Hi friends,
 
    I have come across a mother that has had one heck  of a time finding a 
decent ped in the South Suburbs of Chicago.  Her first  ped told her to start 
supplementing because she was starving her baby on day 3  when the baby was only 
5 oz. down.  Her second ped insisted that she put  her baby on solids at 4 
months, and treated her like a criminal when she  refused.  Her daughter is NOT 
slow weight gain or FTT.  She  threw the AAP guidelines in his face as she 
walked out the door.  Now on  her third ped recommended by the local LLL group, 
this ped misdiagnosed an  impaction.  Her baby, now 11 months, has gone 4 weeks 
with NO bowel  movement.  The doctor said that if she had a problem, her 
stomach would not  be soft.  Well, obviously the stomach was NOT soft.  
 
    I caught this story on a women's chat group, and  highly recommended that 
she get a referral for a pediatric  gastroenterologist.  A referral to a ped 
gastroenterologist was provided  per mom's request.  The gastro doc found that 
her baby was impacted, and  the mother is now manually extracting her 
daughter's bowel  movements.  The baby was placed on a regimen of manual  extraction, 
enema, and oral meds.   
 
    This poor mother has gone through three strikes on  pediatricians out 
there and she needs a good GP.  Does anyone out there  have a good 
recommendation?  Feel free to email privately.
 
 
Debbie  Albert, RN, Ph.D., LMHC, IBCLC, RLC
Tampa Lactation Counseling
Tampa,  FL 

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