A broken-hearted mom's plea to the American Academy of Pediatrics
This is a picture of all 3 of my children at their last well-child visits in April. (Levi was definitely smothered with big-sister love). Dear American Academy of Pediatrics members, I want to start by saying I love and respect my children’s pediatrician very much. My husband is an anesthesiologist, and I have many friends who are pediatricians. I believe in the medical community’s impact in both big and small ways. As an English teacher, I depend on the National Council of Teachers of English, my state standards, and other national and state resources to help me prioritize what I teach. My husband is an anesthesiologist, and he depends on the American Society of Anesthesiologists to help guide him as a physician. Pediatricians across the country depend on the AAP to provide them with research-based guidelines and information to share with parents. Parents, in turn, depend on those pediatricians to guide them as they navigate parenting: from advising parents