Re: New Pediatrician Comment...

[Guest guest]

not the best bedside manner, but maybe she wanted to know. She may not see that

many patients in a band. I would give her a few more chances. I'm not impressed

with most peds in terms of plagio awareness.

-christine

sydney, 3.5yrs, starband grad

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> I'm slightly disturbed...and want to know if I'm crazy....

>

> I switched pediatricians recently and we had our first visit on Friday. I

switched to a new one because (one of the reasons, anyway) my previous Pedi

ignored my concerns about 's Plagio for 9 months.

>

> The new pediatrician walked into the room, shook my hand, and then asked me,

" So, do you really think that the helmet's doing any good? " I just sat there

for a second processing the question...(keep in mind my is 15 months old

and has been in the helmet for just over five weeks) My response to her was,

" Well, considering that the back of her head has grown three millimeters in

about one month, Yeah, I DO! "

>

> She then proceeded to tell me that 90% of the kids she sees nowadays have some

form of plagio. My mind is racing, thinking- and that's OK WHY???

>

> There were some other things that I wasn't extremely crazy about either, btu

hubby wants to give her a few more appointments to see....

>

> Am I crazy to be slightly offended by her helmet comment?

>

[Guest guest]

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In my opinion, NO YOU ARE NOT CRAZY! I'd be a lot more than " slightly

offended. " I'm at a loss to understand why so many peds are against cranial

banding. I would switch peds as many times as necessary until I found one who's

philosophy was more in line with my own.

You're doing what's best for ! 3mm of growth is great progress in just

over a month. Don't let anyone make you second guess yourself!

GOOD LUCK! We look forward to 's graduation photos! :-)

Jo Anne

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> I'm slightly disturbed...and want to know if I'm crazy....

>

> I switched pediatricians recently and we had our first visit on Friday. I

switched to a new one because (one of the reasons, anyway) my previous Pedi

ignored my concerns about 's Plagio for 9 months.

>

> The new pediatrician walked into the room, shook my hand, and then asked me,

" So, do you really think that the helmet's doing any good? " I just sat there

for a second processing the question...(keep in mind my is 15 months old

and has been in the helmet for just over five weeks) My response to her was,

" Well, considering that the back of her head has grown three millimeters in

about one month, Yeah, I DO! "

>

> She then proceeded to tell me that 90% of the kids she sees nowadays have some

form of plagio. My mind is racing, thinking- and that's OK WHY???

>

> There were some other things that I wasn't extremely crazy about either, btu

hubby wants to give her a few more appointments to see....

>

> Am I crazy to be slightly offended by her helmet comment?

>

[Guest guest]

All she cares about is the status quo? What kind of doctor is that?

Is she going to say not to care if your child is overweight, because

after all most kids are these days? A lot of people have Type 2

diabetes too. Is that okay too?

My brother is a doctor (internist) and I have asked him about the

bozo attitudes of pediatricians. He says that they are trained

to see their job as one of maintenance. Most kids are usually

healthy, so there's not much to do but take measurements here and

there and make reassuring comments to worried moms. (In fact we

had a pediatrician---who I hated---who actually said " my job is

to calm down worried moms " .)

But this philosophy is really not appropriate these days (if it ever

was). Now with BTS, lots of kids have are are developing plagio---a

real problem. With all the junk food out there, lots of kids are

getting too fat---another problem. With a failing educational

system, lots of kids are graduating from high school without being

able to add fractions---also a problem!

Okay, I think you should get another pediatrician, but it might not

be so easy to find a good one. Maybe a family doctor is the way to

go.

Anyway, I think it's great that you are banding your daughter now and

wonderful to hear that you've already had some progress.

>

> I'm slightly disturbed...and want to know if I'm crazy....

>

> I switched pediatricians recently and we had our first visit on Friday. I

switched to a new one because (one of the reasons, anyway) my previous Pedi

ignored my concerns about 's Plagio for 9 months.

>

> The new pediatrician walked into the room, shook my hand, and then asked me,

" So, do you really think that the helmet's doing any good? " I just sat there

for a second processing the question...(keep in mind my is 15 months old

and has been in the helmet for just over five weeks) My response to her was,

" Well, considering that the back of her head has grown three millimeters in

about one month, Yeah, I DO! "

>

> She then proceeded to tell me that 90% of the kids she sees nowadays have some

form of plagio. My mind is racing, thinking- and that's OK WHY???

>

> There were some other things that I wasn't extremely crazy about either, btu

hubby wants to give her a few more appointments to see....

>

> Am I crazy to be slightly offended by her helmet comment?

