Short answer: Why, sure!
Family physicians are specifically trained to see patients of all ages and this includes delivering babies, and caring for newborns, infants, toddlers, adolescents and teens. (I confess: I stopped doing pre-natal care and delivering babies after the first 500 or so deliveries, in the interest of sleeping all night from time to time.)
Mind you, if your child has a rare and complex chronic medical problem, I am very likely to want to share their care with pediatric sub-specialists (down the hill since there aren't any up here).
I also get asked this question a lot about children who already see a pediatrician. Most of the time the question comes up in the sense that the child is a teen or pre-teen who is feeling a bit old to be seeing a pediatrician. Changing to an "adult doctor" seems reasonable to me, assuming that there are no ongoing concerns or medical problems that might make that a bad idea. Feel free to ask!
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