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[quote=Anonymous]OP. Thank you all. I am going nuts. Still not able to get a second opinion GI appt till late this month in children's even via pediatrician with any of the 3 docs we would like to see.

Also I had looked into dysphagia a few days back and asked my ped who had dismissed it. Thanks to the PP who posted about that - I spent half of last night researching it and think this may be it. I looked at the checklist and it matched.

We did try avocado - mashing and trying to feed via spoon, finger, adding to the dr brown's bottle with the y nipple but she refused.

Sippy cups are here but I read that for babies with dysphagia they don't have the sucking ability - I am looking at you tube videos to see how how I can encourage/teach baby to drink from it and see if that works.

Also apparently there was a product called - Thick It - for babies with swallowing issues and that has been taken off the shelves or at least is not recommended. I am going to try thickening the bottle with oatmeal and see if it helps some.

I am trying to get an appointment now with the ENT dept at childrens but am having a hard time convincing the ped we need to explore this option. I stumbled upon this thread while searching DCUM and posters here said chilren's hospital is bad except for the GI department.

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/135/85190.page#740166

Any recommendations in VA to ENT docs, occupational or speech therapists who could help us explore the dysphagia option greatly appreciated. I think I would need a doctor to prescribe the test.

My DH thinks I am being too aggressive and that I should not ask these many questios or send a fax with my concerns (since I am not getting a call back from my ped's office in a timely manner) that I will end up antagonizing the doctor.

I read this on one of the threads and it resonated with me:
"I think that you are going to get more help from parents than from experts, sad but true. I hope some of the parents who have been in the trenches will reach out to you at your new address. We spent a lot of time trying to find a doctor who could help, they don't seem to like cases that don't demonstrate their authority/mastery. Or the parents of those cases."
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