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[quote=Anonymous]This is going to be long, sorry.

To the well meaning posters who say that your baby will get brought this just given time, they have clearly never dealt with severe feeding issues like you we're dealing with. Yes, malnutrition at this age can cause serious delays....it did in my DS. He showes signs of reflux at just weeks old and was put on a decent dose of a ppi med. He started having feeding issues at 5 months. At first, dream feeding worked. But after a few months of that, he would wake and scream within 30 seconds of starting the feed. By age 1, he was taking around 12 ounces of neonate a day, with us trying to feed him around the clock. We saw countless doctors, including Kerzner at Children's, who blew us off because DS was not below the 5th percentile on the charts. This, despite the fact that he was losing his hair, eas saving heart and blood clotting issues from malnutrition. At a year, he no words and possible developmental delay.

We finally saw a GI at Georgetown, who basically had DS admitted that day. He was observed for 24 hours, then an endoscopy was done. They also ended up putting an ng tube.  A few months of adequate nutrition really turned things around for him, and hid development took off. DS was on the ng tube for 6 months, and no physical cause for his feeding refusal was ever found. He started feeding therapy at the same time, and continued til age 3, at which point he was eating like your typical picky kid. It took until age 5 for the damage done to his heart by malnutrition to resolve.

The way the GI explained it to me is that just like sleep beats sleep, eating begats eating. These kids need to get used to the feeling of fullness, and not associate it with pain. It can take a while to happen. Please do everything you can to get in to see a ped GI and Do Not Leave their office until a plan is in place to help your DD.

Oh, and don't waste your time going to the ER, they will give DD I've fluids and send you home. BTDT.

As far as sleep, the only thing that worked (very well) was the crib head elevated to 30 degree angle, and baby in a tucker sling on his belly. Since your DD is past the prime SIDS risk, this should offer her, and you, some relief.

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