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Infant Just Diagnosed with reflux......help!
Asked by M.R. from Phoenix
on April 18, 2008
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My two month old was just diagnosed with reflux a few days ago. She has been put on Axid (similar to Zantac). The doctor said it would take two weeks to kick in and ...
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- ME too! ACtualy my son was in the ER two weeks ago because of that. WHat type of food do you have your baby? I mean Breast milk or formula? I have some good advice ...
- Hello there. This sounds like my son. He was also diagnosed at a young age...2 weeks they started him on Zantac. That didnt really seem to work so we tried Prevacid...
- Hi, my son was diagnosed with severe reflux at about 1 mo. He has been on many drugs, but the one that worked the best is Prevacid. He has been taking an adult do...
Nursing Baby Won't Take Formula --- Need Advice.
Asked by J.L. from Los Angeles
on December 16, 2008
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My baby girl is 7 mos old today. She has been exclusively breastfed with the exception of introducing baby food at 6 mos. She now eats baby food 3x a day and nurses. S...
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- Why do you want to wean a baby that young? Breastmilk is the only milk they should have upto a year old, and then they can have regular milk. Formula is basically pr...
- I went through the same with all my kids (3 so far and I'm currently nursing baby number 4 our 5 months old and no matter what I try, my milk supply starts to disappea...
- If you can hang in there a few more months, or pump and freeze enough to get her to the one year mark you wont need to give her formula :) Good luck! Great job on excl...
Preggo with Baby #2 and Having Mixed Feelings
Asked by H.R. from St. Louis
on May 5, 2008
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Dear Moms,
I am 4 months pregnant with my second child. My daughter is going to be 2 in July and I am scared to death. I was wondering if other moms had feelings ...
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- The same thing happened with my husband and I. My daughter was 10 mo old and my husband and I dicussed trying for #2 in when my daughter turned 18mo. We decided that...
- Just relax- You are not the only one who felt that way. My oldest two are only 21 months apart and I was so scared. I was afarid I wouldn't love my 2nd child as much...
- Dear H., This is exactly how my husband and I felt upon realizing that I was pregnant again. Your feelings of being possibly overwhelmed (by the round the clock dutie...
3 Month Old Not Pooping Enough
Asked by M.B. from Austin
on November 5, 2008
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My three month old does not poop every day. My doctor says don't worry until it gets over the 5th day but I have a hard time listening to that. I breastfeed and supple...
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- Hi B H, My son is 2 1/2 months and he poops once a day or every other day. I was quite concerned since he was pooping at every feeding. I did breastfeed but my su...
- I'm with your doc. It's not abnormal for young babies to go a few days without pooping. I remember my daughter once went a week without pooping. Granted, that's pretty...
- It is totally normal for them not to poop everyday at 3 months. I had the same concerns, and of course it happened at the same time that I had just gave him a formula...
Who Has Done Breast and Formula Feeding Together?
Asked by B.V. from Kansas City
on October 22, 2011
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I have excl BF my son for 6 months and have started giving formula occasionally when I can't get enough pumped and one time at night to have a 2 hr stretch of sleep th...
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- With my first, she didn't want any part of breastfeeding. I should have just pumped and fed her that way, but I did not for various reasons. I used Enfamil Lipil w/ ...
- We used Similac Organic for both of our daughters, along with nursing and pumping as much as possible. If driving to that one store is just too much on top of everyth...
- I did both BF & formula and my kids did great. All of the name brands upset their stomachs. I used Carnation Good Start. It is very gentle on the stomach and they were...
Pregnancy Nursing and Weaning
Asked by J.S. from Minneapolis
on May 2, 2006
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I have a 13 month old son who nurses before naps and bedtime and often wakes a night and wants to nurse.
I am 11 weeks pregnant with baby #2, and my midwife suggest...
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- Hi, I nursed my child to 13 1/2 months, and started with night weaning. There is a good book I found very helpful for weaning from the breast (rather than a bottle). ...
- To wean my son, I started having Daddy put him to bed and respond to him at night - that way, he weaned to another person, not an object that he would get attached to....
- I don't have any advice on weaning but just wanted to let you know that it is possible to nurse through pregnancy. I am 30 weeks pregnant and still nurse my 2.5 yr. o...
Breastfed Baby 2 Months with Stomach Issues Wanting to Test for Allergies
Asked by A.W. from Dallas
on December 22, 2009
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My 2 month old has had stomach issues since birth. I am pretty sure she has a soy/dairy allergy so I have cut that out of diet. She also has reflux. She is constantly ...
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- My son has multiple severe food allergies. Our gastroenterologist and pediatrician would were the ones that recommended allergy testing for him. It sounds like your s...
- Boy this brings back memories. My daughter was the exact same. We dealt wiht the problems through a pediatric GI Dr. Ogumola(sp?) He is awesome. We waited to have ...
- It sounds like she is enzyme deficient. My midwife taught me so much after I had my daughter/ I used digestive enzymes sprinkled into juice bottles with my daughter an...
1 Year Old Doesn't Drink milk...what to Give Him
Asked by D.B. from Dallas
on August 23, 2008
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My one year old was on Nutramigen as an infant and refused it at 10 1/2 months. We tried whole milk but it was tough on his system. We tried Rice Milk and he would d...
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- Is it that his system can't handle the milk, or he just doesn't like the taste of it? If it's that his body can't digest it, I'd talk to the doctor about other altern...
- Add Ovaltine to the milk to flavor it with the chocolate maybe. That is the only way my six year old drinks milk. As for V8, the V8 Fusion is good. My 2 1/2 year ol...
- Hi D. My daughter didn't drink alot of milk if any. I found that she liked yogort, So i use to give the the drinkable yogarts and gave that to her. One in morn...
Cradle Cap
Asked by J.M. from Allentown
on December 15, 2007
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Any one have any rememdies to get rid of cradle cap?
My 8 week old has a head of hair, but under it is completely dry & flaky. It looks awful.
I've tried rubbing ba...
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- My kids had cradle cap as well when they were younger. Our doctor told us to try head n shoulders. It really helped.
- There is a cream type deal, they sell it at WalMart. In the baby wipe aisle, top shelf above the wipes. It's called so and so's cradle cap lotion. You put it on, co...
- Hi! You are on the right track. I have six kids and I have always used baby oil. Put it on then let it sit for a few minutes. Then using a baby comb scrape off the...
How to Keep Milk Supply up When Supplementing W/ Formula
Asked by A.B. from Phoenix
on March 11, 2009
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I took my youngest to his two month checkup this past Monday and when they weighed him he had lost almost a pound since his one month checkup. I had been exclusively b...
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- A few suggestions... 1) By feeding him every hour you are not allowing your body a chance to build up your supply. Also, it makes it so that your son is not receiving...
- Hi A., I too have a son that has pretty severe reflux. When he was first nursing he didn't lose weight, but he wasn't really gaining as much as the Dr thought he shoul...
- Dear A., I just wanted to send you a copy of something a friend of mine wrote. She is a mentor with Birthing From Within in California. I hope it helps you realize ...
