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Baby with Rash and Cold Symptoms
Asked by J.B. from St. Louis
on April 10, 2009
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My 8-month old daughter just started day care this week, and after four days, we're already experiencing some signs of sickness. She's had a red rash on her cheek for...
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- I too am very careful with germs. My mother and I both push washing hands. We keep a ton of wet ones around and have the kids wash their hands and face with them ver...
- Well as a daycare provider and mother of 4 I know first hand that the first year will be full of colds!! I keep a pretty clean house,have the kids and myself wash hand...
- My SIL just told me a couple of days ago that there is a virus going around the schools that makes the kids cheeks get rosy. I think it had a fever with it too though....
Acid Reflux
Asked by K.S. from Philadelphia
on October 15, 2008
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My 7 month old daughter was diagnosed with acid reflux last week. Her symptoms are difficulty swallowing breastmilk and formula at times, coughing alot and gagging wh...
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- Our son's had it since 2mo (hiatal hernia). Zantac never worked on him, so we do: Axid (which is increased with every 2lbs of weight gain) 3x/day, rice cereal in bot...
- My daughter was diagnosed with acid reflux when she was a few days old and was put on Zantac. She outgrew it when she was 9 months old. She was constantly spitting u...
- We had the same issues with my now almost 2 year old. He was on Zantac seemed to work for maybe a month and then stopped. Then they swiched him to another medicine s...
Best Diaper Rash Cream and Baby Wipes?
Asked by B.B. from Dallas
on November 20, 2008
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My 17 mo. old developed a diaper rash yesterday. He rarely gets a rash, but when he does, they're bad. He usually onlt gets a rash if he has diarrhea, which he doesn...
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- I did in home child care for 17 years and went through A LOT of diaper creams. I found over the years that Dr. Smiths is the best I could have ever found. I had a litt...
- My son had the same problem, and then I realized he was allergic to Pamper's. I switched diapers, and the rash all but dissapeared, then pne day, he got a rash, and t...
- We have found that Triple Paste works very well for our son. It was recommended to us by my bro-in-law who is a pediatric nurse. He said they use it on the babies at...
Is It Normal for My Baby to Have Diaper Rash When Taking Antibiotics?
Asked by H.B. from Dallas
on June 11, 2008
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My 9 month old daughter started taking antibiotics for a sinus infection yesterday. This morning she woke up with major diaper rash. She has never had it before; she...
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- We've had a ton of experience with this. I recommend - Getting acidipholis (I know I spelled it wrong but it's the good bacteria) to mix in your baby's bottles. It hel...
- It is not abnormal at all. I would try using Lotrimin (spelling??) on her to see if it is a yeast infection from the antibiotics. I also recommend using Dr. Smith's Di...
- Hi H. It's 'unfortunately' absolute normal that antibiotics makes diaper rash. It will go by them selves after a while, but you could use a zinc ointment for the r...
Not Pooping
Asked by L.A. from New York
on May 18, 2008
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My son is almost 4 months old. He used to have a bowel movement every other day or so but for the past month his system has completely changed. He has gone 6 days wi...
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- My son is 3 1/2 months and strictly breastfed. He has gone 5 days in a row without pooping. My dr. wasn't too worried either. I found that gently inserting a rectal...
- Both my sons went through a non-pooping stage between 2 and 4 months. My Dr. said that breast milk is the perfect food and newborns use every bit of it so there is no...
- Breastfed babies do not get constipated. Breastmilk is the perfect food and so easily digestible. I really wish the pediatricians knew what they were talking about wit...
My 7 Week Old Has Stopped Eating
Asked by J.S. from Sarasota
on June 13, 2008
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My 7 week old recently stopped eating. Two weeks ago she was eating 3 oz every three hours. It took her anywhere from 20 to 30 min to finish. Two Saturdays ago she jus...
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- I had a similar problem...the solution was a bigger nipple size! My son lost interest in eating because it was taking him too long to get anywhere! We have been using ...
- They haven't checked for anything else - like maybe blockage?? - I would see if you can get a referral to a gastroenterologist. I was so stressed out w/ my baby who h...
- Dear J., I completely understand your concern, I was nervous when my son would refuse to eat, or change his eating habits. Have you considered taking her to a nutr...
7 Week Old Miserable, Not Tolerating Formula... Any Thoughts?
Asked by R.M. from Boston
on January 30, 2011
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My baby is almost 8 weeks old, she was born 5 weeks early. She is formula fed (I was unable to breastfeed). Started on similac, then went to similac sensitive becaus...
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- I agree try the soy could be milk sensitivity. That is what worked for us. Now I will say she did continue to throw up constantly with Similiac until we switched to ...
- Hi, I think going to the GI is a great idea. They will probably try zantac then prevacid/nexium. Also try holding the baby upright for 30 minutes after feeding. This ...
- I had a friend that had a baby with a similar problem. He threw up EVERYTHING; Similac, Isomil, lactose free stuff, low iron stuff, soy stuff, Nutrimigen, Alimentum, ...
Gerd
Asked by C.J. from Los Angeles
on October 11, 2008
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Ever since our 9month old was four weeks old she had TERRIBLE colic. She was diagnosed with a severe case of acid reflux. She's been on Zantac, Reglan, Maalox, and now...
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- Have you had her looked at for an umbilical hernia? My good friend had the same experience with her son and kept being told it was just colic and then GERD, and eventu...
- My son had horrible gas pains since he was just a few weeks old. We changed his formula to Nutramigen, and had better luck. He also had bad excema, and the doctor wo...
- Hi there. I just recently read about GERD and everything i read is exactly what our 4 month old has been going thru since birth. Would you mind sharing some of your ...
8-Month-old Son Has Had Diarrhea for Almost 7 Weeks
Asked by L.S. from Chicago
on October 8, 2008
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I think the subject line pretty much says it all, but here is more background:
On Aug. 24, I took my then 7-month-old son Michael to the ER with what turned out to ...
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- Any chance you're going to be seeing Dr. Grant Geissler at Children's Memorial? My son saw him and he also operated on my son when he was 5 days old for an intestina...
- First off...my heart goes out to you. Really..... 8 month old babies don't have to be this challenging. Secondly, Bacitracin Zinc is one of the ingredients in Neo...
- Wow, my son had intussuption as well! He had it at 3 months old. He had the barium enema and then the surgery. He's always had loose stools but both my sons have. I ...
Problem with reflux....need Advice!!
Asked by N.O. from Detroit
on May 14, 2009
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My 9 week old was diagnosed with reflux when he was 3 weeks old. Since then we had tried zantac which did not work. We tried upping the zantac and still nothing. Th...
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- My Daughter was like your son, its hard, but as long as he is gaining weight he will be ok :-) Here are some of the things we did, elevated the matress in her crib (s...
- All 3 of my children had reflux. Zantac worked for them, but it took a while with all 3 as their systems were so aggravated from the reflux until we got them on meds,...
- This is scary, for a doctor to push meds onto a baby! Okay, think alternative now. You've tried conventional and are not happy. So think outside the box now. M...
