Would you choose to go to a different doc if your children’s pedi suggested rice cereal at 2-3…

It’s usually recommended for infants w reflux before jumping to meds. It didn’t help my daughter & I had to put her on baby Zantac.

I wouldn’t switch over it and I am very anti cereal. Most pediatricians are out of date for reflux treatments, I highly recommend seeing a GI. Meds are not the enemy and the benefits of meds far outweigh the risks of long term gut damage and the choking hazard of cereal in a bottle. Cereal in a bottle should be a last resort option not a first attempt.

Your doctor can recommend whatever they feel but its up to you to choose to follow those recommendation. My old pedi told me the same things but I continued to take my kids there because I liked how she addressed all of my other questions and concerns. So I just ignored her advice on that. If you don't like them and feel like your concerns aren't being taken seriously I would change. Its honestly up to you. No harm in shopping around for a doctor who you agree with more.

😳 yes switch. Or in the next appointment ask her what her opinion is on the research done by the American Academy of Pediatrics recommendation for starting solids at 6 months old. I literally just ready an article on the MD magazine still strongly advising starting solids at 6 months and no earlier. It’s current and strong research!

Def not its being recommended to help his reflux... I still wouldn’t do it but def wouldn’t switch drs over.

Our paediatrician didn’t suggest we do solids till 6-7 months with any of our kids. With our son who was tube fed cereal wasn’t an option and the baby Zantac didn’t touch it. He ended up having a fundoplication of the stomach as it became a long term issue due to his muscle tone. Basically they take a flap of the stomach muscle and wrap it around the top to prevent regurgitation and spitting up (anything that went in came out) Only down fall is our son can’t physically burp now and struggles to vomit if he needs to (takes his body a bit more force) In my experience with our son go with your gut, and if you feel changing doctors is the best option then do it! Frankly if it were me I’d be shocked that a doctor was talking about cereal at 2 months and solids at 4 😱

@momof2gs, his is not that bad though. So far we’ve been sitting up right to nurse and staying like that for 20-30 after feedings. Keeping nursing sessions more short but frequent. So far it’s been working so I’m just not comfortable with cereals at this point.

@laniejay, I did tell her that I’m more comfortable with going the Zantac route than rice cereal if things got worse for him.

@bigmama18, that’s what I’ll most likely do is just stay. I really like this place and they’re very caring. But I never had a problem like this arise from my other boys so it’s all new to me lol.

@tee_dove, I’ll talk with her about that with his next appt.

I really loved their old doctor. She was quite elderly but decided to go with a hospital job and quit working for the office. She was utd with recommendations and stayed on top of things.

@messybunmom, It’s tough when you lose a doctor, I’ll be the first to admit I cried a couple months ago when our sons paediatrician left practice🙄

Maybe or I would just say no. When I called my doctors one time about how much I should be feeding at 2 months, the receptionist said give them water at night to fill them up. I was like, umm nope

They’re human, they can’t stay up to date on everything. I love our pedi, but he has given some outdated advice. I’ve discussed it with him and he will actually go back and do research and admit when he’s wrong. As long as your pedi is fundamentally a good doctor and open minded, stay. A recommendation is just that. No one can force you to do something with your child that you don’t want to. A good doctor will say “ok, let’s find another solution you are comfortable with”.

My sons reflux was only controlled by an omeprazole compound. There’s many meds, many ranges, many options before the last resort.

Sounds like you know what you’re doing with the feeds - just keep at it.

I didn’t switch when it was suggested for us. Our pediatrician was a great person but a little old school. In our case she had a family desperate for some relief and we wanted to hear every possible suggestion she may have. Her knowledge on reflux was limited but that’s where the specialist came in and gave us a game plan.

I’ll most likely stay with them unless something changes with them lol.

I really wanted opinions about it because like I mentioned above, having silent reflux with my little baby is all new to me. Lol

I will continue going there but I’ll ignore and move on with the outdated advice from her.

Thanks everyone! 🤗❤️

@curious.george, he showed most of the signs as silent reflux. So far it’s been about a week and things have improved tremendously. I’ll talk to his pedi about a referral to see one and see what options they have but as of right now, he’s doing so much better. She said it wasn’t bad just a mild case.