Taking Your Baby to the Pediatrician for Baby Colic

Previously published in Examiner

Part 4 of the baby colic series

Many Montrealers suffer from GERD, or Gastroesophageal reflux disease. This disease is chronic, meaning people suffer from it for many years. Perhaps you suffer from it yourself of you know a person or two who is drinking Pepto-Bismol like it is soda pop.

Montrealers will go to their family doctors or walk in clinic if they are concerned about GERD. The doctor will then refer them to a gastroenterologist. If you prefer a private clinic you can try: The Montreal Clinic J.S. Benhamron for Gastroenterology, the consultation is covered by medicare. Children will be seen by their pediatricians who may refer them to a specialist after the initial consultation.

Complications associated with babies spitting up continued

Even if you do not have a list of questions your doctor is surely going to ask questions to determine your infant's health. Some of these questions will be:

• When did you first notice your baby spitting up?
• Does it happen only after a feeding?
• How often do you feed your baby?
• How much do you feed your baby at any given feeding?
• How often does it happen?
• How is your baby's mood in between, during,and after feedings and is there a marked difference?
• Have you changed formulas or switched from breastfeeding to bottle feeding?
• Are there different people feeding the baby and if so, do they all feed the baby the same way?
• In what position does your baby sleep?
• Does anything seem to make the symptoms better or worse?

To help the situation in between the doctor's visit, you can make sure you always feed the baby in an upright position, that you burp your baby frequently, and that you feed your baby smaller portions at a time.

Source

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/infant-acid-reflux/DS00787/DSECTION=preparing-for-your-appointment