I never bothered taking either of the girls to our local Community Health for checkups. I just took them to our regular GP if they were sick, or for things like immunisations, and never had a problem. Both girls thrived, I never had any doubts about their weight gain or health, so it didn't bother me. Actually I think I took DD2 to one 'drop-in' appt with the MCHN, it was the day Michael Jackson died (I remember watching the news on the TV in the waiting room, absolutely shocked to the core) but the MCHN was critical of my parenting methods (I told her I was co-sleeping and BFing on demand) so I just didn't bother going back. My GP wasn't a fan of us co-sleeping either but always expressed her concern and advised me to be 'fully informed' in a much kinder way than the MCHN so I preferred to go to her
I very rarely go, but I regularly see a pead for my two youngest.
I found that they didn't really have much experience with very early prems and because both of them where never on the charts she would make me feel like I was starving them and I was neglectful. She also seemed to expect they reach all their milestones for actual age
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