Yes, it was his six months visit. Yes, he’s a few days shy of seven months. Anyway, the appointment was yesterday morning. Gavin was alright until we had to put him down on the table and the scale. He didn’t like that at all. He weighed 17 lbs. 6 oz. and is 26 and 1/4 inches long. He got three more shots and is now enjoying some cherry flavored tylenol. Sometimes he gets the tylenol on his lips and it looks like he’s wearing lipstick. The doctor thought he’s doing well. As usual, we came home with copies of pages from some book the doctor has.

Chris and I are considering looking for another pediatrician. The doc we’ve been going to is good with kids, and very nice and I really value the former! He also doesn’t listen to what we say. I know it’s very easy to respond to questions that alot of people ask you with memorized responses, and that would be okay if he answered the questions I actually asked. It’s like he listens for keywords, and then answers the most routine question he gets on that specific keyword. (And after that he gives us copies of pages in his books on the subject, which are always really general.)

This time it was “problems sleeping”. I explained that Gavin has been having trouble getting enough sleep. He still sleeps at night, just not for as long of a stretch. He naps during the day but is still tired and unhappy from lack of sleep often. So the doctor explains how to deal with not sleeping through the night. I think that he’s a good guy, he’s just not someone I can fully trust to answer questions, since it’s obvious that he doesn’t always hear all of what I say to him. Right now it’s not a big deal…Gavin hasn’t been sick or injured so all of my questions are about things that I can figure out otherwise if need be, and aren’t immediate, scary concerns. But, if that came up, and at some point it will, I would really like to have a pediatrician who will understand what I tell them and then come up with a response that is specific to Gavin’s situation. It would also be nice to have a doc who could tell me things that I haven’t already thought of, tried or read about. That might be asking alot though, since they have so many different patients of so many ages and can’t be an expert on everything. It’s not that this doctor is bad, I just think we could find a better fit for us.