In a message dated 6/14/99 8:09:15 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
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<< >Well, Andrea, the baby, as I said, may need help....but I think you would
 >be hard-pressed to find a paed in the UK who would treat a 6 week old baby
 >*apparently thriving breastfed baby*  for reflux
 {snip}
 >I have not heard of drug
 >treatment being offered unless of course the baby is not thriving. And this
 >baby was. >>

I sure wish this were true here in south Texas.  The majority of infants I
see in my practice, both full-term and pre-term, have been diagnosed and are
being medicated for GE reflux.


Kathy Parkes, RN, IBCLC
The Lactation Connection (TLC)
www.tlc4moms.com

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