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Folic Acid
I really want to be on prenatals and folic acid for at least a month or so before actually trying. Our son was born with a bilateral cleft lip and palatte. ...
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- Since my sister in law was born with Spina Bifida, my doctor gave me an additional prescription for folic acid. He said it was more just for my peace of mind than any...
- My doctor has me take 1200 mg (or whatever the measurement is??) per day. He says that is best!
- I'd take the prenatals with folic acid then be sure you to eat foods that are known to have good levels of folate. Food sources are always best! Here's a link for m...
Postpartum Anxiety/ Panic Attacks? Postpartum Depression?
I notice this time around I'm crying out of fear, in regard to not doing a good enough job, of my baby having a cleft lip, like what would happen to my ...
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- W., I am sorry you are having a hard time wtih your postpartum issues and baby's condition. I have not had panic attacs but I do have postpartum depression and curren...
- Hi W., the time right after having a baby is SO hard emotionally and physically. I have a 4 month old girl and have also recently been trained as a PEP volunteer, wher...
- I had the same thing happen to me when my baby was about 6 months old. The best thing you can do for yourself is get the program through the Midwest Center for Anxiety...
Simply Thick
My son has a cleft lip and palate and when he was an infant, we had to use Simply Thick because he would asperate on his breast milk. ...
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- No side effects with my 2 daughters. It worked very well for their acid reflux with they were infants.
- My daughter had to use Simply Think in her drinks for several months after her heart transplant. No side affects that I could see and she didn't seem to mind it either...
- I recently started adding Simply Thick to my daughter's formula as well. I haven't noticed any side effects from it, but it was supposed to keep her from spitting up....
Issues with Different Bottle Nipples
I do know, even though it didn't apply to us, the most helpful sites were for cleft lip. They have a lot of great products! Helpful? ...
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- Hi D., Sounds like he may not be getting enough of the nipple in his mouth. With the playtex, he needs to have his lips all flanged out and at, or past, the textured...
- if the issue is he's sucking so hard to get it to come out, you might want to try 2 hole nipples. avent recommends you move up to 2 holes at 1 month. our little girl...
- Try a larger nipple so he doesn't have to suck so hard to get the formula. Maybe that will help him regulate how much he sucks in at a time.
Newborn Throwing up Milk Thru Nose
He's so young that without a cleft lip that is so obvious, they may not have looked or felt far enough into his mouth to see it. All my best, ...
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- R. I am a mother of three little girls. My first one did not spit up at all. But baby number 2 did just like your is and so has baby #3 who is now 19 weeks old. WHa...
- if it keeps up or increases to every feeding or becomes projectile...you may want to ask his doctor about the posibility of pyloric stenosis. I know my son had it at 3...
- um why are you waking him up to feed him? when hes hungry he will get up. sounds like you could be over feeding... plus when you throw up it does come out your nose i ...
My 18 Month Old Won't Talk!
Aug 21, 2009 ... We did take him to a speech therapist much later b/c he was born with a cleft lip and it was offered to us, we went even though we wer ...
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- C., Where do you live? You could contact Johnson County Infant Toddler Services and they could evaluate your son, they might have to have a request from your doctor. ...
- I haven't read other responses, but for one thing listen to what your mommy instinct is telling you. I believe 100% that a loving and in tune mom knows if something i...
- Early interventions will help him and your family out greatly.I don't have a child with any special need's but at 18 months his vocabularly of only 3 word's & lack of ...
10 Month Old Wont Drink His Formula
(my second son also was born with a cleft lip and palate so we had to add the carnation (much cheaper) or pedisure for the extra calories to prepare him for ...
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- You probably should ask your pediatrian; however, I do think that they need formula because of all of the iron, etc. It is recommended for at least a year for brain gr...
- He is too young for regular milk but I don't think that's really the problem here. The problem is the juice. He should be getting the bulk of his nutrition from form...
- I switched my first son (who is now 5.5) over to whole milk when he was nine months because he would not drink the formula any more at all but by 11 months he wanted ...
Low Amniotic Fluid Level
Oct 23, 2009 ... With my first son we found at our 20 week US that he had a cleft lip so we saw all sorts of Dr.s and sepcialists with him - it was insane. ...
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- I've known of two cases with this and both were not good but on the other hand have heard of some where the fluid changed a little so I would recommend seeing the peri...
- I had ogliohydramanos in the third tri-mester, but may have started late in the second. The biggest thing you can do is chug lots of water!! I also ended up on bed r...
- I also had the exact same thing happen to me. I had complete trust in my doctor who did not seem overly concerned. I opted to wait and have another ultrasound. He t...
Trapped Gas with Pavlik Harness
My son was born with a cleft lip and it was easy to blame all his issues on it, but sometimes they were just common baby issues that had nothing to do with ...
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- Hi S., I have a cousin whose daughter had the same problem, so thats mostly why I've responded. I don't know that she had gas problems with her daughter that were ...
- S., how old is your daughter? does she eat regular foods? If so, it might be something she is eating. I dont know anything about the harness though. I dont think that ...
- S., our daughter was born in Oct 2006 and was in a Pavliv Harness from Oct- Feb. 2007. We did not deal with any gas problems and I would not be so sure to assume that ...
2Nd Heart Surgery Quickly Approaching
She was born with many problems, cleft lip & pallet, problems with her .... My son was born with cleft lip and palate. He had surgery to repair his lip at 3 ...
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- my heart goes out to you! Our daughter also was born with Tetrology of Fallot/pulmonary atresia. Gracie also had several other issues. Her 1st surgery was at 3 days...
- My prayers are with your son and your family.I almost lost my oldest daughter when she was only 2 months old to pyloric stensois(stomach muscle closing) not sure on sp...
- You get through by turning this situation over into the hands of that little 6 month old boys creator. You pray as I will be praying for the Father to guide the h...
