Dear Joylyn,
I am having a really tough time keeping this polite, with such a golden
opportunity (considering the "diagnosis") to say just exactly what I think
of the pediatrician.
However.
Some babies that age go for a week or more between poops. My first
did. Dr. Newman's Ultimate Bf Book has a discussion of this. (Maximum he
knows of in healthy baby: 31 days I think!) So do some other sources --
maybe the Sears breastfeeding book or baby book, certainly the BAB (briefly).
If a doctor manhandles a baby and does procedures on a baby without telling
the parents what he intends to do and without their consent, I should think
that constitutes battery and malpractice. Furthermore, he's ignorant.
There, I didn't swear at all.
Elise
LLLL, IBCLC
Bath, New Hampshire
where the doctors *do not act like this*!
At 09:42 PM 7/9/03 -0400, you wrote:
>Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:40:46 -0700
>From: Joylyn <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: small anus in 3 month old?
>
>I just spoke with a mom who said her doc said her 3 month old baby has a
>small anus. I'm wondering if anyone has heard about this and how one
>would diagnose such a condition. After taking a very complete history
>on mom and baby, I think the baby is perfectly normal. Up until about 8
>weeks, he was pooping a few times a day, but then he switched to once
>every 5-7 days or more. The doc wants the mom to use suppositories, and
>actually put his finger into the rectum and rotated it, while baby
>screamed in pain and mom looked on in horror! He did this without
>discussing what he was about to do with mom. He also clipped the baby
>when he was a week old, telling the mom afterwards that the baby was
>tongue tied. There was no discussion, no consent. The mom is going to
>get another ped, but I wanted to check with you all regarding the "small
>anus" question.
>
>Joylyn
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