UGH! In a progressive community like Santa Cruz, Dr. Walker has been an extreme disappointment. We have seen her twice. Although she gives the appearance of a well-meaning empathetic person, when she opens her mouth it's a different story. She berated me for allowing my daughter to lose too much weight after birth (she lost slightly more than a pound, but she was bloated at birth and I knew she was getting enough nutrition as she was nursing regularly). Dr. Walker insinuated that if I don't supplement with formula asap, I am putting my daughter at great risk. The SECOND visit, months later, Dr. Walker berated me for not feeding my daughter lots of solids at 10 months even though solids (fruits, veges) constipates her and/or causes rash.
Both times she practically accused me of child abuse despite the fact that both my kids are glowing chunkers with minor issues now and then. Plus on the second visit, (after a 45 minute wait to see her), when I asked her to glance at my son's weiner (as I was wondering if he had the same strange rash as my daughter) she refused and said "we're not a walk-in clinic".
NO MORE DR. WALKER. read more