I have written several shareposts on this site and this one is more of a review or summary type of post. My expertise is that I am a mother of a reflux baby and I understand science (Ph.D. in Biological Sciences). I am not a medical doctor or a therapist but when these experts explain the logic behind their treatment, I can understand... Read more
Recently we took our little boy Avin to his nth therapist. This lady is a very experienced SLP (Speech Language Pathologist) who specializes in feeding.
After evaluating Avin she said that he does not have any behavioral issues. My husband and I were shocked by her diagnosis.
Every single pediatrician that we met and even all the... Read more
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Sonja P
Tuesday, February 03 2009
After seeing 3 ped-GI's, 4 pediatricians, 3 therapists, I learned something very interesting about the GERD medicines given to infants. I also joined a local feeding therapy group and we chat online and exchange issues and ideas about medicines, doctor's advice, new products etc. I also met 4 other reflux parents in person and three by... Read more
My son Avin is now 6 months old and is still "sleep-feeding". You may have read my other sharepost on his silent GERD and sleep feeding. We went through 3 pediatricians before we selected one who may not have a whole lot of experience in GERD but is willing to listen and is open minded about trying out new things. She also gave prescribed a few... Read more
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Sonja P
Wednesday, December 10 2008
My little boy Avin was born full term (although 3 weeks early) and was barely 5 pounds. After doing really well for the first month he gained 3 more pounds. The ped was very happy. Soon after he started showing symptoms of turning away from bottle, taking very small feeds, pain, discomfort, back and neck arching. I brought it to my pds attention... Read more
