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Seeking Advice About Daytime Wetting and Soiling
Asked by P.B. from Lynchburg
on November 21, 2008
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Hello! I'm writing on behalf of a friend of mine, who is having an ongoing issue with her six-year-old daughter and is running out of ideas. Any advice or suggestion...
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- A few years ago my son had a problem with not taking time to go to the bathroom and ended up having accidents at school as well. My son just hated stopping whatever he...
- I second (third?) the suggestion that your friend's daughter needs to see a behavioral-health specialist. If your friend's employer has an EAP (Employee Assistance Pr...
- There could be a kid in her class who is telling her that she can't/isn't allowed to use the bathroom. The child could have been in her kindergarten class, moved up w...
Alcat or Pediatric Allergist? Please Help Me Decide..
Asked by D.K. from Dallas
on April 25, 2012
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My son has been having chronic severe allergic cough since some time. It seems to flair up while eating and sleeping and he's fine most of the other times. His homeopa...
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- I would see a pediatric allergist. I don't know what ALCAT is. I'd recommend either a blood test (RAST is the one I've heard of) or a skin prick test. A blood test...
- I don;t have any experience with ALCAT but Dr. Sugarman is the BEST paediatric allergist. He has an office in Frisco and one in Dallas.........I would go to him before...
- I honestly don't even know what ALCAT is, but I'd always start by testing for allergies first. My daughter's allergist has been a God-send in treating her allergies a...
Sensitive Gag Reflux
Asked by K.C. from Cleveland
on October 17, 2008
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Hello,
I have posted a while back about my son, who is now 22 months, being tube fed and wanting nothing to do with eating due to severe acid reflux. Well, I am no...
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- I'm sorry I don't have answers but I would highly recommend a website : momswearingpuke.com It's a support website for moms of kids who have reflux and other iss...
- This sounds very much like a possible dairy allergy to me. If your son is consuming dairy at all, try withholding it for two weeks to see if he improves. It might al...
- Hi K.. My son was born 5 weeks early and had a few other complications. He was tube fed for about 2 months. The only thing that help my son was a drug called Reglan. a...
Melatonin Dosage for 3.5 Year Old
Asked by J.L. from Austin
on September 22, 2011
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Our 3.5 year old son cannot go to sleep! The past two nights he did not go to sleep until 11 pm and the week before he did not go to sleep before 10 pm. We have tried...
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- We buy the .3 and break them in half. It works very well for my 4 and 5 yr old. They go to sleep within 15 minutes without all the fussing and getting up over and ov...
- Talk to his Dr. im sure they will start him on the lowest dose. you can always increase after a week. My son (8) is to be taking it but it doesn't work for him so...
- Call the pediatrician. Whether it's a naturally-made chemical or not, it may not be the safest method for your pre-schooler.
Newborn Gas and Grunting
Asked by K.D. from Austin
on April 6, 2008
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My newborn daughter suffers from painful gas more often than my first child did. She is healthy and gaining weight like she should but she take to the breast and the ...
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- Remember that babies can only breathe through their noses, so if her nose is slightly compressed while you are breastfeeding it may sound like she is gulping down air ...
- K., Congratulations on your new baby! And congrats on nursing! Unless it's painful to your baby, I wouldn't worry about it. My dd was quite gassy at first as a resu...
- Hi K., Both my boys were very gassy little ones. I used the mylicon drops daily to help relieve the gas. My babies were very slow eaters and needed to stop to burp ...
Advice on Giving Multi Vitamin to 4 Month Old
Asked by C.M. from Milwaukee
on December 19, 2007
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Hello - this is my 3 child, so I've been through this before, but any advice on giving the liquid mulit vitamin to a 4 month old? He's started solids and I was told b...
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- The only way I got my son to take the liquid vitamin is to put it in OJ. I tasted it and the taste is so bad I wouldn't wish it upon my worst enemy LOL Anyway I found...
- I don't know about the rest of you, but Im sure hoping that the difference btwn myself and my ped. is much greater than she "read more stuff and passed some tests". H...
- I agree with the other moms, I am not sure why a 4 month old needs the vitamins, I do use them but not until they are a year old, what you could do is try dividing the...
Child with Cough
Asked by Y.S. from New York
on November 14, 2009
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my nine month old son has a horrible cough that is keeping him up at night. He also has a runny nose. He sleeps with a humidifier but it doesn't seem to help. My ho...
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- My son is now 12 years old and i haven't had a similar problem in the longest while, but this "treatment" usually worked to ease any night-time stuffiness for him at t...
- I am not a professional or doctor, however, this remedy has been suggested and worked for me when i had lost my ability to speak for 90 days--twice. The remedy is to ...
- My daughter is prone to long lasting coughs..not fun! We use an organic version of vapor rub & put it on her chest and on the bottoms of her feet--then cover with so...
7 Week Old Son Starts Randomly Crying and Wont Fall Asleep Without Me
Asked by K.B. from Los Angeles
on January 23, 2008
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Hey all, my 7 week old son willrandomly start crying around 10 or 11 every night this past week. Usually he's a great baby we've never had any problems with crying but...
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- Try putting him to bed earlier. It sounds like he is overtired. A great book about the biological sleep needs of babies is Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child by Marc ...
- After six months of being awakened during the night every 2-4 hours by our infant daughter, my husband and I tried a version of the “cry it out” (CIO) method but q...
- K., First off congratulations on your new baby! Second, we all know how you feel, we've been there. You will get many different responses on this subject as we al...
Seeking Advice on Child Constipation
Asked by M.S. from Sarasota
on May 2, 2008
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I am hoping that some of you can help with some home remeddies to get my little angel to poop! She will sometimes go 4-6 days without pooping. And when she finally d...
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- I know I'm a little late on this post but I have to agree with Rosalind C. Miralax is what my pediatrician prescribed for my son's constipation. He is 6 now but when...
- If you are only breastfeeding her, you should try to eat things that she can get through your milk, like bananas, prune. The doctors say that it is not necessary to g...
- When my child was constipated, I was told to mix a little Karo syrup in her formula. I can't remember the age though, so I would check with your pediatrician first. My...
Pulmacort and Abuterol Anyone Have a Child on Nebulizer....
Asked by K.C. from Syracuse
on May 7, 2010
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My 3 1/2 son has viral induced asthma. When he is on the nebulizer he is a completely different child. He crys over everything, super emtional and crazy moody. The doc...
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- Not sure if my last post actually sent to you. But my now 8 year old had the same issue. See if your allergist could switch to xoponex. it has definately helped my dau...
- Pulmacort is a steroid, so it's probably agitating him because it can really make kids antsy. Unfortunately, it's something that he really needs though. You could as...
- Sorry didn't realize everyone else said XOPENEX as well!
