Those are awesome! Glad to know that my DS isn't the only one to give his pedi a heart attack!
At four he got mad at his pedi for putting the stethoscope up to his back, telling the Dr. "My heart isn't back there. It's right here in my left chest. It says 'boom boom' and squeezes blood all over my body." Dr. explained that he was trying to listen to his lungs and DS looked at him quizzically and said, "Oh, my lungs go all the way back there too..."
By his five year check up he would only answer the doctor's question if the doctor answered one of his "Which organ filters toxins out of the blood in your body and produces bile?" "What valve protects your esophagus from the gastric acid in your stomach? "What is the wave-like motion in your esophagus called?" I think the poor doc was exhausted by the time he was done
As far as the original question- I usually just answer honestly. If they ask if he is "actually reading that"? I tell them yes, he is. If they ask any further I try to keep it short and say something along the lines of "He's always loved words and started reading early." I try not to be apologetic for it or to make it a huge deal as I don't want DS to think it is either. He started reading a month or so before turning three and that year his favorite pastime at his big brother's wrestling tournaments was to go around reading all of the fliers for the various wrestling camps posted everywhere.
