pediatrician kissing children?!?

ss321

Sun, Feb 15 2009, 2:55 pm

RightOnTarget wrote:

ss321 wrote:

octopus--some moms ARE pediatricians. What are they to do Wink

??? some of them love other peoples kids too Smile

and wanna squeeze and hug em just like everyone else.
Its a tough call and everyone has to do what is comfortable for them. But I really dont think its anything out of line. Would you feel as uncomf. if it were the nurse who had kissed your baby? or your babysitter? or the day care person? To this pediatrician, he is working in a child oriented world, and its all about keeping the kids happy and making them feel comfortable. Like I said before, if it were a 12 year old boy, Id have child services on speed dial just in case, but an infant, I really woundt worry.

Thanks for putting it in the right perspective. I wouldn't see anything wrong if it were a babysitter or day care person just that its a man I looked at as weird. You put me at ease.

good-Im glad.
Ive spent a considerable amount of time with many pediatricians. Most (with one exception, but she was a subspecialist, and I think was "burned out" by some major life tragedies she had endured incl her own kids sudden death) are warm and are doing peds because they REALLY love kids, they sincerely enjoy helping people and spending their time with children!! Just go in with that attitude. Maybe it just wierded you out because-how often do you see GUYS being "lovey dovey" with kids- you usually interact with moms more I am assuming. But that is probably just his personality!

Isramom8

Sun, Feb 15 2009, 3:13 pm

No, I don't like the sound of this. My family dr. is amazingly warm and caring in his heart, and he treats us all in a professional manner. No kisses, no saying that the child is cute in the office even though he was a guest at his shalom zachar, only discussing medical conditions, and he never uses my first name. I don't recall any professional kissing any of my children. Business is business.

ss321

Sun, Feb 15 2009, 3:22 pm

Isramom8 wrote:

I guess it stems to an issue of "what is a professional?" what makes you uncofm-the fact that he has a professional degree behind his name and is doing it? or the fact that it is out of line because "business is business." if its the former, then fine, that is your opinion....maybe there are major cultural differences in israel. If it is because of the latter- I dont get it - "business is business" with your kids' babysitter/daycare/nanny as well-you are paying them for a service, they provide it. I would be uncomf if my nanny DIDNT want to kiss my kids! but I guess to each their own. I cant speak for every pediatrician, but most of the ones I have interacted (and again, I am in the US-you are in israel) with are very warm and friendly, and it is not unusual for htem to kiss or hug a small child to make the kid feel comfortable or to make the parent feel uncofortable. now if doing so is making the parent feel uncomf, then there is obviously a problem...but I think alot of this stems from teh "overs#xualization" of things in our society and it is so sad. A kiss on an infants forehead is not inappropriate and to me it is almost sad that someone would think it is!!)

ShakleeMom

Sun, Feb 15 2009, 6:07 pm

RightOnTarget wrote:

Is this normal?

I was with my newborn at the pediatrician today for a check up and while checking him he kissed him once on the back and then again on the head. I found it to be very weird especially for a man. Did anyone experince this. Should I be concerned???

LOL our pediatrician did the same thing! I think he is wild about baby girls, I found it endearing.

RightOnTarget

Sun, Feb 15 2009, 6:27 pm

Thank you all for you responses. I guess I'll stick with him. It was just the first time I've been to this ped and my previous ones didn't do it. Otherwise I was pretty impressed with the whole office & staff - They sent me into a room right away cuz I had a newborn so I he shouldn't be waiting around with sick kids. Previous ped didn't do that either. Nice!