So it’s about time to start interviewing pediatricians.  I got two recommendations for practices near my house: one which seems a little old-school, and one that I was told (warned?) was a little more “modern.”  This week I did some research on both.  The first had a perfectly normal website, and agreed to see me for a prenatal appointment/interview in three weeks.  The second, on the other hand….um, yeah.  Let’s just say that one of the pediatricians shared that in his free time, he likes to practice deep breathing and compose scores on his keyboard.  Oh, and the office has a Yoga Director.  And a board on which both Richard Gere (listed as “Actor/Tibetan activist Richard Gere”) and Dr. Andrew Weil (the Origins guy) sit.  (Hubs to me: “You had me at Richard Gere.  ABSOLUTELY not.”)

     My reaction to the second pediatrician’s office might seem a bit weird, because I am all about natural birth/have a midwife/plan to deliver in a birthing center/want to use hybrid diapers and avoid non-essential vaccines.  So objectively, I’m pretty crunchy.  However, I’m also a deeply practical person.  I practice tax law, after all! As a result, some of the rhetoric/lingo of people who are apparently crunchy like me just leaves me split between laughing and running for the nearest exit.  Is there something wrong with me?