>

[Guest guest]

yep, the only other thing i found peds good for was parenting advicem mind you they take only 1 class on child development and even experts disagree on what isd the best parenting style so i dont really find them qualified to do so (especially if they have less kids than i do, and i have 5 so that is most of them) and most times their parenting style is not the same as mine.  i find going to a family doctor very different than when we went to peds.  i think they are more thorough medically, less parenting advice and listen to the parents more but at the same time i think something subtle in development lag could be missed b/c they dont ask as many development questions.  that said my family doc worries more about them so follows up and charts everything whereas the previous 2 peds missed significant delays in my 9 yr old so i guess the lack of questions doesnt necesarily mean they are paying any less attn they may just observe more?  with my 9 yr old who saw one ped until 3 and another practice until 5, both missed significant delays.  the family doctor was on my sons speech delay from 12 mo and referred us at 18 mo.  the peds i was able to get an audiology referrel from when i asked about the 9 yr olds speech delay but when it came back fine they told me not to worry that shed catch up.  which kept her from starting speech until 3½ (when i found help myself)

On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 12:43 PM, sadietheseamstrix <sadietheseamstrix@...> wrote:

 

All she cares about is the status quo? What kind of doctor is that?Is she going to say not to care if your child is overweight, becauseafter all most kids are these days? A lot of people have Type 2

diabetes too. Is that okay too?My brother is a doctor (internist) and I have asked him about thebozo attitudes of pediatricians. He says that they are trainedto see their job as one of maintenance. Most kids are usually

healthy, so there's not much to do but take measurements here andthere and make reassuring comments to worried moms. (In fact we had a pediatrician---who I hated---who actually said " my job isto calm down worried moms " .)

But this philosophy is really not appropriate these days (if it ever was). Now with BTS, lots of kids have are are developing plagio---a real problem. With all the junk food out there, lots of kids are getting too fat---another problem. With a failing educational

system, lots of kids are graduating from high school without being able to add fractions---also a problem!Okay, I think you should get another pediatrician, but it might notbe so easy to find a good one. Maybe a family doctor is the way to

go. Anyway, I think it's great that you are banding your daughter now andwonderful to hear that you've already had some progress. >

> I'm slightly disturbed...and want to know if I'm crazy....> > I switched pediatricians recently and we had our first visit on Friday. I switched to a new one because (one of the reasons, anyway) my previous Pedi ignored my concerns about 's Plagio for 9 months.

> > The new pediatrician walked into the room, shook my hand, and then asked me, " So, do you really think that the helmet's doing any good? " I just sat there for a second processing the question...(keep in mind my is 15 months old and has been in the helmet for just over five weeks) My response to her was, " Well, considering that the back of her head has grown three millimeters in about one month, Yeah, I DO! "

> > She then proceeded to tell me that 90% of the kids she sees nowadays have some form of plagio. My mind is racing, thinking- and that's OK WHY???> > There were some other things that I wasn't extremely crazy about either, btu hubby wants to give her a few more appointments to see....

> > Am I crazy to be slightly offended by her helmet comment?>

-- -mommy to Emma, Becca, , and A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty.  ~Author Unknown

[Guest guest]

I think you need to find another pediatrician. I had to go through four before I

found the perfect one for me and my family.You need some one you can trust and

that takes your concerns serious. Keep looking and good luck.

Mom of a Beautiful banded baby girl

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> > I'm slightly disturbed...and want to know if I'm crazy....

> >

> > I switched pediatricians recently and we had our first visit on Friday. I

switched to a new one because (one of the reasons, anyway) my previous Pedi

ignored my concerns about 's Plagio for 9 months.

> >

> > The new pediatrician walked into the room, shook my hand, and then asked me,

" So, do you really think that the helmet's doing any good? " I just sat there

for a second processing the question...(keep in mind my is 15 months old

and has been in the helmet for just over five weeks) My response to her was,

" Well, considering that the back of her head has grown three millimeters in

about one month, Yeah, I DO! "

> >

> > She then proceeded to tell me that 90% of the kids she sees nowadays have

some form of plagio. My mind is racing, thinking- and that's OK WHY???

> >

> > There were some other things that I wasn't extremely crazy about either,

btu hubby wants to give her a few more appointments to see....

> >

> > Am I crazy to be slightly offended by her helmet comment?

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks for all the comments, everyone! We had progress pics taken yesterday at

CT (will post once they email them to me and get me the analysis) and all seems

to be going really well. My husband takes her to those appointments since they

are in Austin and we live in San (while I handle the other in-town

appts). They don't tell us numbers of assymetry or anything, so I don't know

how that all works out, but hubby stated last night that you could really tell

there was some improvement when you see her head compared to her mold from the

beginning.

I'm going to give this ped two more chances, and I have a feeling that I'm still

not going to like her. Then I'll do as I wanted to from the onset and take her

to the GP that hubby and I see. He caught a coworker's father's prostate cancer

before the oncologist thought he might have through routine tests and he watches

several different things in hubby and I to make sure they don't change from year

to year; I trust him, in short.

Either way- please let me know if anyone has any more thoughts! Very helpful to

my psyche!!

(Ogreletmama) Grauvogl

San , TX

Mother to , 15 mos, Banded since 8/23/09

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> I'm slightly disturbed...and want to know if I'm crazy....

>

> I switched pediatricians recently and we had our first visit on Friday. I

switched to a new one because (one of the reasons, anyway) my previous Pedi

ignored my concerns about 's Plagio for 9 months.

