Wallingford Pediatrics

I believe this practice has changed significantly since most of these reviews. We chose it primarily because of its close location to our home. However, convenience does not outweigh the poor care we received. First, we were told Dr. Raaes would come to the hospital when our son was born. The day he was born, our nurse called, and we were told she doesn’t come to Swedish First Hill. We never would have picked her if she told us she didn’t attend at our hospital! Second, I had significant difficulty with breastfeeding my son due to tongue tie, and she persisted in referring us to ENT at Children’s, which does not deal with tongue tie. She also referred us to PT for torticollis, which my son does not have. So between wasting our time and money with needless referrals, she had no help to offer for our feeding problems and actually at one point recommended putting rice cereal in his bottle, which is absolutely recommended against by every major medical organization. If it weren’t for my lactation consultant and multiple other doctors and PTs (that I found with my LC’s help), I would never have been able to breastfeed successfully. In the meantime, Dr. Raaes told me to «stop complaining» about our feeding difficulties. Oh, and when my husband had the flu and I called her to find out the best way to handle it, she was completely unhelpful, and then didn’t even know what I was talking about the next time we saw her. Considering it seems like we’re her only patient, it seems like she might remember us.

We felt that Dr. Raees was professional, caring, and knowledgeable when we visited for our son’s rash.

Love Dr Amye Hadley! Dr Springer we’ve met once, but were really impressed by him, too.
We have had very informed discussions about every issue our son has, our options, and help whenever he has an acute illness. I really appreciate that the nurse taught me a technique to help massage his ears to drain fluid v. just pushing an antibiotic or telling us there was nothing we could do. Over the past year, we’ve gotten solid, thoughtful advice about keeping our child comfortable during illnesses, guidance on alternatives to antibiotics, and informed and attentive support when we had more than one option to choose from.

To put it simply — My husband and I were not impressed.
A friend recommended this place. Her little ones have been patients of Dr. Springer for many years; unfortunately, he does not see new patients. So we decided to give Dr. Dryer a shot. Well. We me with this Dr. and it was like pulling teeth trying to get any direction from him. His responses were merely yes/​no. He is very young and perhaps that is the problem? Not sure.
After we left the office I asked my husband what he thought, his response was «I don’t want a doctor that I have to manage.» He summed it up perfectly. It was as if this doctor was waiting to be told what to do.

The choice of who to care for our newborn was very important to us. We wanted a office that we felt was warm and not for the masses. We found Wallingford Pediatrics. We are willing to travel the extra time to see the staff in this office. They are so helpful, from their visit in the hospital to checkups we felt very happy with the service, they want to get to know our child and our family. If you are looking for a place, stop looking now you found it!

I chose to take my son to Wallingford pediatrics partially because of the good reviews that were already on Unilocal,and partially because the places closer to me had a lot of negative reviews. I don’t think I could have picked a better place! I usually HATE taking my children in to see the doctor, it is often a horrible experience for everyone, but not here.
I took my 18 month old son in for a well-​child check up a few weeks ago and we saw Dr. Dryer. He was extremely thorough and professional. I felt that all of my questions were answered and that he genuinely cared about what he was doing.
That was already enough for a good review but what makes Dr. Dryer stand out is what happened two days ago. I took my son in because he was having trouble breathing and had a terrible cough. I took him into the office at 8:15 Monday morning right when they opened without an appointment and Dr. Dryer saw us less than five minutes later. He quickly identified my son’s problem as Croup, and gave him some medication and then allowed us to sit around for an hour while he checked up on him. (My son trashed his office too — sorry!!) After an hour he wasn’t doing much better and Dr. Dryer told me to take him to the Children’s Hospital right away. He even called ahead for us and I didn’t have to sit around and check in when we got there! It was a very informed decision and the doctors at the ER saw my son right away. We ended up having to stay at the hospital overnight and my son is now doing much better. Not long after we got home from the hospital I got a phone call from Dr. Dryer to check up on him, how awesome is that?!
I feel really happy that I found such a great doctor and a great clinic to take my son to and I feel confident that I am getting genuine care and am not just being rushed out the door with whatever diagnosis first comes to mind, ya know? I will be taking both of my children here and recommending it to everyone. Thanks Unilocal

I came to Wallingford Pediatrics after a meat market type practice exactly like the one I went to in the suburbs where I grew up. By contrast Wallingford Pediatrics is a small office in an old home with only a couple doctors a nurse and receptionist. It has a feeling of taking your child to a friends house rather than a visit to the doctor. The doctors are friendly and quite knowledgeable and open about alternative courses of treatment. One thing off-​putting is that due to the size they put the baby scale in the filing room.