{"id":4711,"date":"2017-07-25T00:00:34","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T04:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hancockregionalhospital.org\/?p=4711"},"modified":"2017-07-25T00:00:34","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T04:00:34","slug":"time-to-say-good-bye-to-the-pediatrician-questions-for-you-your-child-and-your-doctor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/zh\/2017\/07\/time-to-say-good-bye-to-the-pediatrician-questions-for-you-your-child-and-your-doctor\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to Say Good-Bye to the Pediatrician? Questions for You, Your Child, and Your Doctor"},"content":{"rendered":"
Have you ever looked at your child and thought: She\u2019s getting too old for this? Maybe you were brushing her hair for her, or picking up the socks that she left on the floor of the bathroom.<\/p>\n

The older your children get, the faster the time seems to go by. Before you know it, they\u2019re less like the children you remember and more like mini-adults you hardly know. Given that, are they too old to keep visiting the doctor they\u2019ve been seeing since they were in diapers?<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no answer that\u2019s right for everyone. After all, a pediatrician isn\u2019t just a doctor who knows kids. She\u2019s a doctor who knows \u4f60\u7684 <\/em>kids. There\u2019s a level of comfort there that may be tough to give up. And pediatricians are trained to care for children from birth to young adulthood, so there\u2019s no need to switch before everyone is ready.<\/p>\n

Here are some questions for you, your child, and your pediatrician<\/a> that may help you decide when to make a change.<\/p>\n

To Ask Yourself<\/strong><\/h2>\n