The top seven ridiculous things that pediatricians have told our patients
It has become amusing listening to all the stories that our patients tell us about their pediatricians over the years. It is amazing that many of the parents actually accept many of the far-fetched recommendations that sometimes border on dangerous.

1. A pediatrician told one of our moms to feed her three-month-old baby oatmeal, even though the child had no teeth and its digestive system was not developed enough to properly digest the food.

2. A parent brought her six-month-old daughter to see us, who was severely constipated for weeks. The mom, after firing her first pediatrician, was told by her second pediatrician that her six-month-old daughter was constipated because she "was not trying" to go. Of course, within hours after her first adjustment she had a bowel movement.

3. A pediatrician told one of our patients that it didn't matter that his son was sick on the day he was to receive a vaccination.

4. A five-month-old patient's mom was told to put her baby on prophylactic antibiotics after only one ear infection.

5. When a pediatrician does not know the cause of a child's problem, their recommendation is inevitably, "He/she will grow out of it."

6. A pediatrician told another patient, "Your child will get better grades if you give him Ritalin."

7. One of the newborns referred into our practice was recommended surgery by his pediatrician to correct his torticollis (wry neck). The torticollis corrected after just a few adjustments. However, the pediatrician told the parents to have the surgery anyway to prevent it from returning.



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