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Barbara Latterner <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 18 Feb 2007 09:01:36 EST
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 Andrea your statement below about the baby who suffered a stroke makes me 
wonder if this baby has correct tongue peristalsis.  Is mom's supply overly 
abundant so that he has difficulty with swallowing?  The trial of formula may be 
confusing because when he fed from the bottle he was able to handle the flow 
better with a more closed mouth.  Has mom tried positioning to help the baby? 

"Unfortunately, he had bad reflux and spit up and cried constantly,  but mom 
persevered. Then he started having blood in his stools. They  eventually were 
referrred to a GI doc who put her on an elimination  diet. That didn't help."

If it definitely does seem to be her diet, and she wants to try digestive 
enzymes, they are available in health food stores, not just with prescription.  I 
am working with a mom whose baby with reflux and posterior tongue tie has 
eliminated the specks of blood in his stools by improving latch and nursing from 
one breast per feed; he's still fussy often but hopefully after the frenotomy 
he'll do better.

Barbara Latterner, BSN, RN, IBCLC


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