Information and opinions on health from Sonja P at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/390713/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/390713/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/390713/index http://www.healthcentral.com/acid-reflux/c/390713/134325/results Sat, 19 Mar 2011 00:54:14 -0400 Sonja P Recently Jan Gambino and I conducted a survey on sleep-feeding infants. Sixty one parents of sleep feeding infants took the survey and at least 60% of the parents answered all questions. Remaining 40% parents could not answer all questions because in many babies, sleep feeding had not been resolved by the time they took the survey. Our survey results have been listed below:   A. Among all sleep feeding infants (children of parents who... http://www.healthcentral.com/acid-reflux/c/390713/134325/results http://www.healthcentral.com/acid-reflux/c/390713/117177/feeding Mon, 02 Aug 2010 19:25:39 -0400 Sonja P      After being away for over a year from Health Central, I thought I need to come back and update the status of my sleep feeder baby. Avin is no longer a baby and he is no longer a sleep feeder; he is now a 2 year old toddler who had graduated to eating table foods; rice, veggies, fruits, crackers, toast, yogurt etc. We had stopped his Prevacid (Lansoprazole) briefly, but had to start it again after he began vomiting. He... http://www.healthcentral.com/acid-reflux/c/390713/117177/feeding http://www.healthcentral.com/acid-reflux/c/390713/72687/understanding Fri, 29 May 2009 00:29:01 -0400 Sonja P   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 it pretty well.     Eventually, we were very lucky to find a good pediatrician and a... http://www.healthcentral.com/acid-reflux/c/390713/72687/understanding http://www.healthcentral.com/acid-reflux/c/390713/66721/continues Sat, 11 Apr 2009 05:57:30 -0400 Sonja P 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 GI's we met were able to convince us that our son feeding aversions and sleep-feeding were... http://www.healthcentral.com/acid-reflux/c/390713/66721/continues http://www.healthcentral.com/acid-reflux/c/390713/58157/medication Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:04:34 -0500 Sonja P 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 phone-- we exchange all the details about our child's feeding problems and GERD. Here are some new things... http://www.healthcentral.com/acid-reflux/c/390713/58157/medication http://www.healthcentral.com/acid-reflux/c/390713/56218/bananas-baby Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:37:13 -0500 Sonja P 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 non-invasive tests such as blood, stools, ultrasound to check if things were otherwise... http://www.healthcentral.com/acid-reflux/c/390713/56218/bananas-baby http://www.healthcentral.com/acid-reflux/c/390713/51928/sleep-feeding Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:31:57 -0500 Sonja P 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 but he just dismissed it as "colic"..."your son will grow out of this, he is gaining weight and he is... http://www.healthcentral.com/acid-reflux/c/390713/51928/sleep-feeding