We saw a very nice Doctor in the hospital when Wade was born. He was the Kaiser Ped on call and were initially nervous because we had received other recommendations from our OB doctor and friends. We could not have been more impressed him and all the time he spent talking with us and addressing any concerns we had. He was very gentle and patient
Erica and I talking about it and we both agreed that despite the other recommendations we had received that we found our pediatrician. Or so we thought.
We called first thing Monday morning and wouldn't you guess, our doctor's panel was closed and he wasn't accepting new patients. Same thing for the other top 2 Peds on our short list of those recommended. We settled on Dr. number 3, but she was out of the office for the week and we were forced to see one of her colleagues until she returned.
Wouldn't you know we like the Doctor we ultimately saw almost as well as the one we saw in the hospital.
The Nurse failed to get my sorry excuse for humor when I suggested that she be the one he could pee on when she made us take off his diaper. He was measures and weighed and we answered all the same questions that had been asked a million times before: When was he born? Where was he born? How was he born? How big was he? How much did he weigh? Was he full term? You'd think they could coordinate a little better, or at least learn to read our chart.
The Doctor was just a patient and gentle as the Hospital Doctor. We talked about our problems with low poop counts and a little dehydration but he explained it was due to Erica's milk coming in still and her being in a transition period with less to give. He also spent extra time talking with us about the circumcision and we scheduled him to perform the procedure on Friday at 10:45am. We were very encouraged and the Doctor seemed satisfied with Wade's progress.
He is a little Jaundice and that is to be expected. Normal anyways but complicated for Wade by the bruise he had on the back of his head from being pushed out. Doctor said as long as he kept feeding and pooping we should be OK. If things don't go so well he suggested we try a little pedialyte to get him over the hump. One of the things that pleased us the most was he also encouraged us to express and supplement him with more milk rather than just jump to the pedialyte or a formula supplement.
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