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Tummy aches

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I have a 5 weeks old breast feeding baby that has lots of gas explosive bowl movements spits up after feeding and some times spits up projectile While breast feeding she'll stop cried and suck really fast again wiggling her legs and hands almost like shaking and/or getting a really stiff up body she also seems to be congested Is this normal She seems to be in pain How can I help my baby

Expert Post Viewd: 1 Posted: 6/30/09 4:57 pm Posted by: Replies: 0

Probiotics

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Hi Dr My child was just prescribed an antibiotic for a sinus infection and my doctor also advised that give her a probiotic in conjuction with this medication I have never used one before just wanting a second opinion and to know if this is something that you would recommend as well

Expert Post Viewd: 1 Posted: 6/2/09 5:04 pm Posted by: Replies: 0

Probiotics

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Expert Post Viewd: 1 Posted: 6/2/09 3:47 pm Posted by: Replies: 0

hidden peni

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hi i circumcize my son at birth after that when he had the first visit at the doctor ofice she pulled the foreskin back too much later that his penis slide inside last month i took him to urologist he said he need a surgery he did the surgery but after 7 days his peni slid inside when he stand up and he has know a terrible scars from stiches know his phisicion ask me to leave him for the time and do not do any thing to him i need your help please what to do im realy suffering a lot

Expert Post Viewd: 1 Posted: 5/13/09 6:07 pm Posted by: Replies: 0

Toddler Will Not Chew

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My toddler daughter is 21 months old and will not chew She has 17 teeth and can bite but no chewing Her Peditrician had us visit a pediatric speech therapist in the last week The therapist has determined that my daughter does not have a chewing problem that she chooses not to chew We will not be able to see the pediatric gastroenterologist until the end of May What in the world do I do I am frustrated and my child is strong willed

Expert Post Viewd: 1 Posted: 4/22/09 4:27 pm Posted by: Replies: 0

swollen stomach

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How do I know if my 2 year olds swollen stomach is due to gas or something else her belly gets extremely swollen and she looses apetite and doesn't act like herself I had exrays done and an enema to see if her intestines were twisted but they weren't and this is a new thing she never had gas before

Expert Post Viewd: 1 Posted: 4/14/09 8:34 am Posted by: Replies: 0

Underweight

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Hi Dr Vertabedian

I have a ten year old son who is very thin He’s about 4’2 and weighs 54lbs All the other kids in his class are twice his size He has a great appetite and eats a variety of foods but he just doesn’t seem to be gaining any weight Is there anything I can do Should he be eating more protein or maybe more red meat Thanks in advance

Expert Post Viewd: 1 Posted: 3/24/09 4:17 pm Posted by: Replies: 0

throw up all the time

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my son is 19 month old he throws up all the time i 'm not sure if has food allergy or what the problem the days that i feel he eat well at the end of the day he throws up everything he had all day before he can sleep peasfuly his pediatrician told me he has "slow gastric reflex" i wasn 't satisfied i requested she does an allergy test she told me to just keep a diary and almost every allergy she test for will become postive for children his age

i 'm so frustred i 'm afraid to let the problem go for long and then i come to find out that i should of taken care of a lab test or talked to an expert sooner

dr please help is there anything that i can do to get to the bottom of the problem

Expert Post Viewd: 1 Posted: 3/5/09 10:23 pm Posted by: Replies: 0

my baby is gassy wont stop crying

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my baby Hank is 5 weeks old he was always a bit fussy in the beginning especially from the hours between 11pm and 2am when we brought him home over the past week though it has gotten worse he cries non stop for hours still in the evening but now he is inconsolable i have tried feeding holding skin to skin baths massages more feeding pacifiers and gas drops he does typically have a lot of gas and seems to want to nurse to ease the discomfort but at night even if i just let him feed he is eating so much that he then throws up i just don't know what to do to ease the gas pain or if that is even the real problem lately he not only cries in the evening he cries through most of the day as well

Expert Post Viewd: 1 Posted: 2/18/09 3:02 pm Posted by: Replies: 0

Reflux baby won't stop eating

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I have difficult time with feeding my 3 month old baby Everytime that I feed my baby he wants much more even when he is so sleepy he has reflux so I think most of the time he is full but he asks more milk to get away from the sour taste of food coming back to his mouth if I don't feed him he start crying and doesn't stop even after 45 minutes please help me because I'm afraid he may become over weight

