When baby falls ill, it’s not always easy to find an appointment with the pediatrician who follows him. And if the other doctors accept new patients, we can consider themselves lucky … Here is the trick of a mother to always have a niche, in case.
Pediatricians are often unavailable when you need to consult the D -Day or in the days that follow. And when baby falls ill, it’s a bit of the cross and the banner for young parents. “”At birth, the appointments are quite regular and close together, we frequently consult the pediatrician, we receive visits home, and then, if necessary, I went from time to time at PMI near my home , it reassured me “Justine, Théo’s mother, 3 years old. Then things become more complicated. “When Théo fell ill, I never managed to get an appointment during the day. Impossible to make an appointment with the pediatrician who follows him (unless an emergency). The latter only answers questions parents via their secretariat or by email “she explains.
“”When Théo had the roséole or an angina, I had to make an appointment from the first symptoms, by consulting the only pediatricians who had availability on Doctolib, and too bad if they were almost an hour road from home “continues the young mother who also had to justify her absence from her business with the “sick child” certificate. From now on, she has decided to do it differently.
Justine juggles between several solutions. First, she still tries to contact her usual pediatrician by insisting with the secretariat to have a quick meeting between two patients. The young mother also opted for a radical change: “I modified my doctor by choosing a doctor who takes care of adults as much as children and it is a piece of advice that I find useful for all parents. As much as it is much more available than my pediatrician, “she explains to us. Thus, she can make an appointment for herself or for her son, according to her needs. Finally, the last option which should not be abused all the same: that of making an appointment upstream, in case his child is sick, and to cancel him a few weeks before. “”I especially do it from the first symptoms, or as soon as I feel that he has a soft stroke. It reassures me to know that I have a niche in one or two weeks when I know there is an epidemic of gastro or bronchitis for example, or sick people around me“.
Of course, you should always honor your medical appointments so as not to take the place of those who really need it. “I always take care to cancel my appointment or move it to a date on which he must really consult for his follow-up for example,” said Justine.
