Apparently I'm supposed to find a pediatrician for little Evie/Kitty/Mitzy/Margot here soon. We have our hospital tour and paperwork completion appointment July 1 (a little early, I think, but they were filling up for the summer!) and we're supposed to have our pediatrician's name by then. I'm also supposed to interview pediatricians and find one that fits with our philosophy and blah blah blah. Thing is, Jon and I don't have a strong pediatrician philosophy. Will they treat my child? Great. Done. OK, so maybe I have a few more things I care about, like do they support breastfeeding (I think it would be very odd if they said no), do they prescribe antibiotics for every little thing (again, weird if they said yes), do they think alternative medicines are ever appropriate (I'm not sure how I feel about this myself, but I'd be curious about their answer), etc. My two biggest criteria are insurance coverage (being in-network) and I think I'd prefer a woman since we'er having a girl. That's it. So the process begins, I'm looking for a pediatrician. Anyone have any advice?
Yesterday Jon and I attended the wedding of my friend Jedediah, the last of the high school friends to tie the knot. It was a nice wedding, sweet and simple. It got Jon and I talking about our own wedding and the 10 months since. We're both happy we got married and we're both happy with the way we've weathered the ups and downs of married life. We talked about the advice we'd give single friends if they were headed toward the altar and what we think has changed since saying "I do." It was nice to kind of touch base on things we don't talk about very often. I hope Jedediah and Samantha are very happy and can have an equally upbeat conversation 10 months into their marriage. And I hope we can all have these same kinds of coversations 10, 20 or 50 years from now.
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I've never interviewed a pediatrician, I've just gotten lucky with them so far. I think you should just choose one and then if for some reason they seem in appropriate or what have you during an appointment you can always switch.
Ok first thanks for the support!
Next, stats. First I HATE THEM! Why do the call it child care, isn't it just parenting. It's like people that say the husband is babysitting. Well not if it's his child. Then he is fathering.
Anyway, touchy subject I guess.
Pediatricians. My number one advice is find a good practice. Doctors get sick too. When Christi was born we were with a small ( 1 doc) practice. She nearly suffered brain damage because of it. When your kid is sick you don't care who you see just as long as they listen to YOU and are there for your baby. As a mom you will know when they are taking you seriously or not.
Just ALWAYS trust your gut.
Good luck! I am so excited for you!
I never interviewed a pediatrician either. I just went with one that came highly recommended by one of my really great friends. I wouldn't know what to ask a pediatrician anyway.
I didn't know that Jed got married! That is great news! I heard he just got back from Iraq (I think Chrissy told me that). Anyway, tell him I say hi!
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