“You aren’t going to circumcise him? Well, make sure you retract his foreskin to clean under it. It gets very dirty under there.” – pediatrician to a mother at the baby’s first exam after birth.

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“I get nervous when people have home births because so many babies in the hospital have to be resuscitated.” -Pediatrician to mother at her son’s two week newborn check up.

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“Actually, tongue-tie has nothing to do with breastfeeding. In fact, a tongue-tied baby would actually breastfeed more efficiently.” -Pediatrician to mother with 8 hour old baby having difficulty latching.

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“He’s much too big to be breastfed!”- Pediatrician to mother at 2 week visit, telling her that her baby who weighed 10 1/2 lbs at birth required supplementation with artificial breastmilk.

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