His face when he walked in the room said ‘First-timers; Gotta be first-timers’

“Roseola.”

Our heads tilted in an all-knowing-without-Googling manner at the sound of that diagnosis.

“Yeah, it comes after a fever. (*First-time, I think he meant to say here*) Parents think they’re out of the woods and then it’s like ‘bam,’ someone’s got strawberries on their body.”

“Ah. She thought that might be it,” Dave said. The doctor grabbed his clipboard and laptop and started toward the walk-in clinic door.

“Yes, the moms always know. My wife always knows. I’m always wrong. Well, have a good night.”

“Yeah, thank you.”

“Wait, Erin. If he’s always wrong, shouldn’t we ask to talk to his wife?”