Hi,
I'm looking for a new pediatrician. Mine is great, but 2 wks ago I read all the moms responses in regards to tandum nursing...which I never knew was done and was excited to learn about it!
My daughter is 20 months and still nurses at night & occasionally during the day. She's healthy and happy and we love it! The bonding is amazing and I'm not planning on weaning her until she's ready.
I would love to see a pediatrician that respects my decision in this matter as well as someone who doesn't try to make us have her sleep in her own room; we also co-sleep.
My husband was so macho before she was born, and let me tell you - having her in our bed has not put a wedge between us but only brought us closer!!! He loves it also.
So, in short - help me find a pedi that supports and promotes our parenting decisions!
Fact: In most other countries co-sleeping is encouraged!!!
Thank you,
God bless!
don't know where you live or your insurance but in Mountain View Dr. Midori Nishimura (google her for website) is really great. she only takes PPO and is also a lactation consultant.
Have you tried looking at some resources on mothering.com?
some people i know who do extended breastfeeding and co-sleeping, etc. find valuable info there. i think they may have a link to a directory of such "friendly" doctors and pediatricians.
Hi,
I am a mother of two boys, 16 months apart and have a great, practical pediatrician.
I went to highschool with her daughter and she was my pediatrician from 11-13.
Her name is Dr. Halaburka and she is next to Good Sam hospital.
I highly reccommend her!
Her practice is called Silicon Valley Pediatricians.
Good luck!
L.
One note of advice - a friend of mine was nursing her little girl (up to age 4) and was not able to conceive until she weaned her. Best of luck to you.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who believes in nursing until the child willingly stops and allows the child to sleep with mommy and daddy.
It's my personal belief that sudden infant death syndrome is caused by the baby waking only to realize they're alone and since they are new to how things are they don't know that anyone will ever be back so they die of fright.
That's why our son has always slept in our room with us in our bed and still sleeps in the same room with us and he's five years old only now he has his own bed.
Too many kids are being snatched by kidnappers right out of their bedrooms these days so unless you have a dog to alert you of intruders it's not safe to have a small child alone in a room by themselves.
So I encourage you M. to continue doing what your doing because it's the best way to raise a child who you love with all your heart.
A. B.
We ran into something similar in our old hometown. Something I actually ended up doing (after hunting for a "better" pediatrician for months - in vain)- was to write a letter for my file there and to speak with the pediatrician. Basically I said, we are here to address medical issues with you, we do not wish to discuss parenting choices. I had to keep saying that, but eventually, she backed off a bit. It was hard and frustrating. I considered providing the doc with educational material supporting our choices, but decided against it because I didn't want to open up the discussion. I only did it when the doc brought up something I was not interested in talking with her about, and she wouldn't drop it. No fun.
I'm sorry you are dealing with that right now. When we moved, we found a holistic/classically trained homeopathic/functional medicine/chinese herbalist pediatrician who is also allopathically/western medicine trained and has privileges at Stanford Children's Hospital. She is a godsend! when we interviewed docs out here, we found that every homeopath/naturopath we interviewed was supportive of our homebirth/no vaccinations/co-sleeping/extended breastfeeding choices. WE WERE THRILLED!!!!! Have you tried looking for a holistic doc (naturopath, homeopath, etc.)- maybe not a pediatrician but someone family practice? What about contacting some local homebirth or independent midwives and asking for recommendations? See if there are any educational facilities/programs training naturopaths/homeopaths, etc. in your area - and go ask them. Try asking a local massage/yoga center/etc. if you can post an inquiry asking for recommendations, on their bulletin board. Ask LLL moms for ideas. You'll probably have to interview a lot of docs and you might not find exactly what you are looking for, but you just might find something better than what you have now. If worst comes to worst, switching docs and keeping your lip zipped about your "alternative" choices might work best for you. I know people who have done that too - though I don't think I could. I wanted to make my choices more acceptable to the mainstream - but I just couldn't fight the battle and be a new mom of a very high needs/special needs infant. Where are you located and BEST OF LUCK TO YOU!
