
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Je voudrais un rendez-vous chez le pédiatre pour ma fille.
I'd like an appointment with the paediatrician for my daughter.
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Vous avez apporté son carnet de santé ?
Did you bring her health booklet?
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C'est pour sa visite des dix-huit mois.
It's for her 18-month check-up.
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Elle doit faire ses vaccins.
She's due for her jabs.
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Quels vaccins sont obligatoires ?
Which vaccinations are compulsory?
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Elle peut avoir de la fièvre après le vaccin ?
Can she get a fever after the jab?
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Elle tousse depuis une semaine.
She's been coughing for a week.
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Elle a le nez qui coule.
She's got a runny nose.
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Elle ne mange pas beaucoup.
She's not eating much.
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Elle fait ses dents.
She's teething.
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On va la peser et la mesurer.
We're going to weigh and measure her.
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Elle suit bien sa courbe de croissance.
She's following her growth curve nicely.
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Vous pouvez la déshabiller, s'il vous plaît ?
Could you undress her, please?
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C'est contagieux ?
Is it contagious?
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Est-ce qu'elle peut aller à la crèche ?
Can she go to nursery?
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Faites-lui des lavages de nez au sérum physiologique.
Rinse her nose with saline.
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Elle commence à marcher.
She's started walking.
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Elle fait ses nuits.
She sleeps through the night.
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Je vous prescris un sirop pour la toux.
I'll prescribe a syrup for the cough.
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Quand est-ce qu'on doit revenir ?
When should we come back?