Nutrition: Infant, Neocate

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My Autistic Son Has Stopped Eating Meat.

My son is 3 years old and is autistic. I haven't been able to get him to eat any meat of any kind in the last three weeks. He has had some issues before with limiting his diet to certain foods but he's never given up a whole food group. He speaks mostly in echolalia and cannot communicate so he can't tell me why he won't eat meat and I can't explain to him why he needs it. He has limited his diet to bread, PB&J sandwiches, macaroni and cheese, corn, goldfish, Cheetos, pretzels, and crackers. Sometimes he'll eat plain noodles like...

Bottle & Breastfeeding

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Blood in Baby's Diaper

My breastfeeding two month old son has been having 'stringy' blood in his poop since yesterday morning. The Dr yesterday said she sees a very small anal fisher and that might be the cause. i just don't see how it could be coming from something so tiny. she also mentioned it could be from dairy in my diet. he's otherwise a very healthy, smiley, talkative, full term baby. Any other moms/babies experience this?

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Digestion

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Infant with Reflux

I have a almost 5 month old baby boy with reflux. He was born 13 weeks early. The doctor has him on previcid and it has not seemed to work. We have him on the Similic Advance formula. He does ok the first half of his feed, then the rest of his feed he will fight eating. Sometimes after he burps it gets better. He spits up after almost every feed. He is gaining weight. I was wondering if anyone else has had these problems and what worked for you. I am thinking of calling the doctor and putting him on a different formula. He also will cry...

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Infant Gas Problem

My little girl is now 3.5 weeks old and over the past week she has started...

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Solid Foods & Weaning

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High Allergy Baby- Is Neocate Formula Ok?

has anyone had any bad reactions to Neocate formula? i have a baby allergic to soy, dairy, wheat, nuts, corn, eggs, garlic, beats, pork... you get the point. i'm still breastfeeding her, but doctors are pushing for me to switch to formula- Neocate is the only formula that treats her allergies, however i heard that it can be hard on the kidney and my baby was born with one smaller kidney and the other has a little bit of back flow. however, lactation consultanst have said to keep breastfeeding. i have narrowed my diet to only chicken, rice,...

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Weaning My Son

Hi all, I have decided to wean my son from breastfeeding and was wondering...

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How Do I Wean?

How do I wean my 11 mos old that will not eat other foods? She'll eat foods...

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Solid Food Advice

Hi, I am a mom to twin 6 month olds and we have just begun solid foods...

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