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Cross Your Fingers I Don't Pull A Cindy Brady

February 17, 2010 8 Comments

Wendy Sue Brady
I’m going to be on TV tomorrow. Cross your fingers I don’t pull a Cindy Brady. Remember the Brady Bunch episode, “You Can’t Win Em All” where Cindy takes a test and wins the opportunity to go on live TV to compete in a game show? When the red light goes on she is rendered silent and freezes. She spends the entire time on TV staring hopelessly at the light. Please world, don’t let me freeze; don’t let me pull a Cindy Brady. Thank goodness it’s no game show…
Tomorrow morning, you can watch me discuss insights on toddlerhood and typical development, live (in Seattle) on local NBC. Gulp.
But just for the record, or maybe to provide merit to my personal don’t-pull-a-Cindy-Brady-pep-talk, what gives me insight on toddlerhood is probably not just my MD/pediatric board certification or the articles I read every day to write this blog. Rather, it might be the confluence of all these roles, my effort to understand medicine from the vantage point as mother to 2 boys. Being a parent helps me frame and understand the data, putting it into perspective. Maybe why I’m willing to talk about toddlerhood on TV.
When I finished residency, got pregnant and eventually had given birth to F, a long time family friend of the husband, Dr Arne Anderson, wrote a letter to congratulate us. He was a pioneering pediatrician with Minneapolis Children’s and practiced pediatrics for decades. In the letter he said, “And now the real Professor of Pediatrics moves in.”
Agreed. I learn a lot from my kids. Tune in tomorrow morning to see if you concur.
NBC Kong 6/16 around 8:15-8:20am, tomorrow, Thursday February 18th.

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  1. Erin says

    February 17, 2010 at 1:57 am

    You will do great and most assuredly will not pull a Cindy Brady! I can’t wait to watch. Good luck!

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  2. Carrie says

    February 17, 2010 at 3:38 am

    Good luck- I’ll try to remember to turn it on!

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  3. Wendy Sue Swanson, MD says

    February 17, 2010 at 5:04 am

    Thanks for the luck! Check out the new and improved photo. Realized I had posted an AP photo of Cindy Brady that I didn’t have permission to use. So I got a little help & with some magic photo-editing (thanks, Chris) a transformation was made. Meet Wendy Sue Brady. A little creepy looking, huh? Circa 1980 I sure thought it would have been fun to be a Brady. Just not Cindy, on TV…

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  4. Chris says

    February 17, 2010 at 8:37 am

    Glad to help, and besides turning you into a Cindy-Wendy Sue amalgamation was the most fun i’ve had all week! Break a leg tomorrow!

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  5. Laura says

    February 18, 2010 at 2:03 am

    Way to go Seattle Mama Doc! Love the blog, love you!

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  6. Working Dad says

    February 18, 2010 at 9:35 am

    You are doing a great job with the blog and you’ll do great on television. Get beyond the first minute and it will actually be fun. https://birthtothrive.thrivebyfivewa.org

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  7. Jennnifer says

    February 18, 2010 at 9:35 am

    I saw you on KONG this morning. Great job! https://www.king5.com/on-tv/Learning-for-Life-What-to-antcipate-during-a-childs-developmental-period-84723212.html

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  8. Kathy Early says

    February 21, 2010 at 8:17 am

    Well, you make this nutritionist, and Ellyn Satter, very proud! Great interview, WSS!

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