Clementine
09-10-2004, 03:58 PM
humph.
we had our very first sick visit this week. i'll spare you the details, as it turned out to be food poisoning. now i really CAN say i'll NEVER let my child eat at the golden arches again. all is well now, thank heavens.
anyway, when we went for our 2 year check-up, ethan's pediatrician said nothing about his growth. i took this to mean that it was just fine.
during the sick visit, they weighed him, and he had gained one pound since the last check-up. the nurse practitioner said he was very mildly under weight for his height. she said this only after i had to ASK about his measurements, and if they were ok.
sometimes i swear these people do not have a clue.
now, i know that my boy is healthy. they even said he looked great and not too thin. he's just very active, and his dad is small framed and thin. i'm just annoyed that my usual doc didn't mention it, and that the nurse didn't give any recommendations. i would have felt better if she'd said, "don't do anything at all. he's healthy, and his weight is fine."
she just said he's three pounds under weight, and he looks great.
in my head i know i'm making too much of this, and i should just forget about it. so i guess i will, but i just needed to vent. i mean, isn't three pounds a LOT when you only weigh 24 pounds?
i think it comes down to my general dissatisfaction with the pediatrician's office. (i posted a thread a while back about the insane nurse who took ethan's blood BEFORE the visit with the doc....or at least i think i did!) i only have one other ped office to choose from, and it doesn't really get any rave reviews from any of the parents i know either. my husband says we'll never be satisfied because nothing will ever be done "just right." i disagree. i just want people who are supposed to be so clever to bloody ACT like it.
*grumble grumble*
we had our very first sick visit this week. i'll spare you the details, as it turned out to be food poisoning. now i really CAN say i'll NEVER let my child eat at the golden arches again. all is well now, thank heavens.
anyway, when we went for our 2 year check-up, ethan's pediatrician said nothing about his growth. i took this to mean that it was just fine.
during the sick visit, they weighed him, and he had gained one pound since the last check-up. the nurse practitioner said he was very mildly under weight for his height. she said this only after i had to ASK about his measurements, and if they were ok.
sometimes i swear these people do not have a clue.
now, i know that my boy is healthy. they even said he looked great and not too thin. he's just very active, and his dad is small framed and thin. i'm just annoyed that my usual doc didn't mention it, and that the nurse didn't give any recommendations. i would have felt better if she'd said, "don't do anything at all. he's healthy, and his weight is fine."
she just said he's three pounds under weight, and he looks great.
in my head i know i'm making too much of this, and i should just forget about it. so i guess i will, but i just needed to vent. i mean, isn't three pounds a LOT when you only weigh 24 pounds?
i think it comes down to my general dissatisfaction with the pediatrician's office. (i posted a thread a while back about the insane nurse who took ethan's blood BEFORE the visit with the doc....or at least i think i did!) i only have one other ped office to choose from, and it doesn't really get any rave reviews from any of the parents i know either. my husband says we'll never be satisfied because nothing will ever be done "just right." i disagree. i just want people who are supposed to be so clever to bloody ACT like it.
*grumble grumble*