I don’t understand why we follow this silly notion that a. we need a pediatrician, and b. they have any right to give us advise on any thing.
We go to a family doc if and when anyone is sick. There hasn’t been a reason to go in nearly 4 years.
We don’t have one either. I was wondering why so many people were worried about pediatricians.
In fact, my wife and I have enough parents who’ve had enough kids to tell us anything we need to know. Not to mention, there are 3 nurses in the family.
I’m getting to that point. After our last child gets her five year shots this fall, I think we are done with the doctor visits for awhile. I had all her well baby visits done and an annual physical each year. If your kid is healthy, then it really is a waste of time and money. My oldest does Boy Scouts and they require a physical for summer camps so we made need to continue for him—either that or just go to a walk in clinic and gets a “sports” physical.