talk to me about your Pediatrician interviews?

Re: talk to me about your Pediatrician interviews?

• cassiedawn

  April 2009

  We just did our interview yesterday. We also only set up one interview because we had been so many people recommend him that we were sure he was going to be good. But, we wanted to meet him for ourselves.

  The doctor had a pre-questionaire (sp?) that we filled out and when he came in I handed it to him. He took the reins and answered everything we had wrote down.

   We talked about his views on circumscion, bf vs ff, appointment times. I printed off some questions that were on babycenter.com but I didnt use any of them. Most of them I had answered off of his website or were common sense.

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• lunamanzana

  April 2009

  We went to two, but only because we had already scheduled the 2nd and it was too late to cancel after the first (which we decided to use).  I think if you're comfortable with one, there's no need to go anywhere else, unless you want to compare.

  We asked about the regular stuff - office hours, same-day sick appts, how often we would see each dr, if there's a charge for calls, etc.  One thing that was a big difference between the 1st and 2nd places we went was that the 2nd place does not have any doctor (or even nurse) on call after 10 pm.  I asked what to do if baby is sick at 11 pm, and she said "IDK, call your insurance company, sometimes they have nurses on call after hours."  Yikes!  Also, one thing I really like about the one we chose is that they have 3 board-certified lactation consultants in the office and they pay extra special attention to breast-fed babies (special weigh-ins before and after feeding) so you know they're eating enough.
  

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• zildjian02

  April 2009

  we did 2- and we knew right away which one we wanted. the one we chose talked to us for however long we wanted and didn't rush us. he told us about his practice and his views on things, which pretty much answered all of our questions. the conversation was totally natural and comfortable, where as with the other, it was a little awkward, and he kept looking to us for questions he could answer. hope all goes well!
  

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• M. McVey

  April 2009

  Ours had a whole spiel she went through with the basics of their office, same day visits, office hours, emergencies, views on vaccinations, breastfeeding, etc.  They also have lactation consultants on staff, and she is a huge supporter of breastfeeding (had her pump right behind her in the office).  She comes to the hospital within 24 hours of delivery and every day that you are there.  I also asked about circumcision (even though we are having a girl) just in case we have a boy or stay with her and have a boy next.  I would make sure to ask about wait time-the last thing you want with a sick baby is an office that is never on schedule.  She was very open about everything and even said that if we were looking for a doctor that would just call in antibiotics without seeing the patient because your child had a runny nose, she was not the doctor for us.

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• F&G777

  April 2009

  i didn't do an interview.....I just went by a recommendation of someone I trust completely....

  
  

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• gettingmarriedi

  April 2009

  Call me lazy, but we didn't set up an interview and we didn't chose ours based on recommendations.  We don't know anyone with small children who lives in the same town as us.  We just picked one and figured we would figure it out as we went along.  I didn't want to overthink it at this point (not that anyone who does interview a pediatrician is overthinking it).
  

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