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Feeling Something Just Isn't Right
Learning to Trust Your Instincts with Your New Baby
By Kelly Burgess
"We as parents have to trust our instincts and if we don't feel at peace with our doctor's suggestions, we need to keep coming back until we do," Hunter says. "A professional, caring pediatrician or physician will not mind you asking for a second opinion. If they do get resentful or impatient it's time to find someone else. We have to keep in mind that we're the parents and we make the ultimate decisions."
While most parents, even new parents, are pretty good about intuitively knowing when to trust their doctor and when to take their child for a second opinion, there are those parents who take worry to the extreme.
"There are those parents who are more high maintenance and need more hand holding," Hunter says. "I think part of it is women often don't have their own moms around the corner to reassure them when something is different with the baby. Nowadays Mom's at home alone with the children and Dad's at work and many women don't have that core of family who can talk you off that limb."
Hunter recommends, if possible, that the nervous parent find a trusted confidante who is knowledgeable and level headed – a friend, neighbor or spouse. Ultimately, it's the parent's call and the parent's responsibility, but if you're constantly unsure of your own judgment it may help to find someone whose judgment you trust.
Hunter is also big on research. She recommends sites like the American Academy of Pediatrics (www.aap.org), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (www.cdc.gov), and the American Journal of Pediatrics (http://pediatrics.aappublications.org).
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