You won't believe what my ped told me today - Page 2

[bec]

Yes, this lady is crazy. Find a new doc. Don't take your son back to her.

Honestly, the thought that children won't ever eat solid foods if they aren't introduced in a certain time frame is ridiculous. I don't know any 18 year olds who are still nursing! Well, other than that one girl in England, but that is different.


Bec

[Peppamint]

Originally Posted by SarahNH

And all that was just to say that good doctors do exist. We drive a little farther for ours than is really necessary but for us it's completely worth it.

Yeah, we drive 30 miles to our ped... even if I found a doc in my town I would like and trust, the hospitals here in town are notorious for making mistakes and I can't take the chance should we ever need medical care.

[Dragonfly]

Originally Posted by SarahNH

And all that was just to say that good doctors do exist. We drive a little farther for ours than is really necessary but for us it's completely worth it.

Ds' doctor is 45 minutes away. It's worth every minute of the drive to know that we'll be meeting with someone who respects and supports my parenting decisions and will be an advocate for him when needed.

[UrbanPlanter]

Originally Posted by bec

I don't know any 18 year olds who are still nursing! Well, other than that one girl in England, but that is different.

sorry if OT, but have to ask - what girl in England???

[Sustainer]

We must be talking about the girl who can't digest anything except breastmilk.

[beaconlighthero]

Originally Posted by 2boys4me

Hi everyone. I am fuming and I need to vent to some like minded mamas...

My son had his 6 month check up today. My ped 'scolded' me for not starting solids yet...said that if I didn't introduce them now that he would refuse them all together later...

Then she told me that I should plan on weaning before he turns 12 months. She says breastmilk has no nutritional content after the first year...

Is she crazy? I couldn't belive what I was hearing. She was critical of my cloth diapers...and she tried to force the foreskin on my son's penis back. She said if she didn't so it that he would wind up with an infection and that the skin would adhere to the head of his penis. Thankfully, I stopped her before she id any damage to my son's penis.

But when I left, I was very upset by the whole visit. Does anybody have words of wisdom? Is this lady crazy, or am I? Any experience with holding off on sloids longer than 6 months?

I have felt awful since I left her office this morning. She made me feel as though I am doing everything wrong...

Ugh... : :

My goodness, I can't believe your ped. You are not doing anything wrong, What is the big deal about wearing cloth diapers, why are people so negative about it. And if you want to nurse your dc longer, is it really hurting anything? (of course not!) soda has no nutritional content, but people still drink it. yeesh! I don't think holding off on solids will hurt anything either. And trying to force back the foreskin, that is going too far, if you did'nt have it cut off yourself then obviously it is suppose to be there and should not be retracted.


UGGHHHHHH!


I can see why you are fumming.

[Sustainer]

Soda is bad for you, and I could understand someone saying you shouldn't give it to a baby. But breastmilk is not only not bad for a toddler, it is incredibly good for them! It is the *best* toddler food. And delaying solids is also not only not bad, but actually a *good* idea. Both breastfeeding beyond infancy and delaying solids are beneficial practices, nutritionally speaking, and also for other reasons.

[MamaAllNatural]

To the OP, that is terrible. I won't get lengthy. I agree you need to ditch the Ped, write a letter etc. I'm sorry you had to deal w/that. Glad you caught her before she hurt his penis. I think everyone's already said plenty so I'll just sum it up with...

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oh and I just wanted to reinforce what Sustainer said.

Originally Posted by Sustainer

Soda is bad for you, and I could understand someone saying you shouldn't give it to a baby. But breastmilk is not only not bad for a toddler, it is incredibly good for them! It is the *best* toddler food. And delaying solids is also not only not bad, but actually a *good* idea. Both breastfeeding beyond infancy and delaying solids are beneficial practices, nutritionally speaking, and also for other reasons.

[mum2 4]

Your peds comments about eating are so typical of the '60s onward. If someone delayed solids they were told baby would never learn to eat from a spoon as well as forever foresake food. At the time this was babies one or two months old. And for those who listened, their milk supply never met a growth spurt and was long gone before age one. I often wonder if there is a course in med school titled Dire Predictions. Pontifical doctors tend to use them for all sorts of advice and make themselves sound so positive but so under educated to Moms who have a brain. Dare we take a chance? Of course, we do it every day a thousand times over...