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[quote=Anonymous]I’m the PP who brought up not relying on a pediatrician re: your child’s emotional health.

I married into a family with two pediatricians who went to top schools and work in respected practices. By all accounts they are excellent clinicians and I was so grateful for their Covid-related advice. But they know *very little* about potty training, sleep, picky eating, shyness…all the things we obsess about on dcum. They freely admit this and, now that they have kids, ask the advice of other parents in the family.

My experience is that peds who work in small practices in expensive neighborhoods develop their own set of opinions that complement the demographic. Peds at larger hospital based systems tend to be neutral since they see parents with hugely varied cultural norms and resources. My child’s doc is the latter and I’ve grown to appreciate her neutral stance even though I was frustrated at first. I would never CIO and she totally respects that. She was fine with purées or BLW. Gave me pros and cons for circumcision, etc. When we’ve had actual medical issues, she has a much stronger POV and plan and that’s what matters.

I’m not saying not to consult your ped, but don’t let it be your last call. The best advice I’ve received has been from speech therapists, podcasters without degrees and other moms. And some amazing nuggets from dcum![/quote]

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