Worst Pediatrician I've Experienced
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
My husband and I had taken our newborn son to Dr. Robertson for his first check-up when he was just a few weeks old. I had chosen this doctor from a list of pediatricians under our insurance plan. During our visit Dr. Robetson seemed very cold and incompassionate. He came into the room with not even a hint of a smile and asked us to lay the baby down on the table. He hardly asked us any questions and just proceeded to quickly examine our son. My son was crying almost continuously throughout the examination and Dr. Robertson didn't even attempt to comfort him and put him at ease. When the examination was done he didn't even ask if we had any questions. At the end of the examination he proceeded to ask if my son was breast or bottlefed and when I tried to answer he abruptly interrupted me and asked that one of us attempt to quiet our child down outside the room while the other answered his question. He seemed very irritated by my crying baby (and it wasn't as if my son was wailing at the time, he was simply fussing). I was really irritated by the fact that a pediatrician could be so cold toward a baby. I can not understand why he is in the profession that he is in if he doesn't even seem to like children. Needless to say, I never took my son back to this doctor and I don't recommend him to anyone.