Beth Anderson
Is Reflux Overtreated and Overdiagnosed?
PAGER received a call from a reporter last Friday. The reporter talked to Jennifer Rackley and asked whether we think acid reflux is over diagnosed in young children. Apparently, she had interviewed a number of pediatric gastroenterologists who all shared this opinion. I’ve been hearing muttering about reflux being over diagnosed for the past several years. About three years ago, the comments and discussion came out in the open. I attended a More >
Learning how to read your baby’s signals
A new reality show premiered the other day. The BabyBorrowers on NBC is about five teen couples who believe that they are ready tostart families. Instead of giving them an egg, a bag of flour or a doll thatcries, the producers give them real babies.
One of the promos for the show was a clip of a baby pukingand the teens almost losing their lunch at the sight. Baby barf on prime time?This I have to see! The promo also said More >
The Turning Point: When Katie Stopped Eating
Read part I, II and III in this series:
Katie’s First Days with Acid Reflux
Katie’s First Weeks with Acid Reflux
Katies First Months with Acid Reflux
When Katie stopped eating at four months, it took a few daysfor us to get worried. We had heard about the babies in an earthquake whosurvived six days without food or water and two days didn’t strike us asdangerous. We were wrong. More >
Katie’s First Months
Read Part I and II in thise series:
Katie’s First Days with Acid Reflux
Katie’s First Weeks with Acid Reflux
We moved to rural Iowa when Katie was just over a month old. Eric and I were raised in Iowa and had always intended to move back to raise our kids. One of Eric’s friends from California landed a job with a nursing home chain and called Eric to offer him a job running a facility in a small town. We More >
Katie’s First Weeks With Acid Reflux (GERD)
Read Beth Anderson’s first post about her daughter Katie’s first days of life and GERD
Katie was born 17 years ago and doctors in Washington D.C. diagnosed her with acid reflux within days. But it was weeks before it had any impact on our family.
GERD AND DIFFICULTY BREATHING
The next several weeks were a blur. Nobody really expected Katie to settle in when everything was so out of control. More >
Katie’s First Days with Acid Reflux
My daughter Katie was born in October 1990. Her birth went smoothly and all was well for her first few hours of her life. Later that night, an announcement went out on the loud speaker: "Code Pink to Green West." It didn’t mean much to me and I was too groggy to really notice the sound of running in the hall outside my room. A little while later, a doctor came to my room and told me that my daughter had "coded" and had to be resuscitated. More >