https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 18 May 2026 18:09:36 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-pediatrician-ever-pleasantly-surprise-you#post-1254539 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 17:17:20 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 1254539@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We love our ped so far. (We're only 1 month in...) We chose her specifically because of a reference from a friend that said how supportive and how flexible she was. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-pediatrician-ever-pleasantly-surprise-you#post-1254505 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 17:07:19 +0000 Boheme 1254505@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: Thats awesome! It's good to know you're supported - and especially by someone who knows what he's talking about! </p> <p>I adore our ped. He is a dad to preschool age twins, and his advice comes from both his experience as a medical professional and a dad. In the early days when we were so new and so frazzled by all of DS's birth injury issues, he was a rock for us. I respect his opinion so much! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-pediatrician-ever-pleasantly-surprise-you#post-1254498 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 17:02:09 +0000 LuLu Mom 1254498@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love our doc! Through all of LOs puking, stomach/esophogaus issues she was so supportive and even though she was getting sick so much she would praise us on her social development (even if her weight was lacking.) It made me feel like I was doing something right! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-pediatrician-ever-pleasantly-surprise-you#post-1254472 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 16:48:45 +0000 Alivoo01 1254472@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's awesome!!! It's so nice to hear reassuring things from a medical expert to validate your parenting so you can tell others to shove it! ha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-pediatrician-ever-pleasantly-surprise-you#post-1254456 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 16:43:08 +0000 cmomma17 1254456@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's great!</p> <p>I :heart: my pediatrician! I have from day one. I really respect him and feel like he respects us. Even when we disagree, I like the way he talks to us and how well he explains things to us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-pediatrician-ever-pleasantly-surprise-you#post-1254454 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 16:42:50 +0000 MamaMoose 1254454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@prettylizy: I'm hopeful that perhaps some day my child will chill out a bit and not run around like a crazy person 24/7 and chub up a bit? Maybe? Dear God please?!?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-pediatrician-ever-pleasantly-surprise-you#post-1254434 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 16:35:05 +0000 MamaMoose 1254434@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Blue: I would definitely look around if you feel like you're not being supported by your pediatrician! I'm seriously obsessed with ours. He handles all my crazy mama questions with such patience and understanding!</p> <p>@autumnlove: That is so sweet that she was thinking about you guys like that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-pediatrician-ever-pleasantly-surprise-you#post-1254430 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 16:32:49 +0000 prettylizy 1254430@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: High five to you and you're ped! Shed that guilt and be happy that you and DD are happy. :) My doc never said much of anything about her low weight and slow gain until she took a huge jump (from 3rd to 25th in 6 months for weight) and was just happy that she'd chubbed out a little finally. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-pediatrician-ever-pleasantly-surprise-you#post-1254417 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 16:28:14 +0000 Adira 1254417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Blue: Switch pediatricians!! The Baby Dudes are obviously thriving and I don't think it's weird they're waking up once a night to eat! They're active!!</p> <p>ETA: Then again, maybe my ped is crazy and Xander's really falling behind and she just keeps sugar-coating it! I have no idea!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-pediatrician-ever-pleasantly-surprise-you#post-1254412 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 16:26:27 +0000 Mrs. Blue 1254412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: I have pediatrician envy right now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-pediatrician-ever-pleasantly-surprise-you#post-1254409 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 16:25:32 +0000 Adira 1254409@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yay!!! So glad to hear that your pediatrician was supportive and validated what is going on!!! That must've been such a relief to know that it makes SENSE you need to continue feeding her in the middle of the night!!</p> <p>I LOVE my pediatrician. She is sooooooooooo supportive and is always telling me what a good job I'm doing! I worry about Xander because he's in a lower percentile for weight too, but she just keeps telling me what a great job I'm doing and how good Xander looks. It always makes me feel so much better as a parent! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-pediatrician-ever-pleasantly-surprise-you#post-1254404 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 16:23:37 +0000 autumnlove 1254404@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO's regular Dr. called us several times from her cell phone when LO was the hospital! :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-pediatrician-ever-pleasantly-surprise-you#post-1254402 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 16:22:53 +0000 Mrs. Blue 1254402@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's so nice! I wish our ped would tell us that. Ours always tells us we need to do more CIO even though they're only 8 months old, still very low on the growth chart, and usually only wake up once between 7 and 6:30. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-pediatrician-ever-pleasantly-surprise-you#post-1254391 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 16:18:05 +0000 MamaMoose 1254391@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 12 month old still wakes up once a night every night to eat. I have half heartedly tried night weaning her by sending my husband in to her, going in myself but not feeding her, and trying to just slowly shorten the length of the feeding. Nothing works. If I don't give her a full feeding she is hysterical. I have just accepted it. EVERYONE in our lives is giving us such a hard time about this. The advice on how to "fix it" ranges from mildly annoying to downright maddening. So when we had her one year appointment on Friday I told her pediatrician that she's still nursing at night and I'm just totally failing at weaning her (I was almost apologetic in my delivery). His response surprised me so much!! He basically told me my child is so small (15th percentile) and so BUSY BUSY BUSY (aka burning so many calories) that it's simply unrealistic for me to expect her to go 12 hours straight without eating and that for her to sleep 12 hours (6:30-6:30 most nights) with one wake up to eat is pretty darn good and I should just keep on doing what I'm doing. It was SUCH a relief to hear him validate our decision to "give in" to her need to eat during the night.</p> <p>Has your pediatrican ever pleasantly surprised you? Or unpleasantly? </p>