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posted 11/24/2009, comments (0)

3 1/2 week baby with reflux

Hi all, I am a mom in South Africa and my baby is now 3 1/2 weeks old. She suffers from acid reflux. Her breath smells of sour milk, she pulls a face as if she has a bad taste in her mouth, is a fussy feeder (being breastfed and expressed milk bottle fed 1 feed a day), arches her back backwards and has a shrilling scream from the pit of... Read more Chevron

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posted 11/23/2009, comments (0)

GERD is the new "Colic"

Overprescription of acid-suppressing drugs in infants Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are the most potent acid suppressing medications currently available. These acid-suppressing drugs have revolutionized the treatment of GE reflux disease, and we and others have shown the enormous value of their use in children over last 15... Read more Chevron

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Jan Gambino

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posted 11/23/2009, comments (0)

Maybe Your Doctor is Reading This!

Increasingly doctors are using the web to communicate with their patients. Each of the doctors and specialists my kids see has a website with information about the practice, office hours and even the capability to download forms or make an appointment. It used to be that I waited and waited for the doctor to call back but now it might be more... Read more Chevron

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posted 11/18/2009, comment (1)

Aversion has Set In...

My fear for my 4.5 month daughter has come true. This past week and half, she refuses to eat. There will be times when she'll cry when I put the bottle in her mouth and other times she will chew on it a little and then just cry. I've resorted to try to sleep feed her, but it's not going so well. She's eating less than when... Read more Chevron

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Jan Gambino

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posted 11/16/2009, comments (0)

Doctors and Parents: Different Points of View on Reflux?

Most of the time, I hear the parents side of what it is like to have a baby with gastroesophageal reflux. Parents often tell me: · Feeding a baby with reflux is very challenging. · Babies with reflux have a difficult time going to sleep and... Read more Chevron

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