Expert Post Viewd: 1 Posted: 2/9/09 7:54 pm Posted by: Replies: 0

Restless and Gassy

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My 3 week old feeds fine except she does not sleep and is often restless gassy her stools are watery sometimes she doesnt have a stool for days and then goes thru 3 diapers full of very liquidly stools i am not producing very much breast milk so i have to supplement she was born at 10# 9oz 22inches Any tips or suggestions would be appreciated

Expert Post Viewd: 1 Posted: 2/9/09 7:52 pm Posted by: Replies: 0

GERD and Prevacid

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Since birth on 12/30/08 our nearly 5 week old has had GER symptoms such as extreme irratibility after most but not all feedings "wet" burps and sounds from the throat hiccups arching of the back and drawing the knees up after most but not all feedings hacking cough and restless sleep patterns Positive signs are a very good appetite good weight gain to date (1 5 2 0 oz/day) and willing to take in most any formula or medicine given Currently feeding 2 5 3 0 oz every 3 4 hours Tried very hard to breastfeed but could not keep up so now he is strictly on formula (now on Good Start Supreme Powder) We are adding 2 tablespoons of rice cereal to every 3 ozs of formula per pediatrician Pediatrician had us to try Zantac (0 5ml x 3 times daily) first for 5 days at 2 weeks of age but did not seem to help Now on Prevacid solutab (7 5mg every morning) since 1/20/09 but does not seem to be helping symptoms I am concerned about giving him the Prevacid due to the fact that the Prevacid prescribing information does not support administration to infants stating that "Based on the results of the Phase 3 efficacy study lansoprazole was not shown to be effective Therefore these results do not support the use of lansoprazole in treating symptomatic GERD in infants" In your opinion should I discontine the Prevacid Also I have read that DHA ARA and Iron in formula can cause stomach issues in infants Thanks so much for your response

Expert Post Viewd: 1 Posted: 2/9/09 7:10 pm Posted by: Replies: 0

BM's for baby

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Hi When having problems getting a little one to go bm is it better to use an over the counter medication for regulation or a fruit that they respond to for laxative results on an as needed basis Thanks Kim

Expert Post Viewd: 1 Posted: 2/3/09 3:44 pm Posted by: Replies: 0

18 days without bowel movement

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Hi there

I am a very scared Mom I have a 4 5 month old daughter She is breastfed only January 5 we started her on very dilluted rice cereal She had a watery brown bowel movement the next day and then again on January 12 I stopped giving her rice cereal on January 12 because I was concerned she was not tollerating it She has not had a movement on her own since January 12 We have tried everything there is to try Massage warm bath karo syrup apple/prune juice breastfeeding more bicycle legs rectal temperature We took her to the doctor on January 26 The doctor put her pinky in the baby's anus and about half a cup of very loose brown stool came out with her finger She told us to go to the hospital because she could see no reason why the baby would not pass stool that loose We took her in the doctor did a probe said she felt nothing hard in there it was all loose This time no stool followed the finger They put in a suppository only a tiny bit of stool came out I pointed a bump that pops up on her belly slightly when she uses her abs and they brushed it off I asked if it could be a hernia and if her bowel might be pinched only allowing the watery parts to pass They did an xray and said there is no blockage and just put a suppository in every couple of days I am not looking for any "tricks" to get her to go I am looking for a possible underlying condition that could be causing this They brought up the possibility of pseudo blockage but said it was highly unlikely as the symptoms are new Could she have a pinched bowel and they overlooked it Her tummy is getting a little distended but she is not fussy (although she has her moments) She is passing gas (and having a hard time of it) but it smells very very bad She has had only breastmilk (aside from about 4 oz of juice) in the past 18 days but it seems to me that something else must be going on here The little bulge is about 3 inched below where her ribcage meets and it only slightly pops up when she brings her legs up or uses her abdominal muscles I am at a loss and getting more and more anxious Any ideas would be great There has to be a reason she won't/can't push loose stool out

Expert Post Viewd: 3 Posted: 1/29/09 5:46 pm Posted by: Replies: 0

constipation

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we switched my 6 week old baby to neocate cause of blood in stool shes been on it 3 days now she seems constipated what can i do

Expert Post Viewd: 3 Posted: 1/19/09 7:40 pm Posted by: Replies: 0

Hoarse voice and GERD

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Hi there Over the past two weeks my 4 1/2 month old daughter has had a persistently hoarse voice Outside of this she is absolutely her normal happy self no fever runny nose etc Her pediatrician assured me it is the result of crying but I am concerned it could be a symptom of GERD Is this a possibility If so what can I do Thanks

