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Tubes in Ears
My son had tubes put in at 15 months and again this past August (6 years old). ..... By the time they get to the hospital, have him prepped, etc., feeding ...
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- My oldest had tubes placed at the same age as your niece. W had an early appt. and like someone ele said had to be there an hour early. Make sure she brings a bottle...
- Hi C.-I know how scary this can be because my youngest son had tubes placed in his ears when he was 13 months old. The eating and drinking thing is hard, we just trie...
- My son had tubes and you have to be at the hospital early so there isn't much time to get too upset about eating. The rest of the day afer his surgery he played and w...
My 3 Year Old Son Needs to Gain Weight
Please if you have any suggestions we would greatly appreciate it. We are facing a feeding tube if he doesn't show significant weight gain. ...
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- I don't think its as simple as finding things for him to eat. He needs feeding therapy.
- try stoneyfield whole milk yogurt--has a little more fat and calories in it and give him full fat ice cream.
- Hi A., I feel your pain and fear. My son really struggled with texture and weight gain. In the end, I think he just wasn't ready yet for textures and needed time, jus...
2 Year Old and Constipation
I give it to my 91 year old father who is bedridden and is on a feeding tube. I control his feeding but only choosing from the formulas manufactured so I ...
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- J. my son was born with a rare bowel disease called hirschsprungs disease and he was like that also from about two days after life. We didnt know what was wrong with h...
- hi my names O. im from shelby, nc i dont know if this will help but my son has had the same problems startin from the day we put him on whole milk it just doesnt agree...
- a sweet potato has always done it for my little guy :) others are broccoli or glycerin suppositories. Tummy trouble is NO FUN
How Do I Get Her to Eat?
They put in a feeding tube (G-tube) and that's how she's been getting food since . She's been seeing a speach therapist to try and help her to eat but it ...
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- I once worked in a daycare and there was a little boy there that wouldn't eat real food - only babyfood being fed with a spoon by an adult. I realize this is a differ...
- I don't have any specific advice to offer, except maybe your sister should find a new pediatrician. Doctors, I think it's safe to assume, encounter problems like this ...
- Hi S., I have no expertise in this area. I am only a sister of a mom who spent years looking for help for her son who was "failure to thrive" due to what seemed li...
GERD - Other Treatments?
We had to have a GI feeding tube placed when she started to loose weight, just a week or so after her 1st birthday. Since then she's gained weight and is in ...
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- I don't know of any treatments, but just wanted to say that i was very touched by your story. I wish so much things will change for you and your little daughter. I w...
- HI! My son has Reflux too. He is 14 weeks old and was diagnosed at 6 weeks. Although showing signs much earlier...we started on zantac, did not work and was switche...
- A close friend told me that there are pediatric chiropractors who specialize in this - I think there may even be a few in the Everett Mill Creek area (my friend is bac...
My Daughters Unborn Baby Has Gastrochisis
She was given all her nutrients with a feeding tube, and I could not even attempt to breastfeed her until the docs thought she could handle it, ...
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- I have personally not gone through it, but my neighbor is a pediatric surgeon who has conducted many of these surgeries. He speaks about it often as he just had a cas...
- My best friend Juli, has a 4 month old who had the same. I think I was more scared than she was. She did alot of research and found it helped comfort her. Mason is...
- If you find a real good tonal (not physical) chiropractor he/she may be able to help further. I have seen some amazing internal and external obstacles such as gastroc...
Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis and Colitis
Jan 18, 2009 ... we're just sticking with this for now so she can have SOMETHING to eat and avoid a feeding tube as long as possible. ...
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- I don't know anything about this in particular but my son had many food allergies as an infant. He thankfully has outgrown some of them. What I found as the best "mi...
- I know nothing about the diagnosis you are getting, but alot of the symptoms are very similar to my daughter when she was just a week or so old. We put her on nutrami...
- Brittany, I so feel for you...other people have these happy smiling babies and you're just trying to deal with feeding and pooping. I've been there, but probably not...
Looking for Some Support on My Childs Medical Issues
I talked to my pediatrition about a possible feeding tube and he will not even talk about it he is sending him to a diatition and speech therapist this week ...
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- C., my son has a whole in his heart that he has had since birth and is now 5. He also doesn't gain weight because it takes so many calories to pump his heart. When we ...
- I had the same promblem as growing up and i am ADHD too. Frist of all the ADHD meds causes you to never get hungry. I have been on the ADHD meds since i was 6 until ...
- I have a 7 year old son that has Hydrocephalus and ADHD. He went through the same problems with the eating. His doctor finally had to give him a syrup that would make ...
Seeking Advice on Getting My Daughter to Bottle Feed Again.
However, she needed heart surgery and was then put onto a feeding tube. When it came time to get her onto the bottle (she couldn't tolerate the breast milk ...
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- I am sorry to be a few days late, but I have a couple of suggestions that might help. I am a lactation consultant and have had this same question many times. Will sh...
- Hello, Our little grandaughter also had a hard time getting used to the bottle. She was breast fed right after birth. However, she needed heart surgery and was then...
- Just keep offering it to her, maybe when she's not starving so that she isn't frantic? She will take a bottle when you are gone at work, I had the same fear, but with...
What Is the Differnce in Enfamil Lipil and Next Step?
My 18 month of nephew has a heart condition and has a feeding tube. They use Next Step for nutrition and calorie reasons. We just went to milk at 12 months. ...
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- Our ped gave us the same advice as many of your other responses. Stay on regular formula until 12 months and then switch to whole milk (she recommended organic if pos...
- Their litle bodies can't handle cow's milk until they are 12 months old.
- Hi Patty, Babies should not have cows milk until they are 1 year old. Just keep him on enfamil, you don't need next step.