>

> The new pediatrician walked into the room, shook my hand, and then asked me,

" So, do you really think that the helmet's doing any good? " I just sat there

for a second processing the question...(keep in mind my is 15 months old

and has been in the helmet for just over five weeks) My response to her was,

" Well, considering that the back of her head has grown three millimeters in

about one month, Yeah, I DO! "

>

> She then proceeded to tell me that 90% of the kids she sees nowadays have some

form of plagio. My mind is racing, thinking- and that's OK WHY???

>

> There were some other things that I wasn't extremely crazy about either, btu

hubby wants to give her a few more appointments to see....

>

> Am I crazy to be slightly offended by her helmet comment?

>

[Guest guest]

That makes me upset. I think we are advocates for our children and should do

what's right for us. My first ped told me it would round out and he had

extremely severe plagio. Just to let you know, since I know a lot of parents

respect Dr. Bob Sears, who is now my ped, when we switched to him, he told me to

go to CT asap. He said it does not round out and it must be done asap. We are

very grateful b/c our son is now normal. Dr. Bob told us plagio is a serious

concern, shouldn't be taken lightly, needs to be treated and will not round out.

I have a lot of respect for our ped and grateful to him for the great results

that we have had with our son. Do what you need to do for your child regardless

of what some uninformed doctors say. I am glad I switched doctors.

As a side note, I was upset with the Fields who wrote, " Baby Bargains " , they

dismissed plagio in their 411 Book and said that parents should " Save the helmet

for the bike " . I complained as did others and they said they would look into it

and possibly change it in future editions. It's important to let people know

when they are obviously wrong. I, for one, will not buy any more books from the

Fields as long as they give advice to millions of parents that are

irresponsible.

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> > I'm slightly disturbed...and want to know if I'm crazy....

> >

> > I switched pediatricians recently and we had our first visit on Friday. I

switched to a new one because (one of the reasons, anyway) my previous Pedi

ignored my concerns about 's Plagio for 9 months.

> >

> > The new pediatrician walked into the room, shook my hand, and then asked me,

" So, do you really think that the helmet's doing any good? " I just sat there

for a second processing the question...(keep in mind my is 15 months old

and has been in the helmet for just over five weeks) My response to her was,

" Well, considering that the back of her head has grown three millimeters in

about one month, Yeah, I DO! "

> >

> > She then proceeded to tell me that 90% of the kids she sees nowadays have

some form of plagio. My mind is racing, thinking- and that's OK WHY???

> >

> > There were some other things that I wasn't extremely crazy about either,

btu hubby wants to give her a few more appointments to see....

> >

> > Am I crazy to be slightly offended by her helmet comment?

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you for the note on the 411 Book! I have this book and have bought it for

other Moms. I had NOT read the helmet comment, or if I had, maybe it was before

my daughter was born and I educated myself about plagio, but knowing what I know

now, I agree with you 100%....I will not buy another Fields book until they

retract that statement and update their future editions. I urge all other

families on this group to spread the word! Thank you for bringing this to my

attention!!!

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> > > I'm slightly disturbed...and want to know if I'm crazy....

> > >

> > > I switched pediatricians recently and we had our first visit on Friday. I

switched to a new one because (one of the reasons, anyway) my previous Pedi

ignored my concerns about 's Plagio for 9 months.

> > >

> > > The new pediatrician walked into the room, shook my hand, and then asked

me, " So, do you really think that the helmet's doing any good? " I just sat

there for a second processing the question...(keep in mind my is 15

months old and has been in the helmet for just over five weeks) My response to

her was, " Well, considering that the back of her head has grown three

millimeters in about one month, Yeah, I DO! "

> > >

> > > She then proceeded to tell me that 90% of the kids she sees nowadays have

some form of plagio. My mind is racing, thinking- and that's OK WHY???

> > >

> > > There were some other things that I wasn't extremely crazy about either,

btu hubby wants to give her a few more appointments to see....

> > >

> > > Am I crazy to be slightly offended by her helmet comment?

> > >

> >

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[Guest guest]

This is the string I am referring to. I was so disgusted that I never bought a

book. I don't know if it was ever changed.

http://www.windsorpeak.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=323357

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> > > > I'm slightly disturbed...and want to know if I'm crazy....

> > > >

> > > > I switched pediatricians recently and we had our first visit on Friday.

I switched to a new one because (one of the reasons, anyway) my previous Pedi

ignored my concerns about 's Plagio for 9 months.

> > > >

> > > > The new pediatrician walked into the room, shook my hand, and then asked

me, " So, do you really think that the helmet's doing any good? " I just sat

there for a second processing the question...(keep in mind my is 15

months old and has been in the helmet for just over five weeks) My response to

her was, " Well, considering that the back of her head has grown three

millimeters in about one month, Yeah, I DO! "

> > > >

> > > > She then proceeded to tell me that 90% of the kids she sees nowadays

have some form of plagio. My mind is racing, thinking- and that's OK WHY???

> > > >

> > > > There were some other things that I wasn't extremely crazy about either,

btu hubby wants to give her a few more appointments to see....

> > > >

> > > > Am I crazy to be slightly offended by her helmet comment?

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