hi,
my baby is 3mths old also seeing Dr Shermela Appan now. It was his 2nd visit to see her earlier today, for vaccination. So far my impression is that she is rather patient and detailed.
I brought my baby to see her earlier this week for fever. She spent 20mins with us to throughly check my baby (eyes, nose, mouth, throat, ..) and explained to us that it is more important to find out the cause of the fever than try to bring the temperature down.
Today, she also had patiently performed development assessment and gave him the jabs one-by-one, making sure the baby is comfortable before the next jab (i've opted for 5-in-1, pneumoccocal & rota). She had instructed my maid to distract the baby with the toys that she has in her clinic. And my baby almost didn't cry throughout the vaccinations (he only wailed on the 2nd jab, but stopped right away).
on both visits, i went on weekdays, so the queue was very short.
But the only confusing thing was, she initially discourage us to use paracetamol on the 1st visit (coz it is not good for baby's liver), but did prescribe it on today's visit (most babies might have fever after vaccination). She mentioned that coz baby is now 3 mths old, it safer to use paracetamol. But between our 1st visit and today is only 4 days difference. My only guess is that almost all doctors prescribe fever medicine following vaccination.
i previously visited Dr Woon in Bishan Baby & Child clinic. Not comfortable with him. He just brushed off my questions. (this doctor also gave me paracetamol, baby was 1 mth old then)
When i asked baby why baby pass motion only once every 4 days when i solely breastfeed, but he pass motion everyday if supplemented with formula, Dr Woon just answered: "give him formula then". Asked him about loud snoring, he didnt check and immediately said it's just nose dirt.
But throughout the whole consultation, he spent a lot of time giving bad comments about baby's previous paed from Australia Clinic (Upper Thomson)
But do note that Dr Shermela charges are slightly higher for vaccination compared to others. (but since she's right opposite my place, i saved on cab fee, so wouldn't mind)