10 Signs That You Are Practicing Pediatrics in Louisville

10. You find yourself repeating your children, saying "y'all" and dropping the "g's" in words ending with -ing.

9. People respond with their county when you ask them where they are from. "Oh we're not from around here; we're from Shelby County..."

8. Most of your female patients have two first names. "Come here, Jo Ellen...I said come HERE!"

7. Parents ask if bourbon counts as a medicine in the "All Medications" section if they use it occasionally as a cough suppressant or sleep aid.

6. Colonel Sanders and Muhammad Ali come up in regular conversation as local heroes.

5. Kids respond enthusiastically with a specific answer when you ask them where they were sitting for "Thunder Over Louisville" [pictured above].

4. You add "ability to throw a football" or "can ride a horse" to the Denver Developmental Scale of normal childhood development during well-child clinic visits.

3. You begin asking kids at 9 years of age whether or not they are smoking.

2. Boat and lake safety are essentials to your summer anticipatory guidance with your patients.

1. "Derby" is a frame of reference for all things. "Well, I had Jimmy 3 months before Derby, took him home 9 weeks before Derby, and he got sick again two days after Derby; so this cough really began about 6 months ago."