Expert Post Viewd: 1 Posted: 1/16/09 12:13 pm Posted by: Replies: 0

Baby eats non stop

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my son (1 month) does eat non stop as i said before and stills never seems satisfied and sometimes he cries and arches his back when eating but then cries if you take away the bottle he also seems to have a very hard time having a bowl movement he pushes very hard and cries but this isnt all the time it seems that if he is having a day with one symptom he's having a day with all of them and he has more of those days than not we have also stopped keeping him in our room (in bassinet) because he grunts for so long after feeding we can't sleep and it seems to ease his congestion when he sleeps sitting up i'm at wits end and my dr treats me like i'm crazy this cant be normal though i can feed him and 1/2 hr to an hr later he's ready to start it all over again please help if you can

Expert Post Viewd: 1 Posted: 1/13/09 6:04 pm Posted by: Replies: 0

Loud bowel movements in 5 week old baby

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Hi My baby is 5 weeks old and I am breastfeeding her She is such a good baby and hardly ever fusses When she does fuss she does it real intense until she has a bowel movement Whenever she has a bowel movement its real loud Sometimes there is barely a dab in her diaper tho I tried mylicon and gripe water and niether seem to work Is this normal

Expert Post Viewd: 1 Posted: 1/13/09 5:36 pm Posted by: Replies: 0

chronic constipation

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We have been seeing our pediatrician for the constipation at every well baby check and sometimes in between Since she was two weeks old we would have to hold her in a sitting position after eating and she would pass a BM so large and hard it would tear her We have done miralax glycerin suppositories colace increase fiber diet prune juice pear juice and limiting her dairy and constipating foods She is now saying she feels like she constantly has to poop everytime she pees When she does she will let out a minimmal amount other times she will go three or four days and have a horribly painful movement with tearing THen she will be fine for a few days and poop normally still hard but not as huge and then we go back to the hard and large Bowel movements She has also always been irritable and colicky She has had a few days in her life sparadoically that she will pass a normal bowel movement but not often we don't want to test her unnessicarily but we don't want to miss a problem with her either we aren't sure what else to do thank you

Expert Post Viewd: 2 Posted: 1/11/09 1:11 am Posted by: Replies: 0

Please Read

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I was wondering what would cause my one month old son's poop to be green It has been this way for about two weeks I am not a mother to jump and run over each little sniffle but I am concerned and was wondering what I should do Please let me know Thanks

Expert Post Viewd: 1 Posted: 12/8/08 12:53 am Posted by: Replies: 0

grunting aby syndrome

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Hi my baby girl is 3 1/2 weeks and she has been grunting and will turn bright red She seems to be acking like she constiated and pushing all the time and not porducesing anything It does not matter if she is sleeping or awake I called the hospital and talked to a pediatric nurse and they told me that it was grunting baby symdrome and that it was normal and not to worry I was wondring how long does it take to grow out of Can any damage be done to the intestines like a proliferation or something Is there anything i can do for the cramping because sometimes she will let out a cry like it may be painful Also how many days can a baby go without pooping Today will be the start of 3 days since she has had a bowel movement should I be concerned Her belly is not hard and she still seem to be eating well

Please Help Thank You

Betty

Expert Post Viewd: 1 Posted: 11/25/08 5:00 pm Posted by: Replies: 0

sceaming baby

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I have a seven week old baby that screams after every feeding It doesn't seem to matter how much he eats but as soon as he's done he starts screaming and nothing seems to help him There are times that he's whimpering as if he's in pain as he's drinking Sometimes he sucks on it and is spitting milk out the sides between the nipple and his mouth Thinking that maybe he's done eating I've tried giving him a pacifier but he refuses it and keeps on screaming He's been on Acid Reflux meds since he was two weeks old Starting out at 15 mg of dissolvible previcid and when that wasn't working his Dr put him on Zantac That didn't help at all so we went back to the previcid but at the 30 mg doseage He's been on that now for almost two weeks and I don't see any improvement He used to eat every three hours now he's eating every two and "snacking" in between We've had an UGI done only to be told he's got "minor" acid reflux He only naps/sleeps either in his swing or bouncy seat or if you're holding him For the last two and a half weeks he's been up all night screaming Any thoughts or suggestions that you have would be appreciated

