Today we made a visit to see Dr. Dan Heinmiller, Ally's pediatrician, and as you can see from the picture above, Ally was unimpressed. David and I, however, were very impressed! It was our first official visit with him and we were very happy with everything we experienced. Dr. Dan was a recommendation of Mindy, mommy to Ally's friends, Ella and Claire. (Mindy also teaches with Grandma Clark). He was very friendly and laid back and he was so sweet to Ally. He and David spent a few minutes chatting about baseball (turns out David played ball at GLHS around the same time as one of Dr. Dan's sons and he remembered David from those days) and real estate, before we all remembered why we were there in the first place. :-) The staff at Dr. Dan's office was equally friendly and very organized. Dr. Dan said Ally looked wonderful and he was pleased with her weight (she was back to her birth weight after 9 days). He said she was a beautiful baby (duh!).
He did mention that the skin that connects her tongue to the bottom of her mouth was very tight and most likely would need to be clipped...a procedure he would do in his office at her next appointment. She would feel a very minimal amount of pain and there would be little bleeding. It is important that we have this done to prevent speech problems in the future. We feel confident that what Dr. Dan says is necessary...my cousin and my uncles had this procedure done when they were young, so I was at least familiar with the procedure beforehand. David is a little concerned that Ally will end up looking like she should be jamming with KISS, but I think Dr. Dan will take care not to clip anything too much. :-) So, we will schedule this procedure for next time...
All in all, it was a good first visit and we left Dr. Dan's office feeling confident in our choice in pediatricians and even more proud of our little bundle of joy...
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