Choosing a pediatrician

Yesterday afternoon, Deb and I interviewed our first pediatrician. Luckily for us, we're pretty sure its our last as we both liked Dr. M. In case you've never gone to one of these before, try to avoid the deer in the headlights look. We asked questions like: What hospital are you affiliated with? Who do we deal with during off hours? Do you favor a more natural approach or do you like writing scripts right away? That last one was a clincher for both Deb and me. Both of us like to try to use medication as a last resort! Over medicating has been an issue that we've been reading about (and that Deb has experienced first hand) and we liked that the doctor likes to try more natural remedies first. The most important thing however was that we both liked the Doctor. She was nice, younger, comfortable and willing to spend as much time with us as we wanted. She took care to answer all our questions carefully. Over all, we both enjoyed her very much.

What a relief. The search for a doctor is over. Onto the search for day care!