Expert Post Viewd: 1 Posted: 11/7/08 5:23 pm Posted by: Replies: 0

Gassy Baby & Nipple Size

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I have a 3 1/2 month baby at home and is currently using the first level nipple (for 0 3mth) he always had a reflux problem since he was born Two weeks ago we changed the nipple to the second level (for 3 6mth) because it was taking him long too feed and often he falls asleep sucking He is able to latch on the second level nipple once we get him going However because he is such an aggressive feeder he usually gags the first few sucks and milk also goes up his nose hence he became adverse to the bottle and will not feed So we switched him back to the level one nipple now that we regained his trust again we are not sure when he is ready for the next level nipple Recently we noticed that he is very gassy and is uncomfortable when passing gas Again he will not feed when passing gas and this gassiness is also waking him up during his sleep Is this gas due to the extended amount of sucking that he is doing with the level one nipple Please help my husband and I is not sure whether we should switch him to the second level nipple I was also advise to put a pin through the first level nipple which may help the situation He's been using the Dr Brown bottle since he was 2 month which helps eliminate air swallowing when feeding

Expert Post Viewd: 2 Posted: 10/27/08 4:06 pm Posted by: Replies: 0

I'm not sure if this is normal

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Expert Post Viewd: 1 Posted: 10/19/08 2:27 am Posted by: Replies: 0

ALLERGY MARCH

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Given that 1 in 3 INFANTs

Begin LIFE Fighting ALLERGY Disease

Dr can you please speak to the subject of >

<<>> ALLERGY March and

<<>> What a Parent / Physician Can Do TO STOP Allergy Progression in INFANTs BEFORE it migrates to Allergic ASTHMA

Thank You in Advance

Expert Post Viewd: 1 Posted: 10/6/08 4:55 pm Posted by: Replies: 0

Sleeping Habits

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My baby girl is 8 months old and sleeping on stomch most of the time Whenever I chang her position she goes back agin & again I want to know how safe is it

Also My baby is underwieight even though I feed her cereals fruits veggies Earlier she was exclusively beastfed latter I incorporated formula however she does not drink formula much I could not understand how much she drinks breastmilk since she does it for 10 15 minutes only at a time

Please guide me about how can I increase her weight

Expert Post Viewd: 1 Posted: 9/23/08 1:51 pm Posted by: Replies: 0

feeding/screaming

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When I am feeding my baby and I take the bottle away to burp her she starts screaming In this case do I still have to burp my baby in the middle of a feeding Also after feeding her she is ok but then about a hour later she starts crying again like she is in pain She has a lot of gas and we have tried switching formulas gas drops reflux meds gripe water etc Could she have a milk intolerance Or is she just a fussy baby with a lot of gas When or will she out grow this

Desperate for a happy baby

Expert Post Viewd: 2 Posted: 9/12/08 2:27 pm Posted by: Replies: 0

Is my 3 month old allergic to milk

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We have gone from Nestle Good Start to a soy based formula then I notice thin blood streaks in her stool Blood tested positive at the Peds office so they put him on Nutrimigen He has been on it now for about 6 weeks and has finally tested negative for blood in his stool Does this mean that he is allergic to milk and soy and will be able to go back to a less expensive formula My nephew (brother's kid) has terrible food allergies and I am so concerned that my son is going to have the same problems

Expert Post Viewd: 1 Posted: 9/5/08 8:31 pm Posted by: Replies: 0

my 8 month daughter has problems eating

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my daughter is going to be 8 months on the 19 th when she was 4 months i started to give her solids because she wasn't gaining that much weigh but when she turn 5 1/2 months she stop eating them until known Everytime i give her food she eats 1 spoon and then she spits the rest Am only breastfeeding her because she dosen't want to take any bottle She only gains 1lb per month and has low iron her pediatrician says i have to keep traying giving her the food but am worry about her Do you think is someting wrong with my daughter stomach and what can i do to help her

Expert Post Viewd: 1 Posted: 9/5/08 1:21 am Posted by: Replies: 0

A concerned mother

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Hello Dr Vartabedian

My husband and I are concerned with one thing our six month old daughter is doing recently About a week ago she has constantly been shaking her head side to side for no reason There are times when she does it more than 3 4 times a day Should we be worried Developmentally she is progressing fine We just want to know if this is normal or is she being overstimulated Thanks

Expert Post Viewd: 2 Posted: 9/3/08 4:02 am Posted by: Replies: 0