Comments on: Digestive Enzymes for a Baby http://thehealthblogger.com/digestive-enzymes-for-a-baby/ Health Information you can digest Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:13:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Joanna http://thehealthblogger.com/digestive-enzymes-for-a-baby/#comment-1932 Joanna Fri, 17 Jun 2011 21:50:05 +0000 http://thehealthblogger.com/?p=424#comment-1932 The Pro-Belly-Otics work for kids and babies and are on sale until tomorrow am--these are really amazing (I use them) unlike any probiotics i have used: https://opensky.com/kathyfreston/offer/pro-belly-otics The Pro-Belly-Otics work for kids and babies and are on sale until tomorrow am–these are really amazing (I use them) unlike any probiotics i have used:

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]]> By: the health blogger http://thehealthblogger.com/digestive-enzymes-for-a-baby/#comment-1695 the health blogger Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:51:06 +0000 http://thehealthblogger.com/?p=424#comment-1695 Razvan, what side effects did your baby have with omeprazole? I bought the 'Lacto' product by enzymedica. I was advised to use this one after I emailed them my query. I give my son between a quarter to half a capsule per feed (the capsules are quite easily opened and only contain powder residue). Razvan, what side effects did your baby have with omeprazole?

I bought the ‘Lacto’ product by enzymedica.

I was advised to use this one after I emailed them my query.

I give my son between a quarter to half a capsule per feed (the capsules are quite easily opened and only contain powder residue).

]]> By: Razvan Ardelean http://thehealthblogger.com/digestive-enzymes-for-a-baby/#comment-1694 Razvan Ardelean Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:31:10 +0000 http://thehealthblogger.com/?p=424#comment-1694 We also gave him omeprazole at the point when he could not eat anymore but this medicine induce him some ulgy side effects so we stopped it and tried to find some natural treatment. I know omeprazole is not tested and not recommended on babies younger than 1 year. Also, omeprazole is just an acid inhibitor and does not address the real cause of the reflux. We gave him some probiotics products and started homeopathic treatment and his condition improved. But the reflux is not completely extinct and we feel that the problem is at the gastro tract thus being a digestive problem. In your initial post you said you gave your little one some digestive enzymes from enzymedica. I found their site but there are many digestive products and I want to ask you which one did you ordered for your baby. I see they have also a kids digest product which is not caps. Thanks. We also gave him omeprazole at the point when he could not eat anymore but this medicine induce him some ulgy side effects so we stopped it and tried to find some natural treatment. I know omeprazole is not tested and not recommended on babies younger than 1 year. Also, omeprazole is just an acid inhibitor and does not address the real cause of the reflux.
We gave him some probiotics products and started homeopathic treatment and his condition improved. But the reflux is not completely extinct and we feel that the problem is at the gastro tract thus being a digestive problem.
In your initial post you said you gave your little one some digestive enzymes from enzymedica. I found their site but there are many digestive products and I want to ask you which one did you ordered for your baby. I see they have also a kids digest product which is not caps.
Thanks.

]]> By: the health blogger http://thehealthblogger.com/digestive-enzymes-for-a-baby/#comment-1687 the health blogger Sun, 12 Sep 2010 00:12:51 +0000 http://thehealthblogger.com/?p=424#comment-1687 Hi Razvan, My baby is well thank you very much. The thing we need to understand here is that breast milk is obviously the best milk for the baby to have. It is FULL of enzymes and hence is easily digested by the baby. Formula milk is a "substitute" and hence does not contain the naturally occurring enzymes that are present in the breast milk. Therefore I want to make sure that my son digests the processed formula milk properly. I'm not worried about his system becoming dependant on the enzymes, I could pose a similar question to you, are you not worried about your baby becoming dependant on the enzymes in their breast milk? I hope you realise what I'm trying to get at here, though unfortunately it is beyond the scope of a comment. Though the result of enzyme usage is not clearly evident (not instantaneously anyway, especially in the case of reflux), I recommend researching other options too. My son's silent reflux was quite bad and after hours of research we hoped that omeprazole would fix his situation until he "grows out" of the problem. Unfortunately there are no recommendations for omeprazole usage in the UK for babies under the age of 1. Hence doctors are somewhat reluctant to prescribe this medicine. I came across a brilliant site which gives exact dosages for babies under the age of 1 and also provides letters which parents can show to their doctor/physician, thereby bridging the gap and avoiding dismissal of the information by the doctor. Unfortunately our doctor in the UK was very arrogant and took our research as offensive, as if we were trying to tell her how to do her job! It didn't go down well and we were told that we could not change the dosage for our son. However, whilst on a visit to Brussels, my wife and I took our little man to a specialist paediatrician who was extremely open to suggestion and generally quite down to earth. After having shown him the website, he straight away told me that he used the same guidelines when prescribing omeprazole! What a relief! The site is: www.marci-kids.com I really didn't want to use any pharmaceutical medicine for my son unnecessarily, however his reflux was quite bad and as you probably know, it is extremely stressful for parents! I hope this helps. If you have any further questions etc. please feel free to comment back here. Hi Razvan,

My baby is well thank you very much.

The thing we need to understand here is that breast milk is obviously the best milk for the baby to have. It is FULL of enzymes and hence is easily digested by the baby.

Formula milk is a “substitute” and hence does not contain the naturally occurring enzymes that are present in the breast milk.

Therefore I want to make sure that my son digests the processed formula milk properly.

I’m not worried about his system becoming dependant on the enzymes, I could pose a similar question to you, are you not worried about your baby becoming dependant on the enzymes in their breast milk? I hope you realise what I’m trying to get at here, though unfortunately it is beyond the scope of a comment.

Though the result of enzyme usage is not clearly evident (not instantaneously anyway, especially in the case of reflux), I recommend researching other options too.

My son’s silent reflux was quite bad and after hours of research we hoped that omeprazole would fix his situation until he “grows out” of the problem.

Unfortunately there are no recommendations for omeprazole usage in the UK for babies under the age of 1.

Hence doctors are somewhat reluctant to prescribe this medicine.

I came across a brilliant site which gives exact dosages for babies under the age of 1 and also provides letters which parents can show to their doctor/physician, thereby bridging the gap and avoiding dismissal of the information by the doctor.

Unfortunately our doctor in the UK was very arrogant and took our research as offensive, as if we were trying to tell her how to do her job!

It didn’t go down well and we were told that we could not change the dosage for our son.

However, whilst on a visit to Brussels, my wife and I took our little man to a specialist paediatrician who was extremely open to suggestion and generally quite down to earth. After having shown him the website, he straight away told me that he used the same guidelines when prescribing omeprazole!

What a relief!

The site is: http://www.marci-kids.com

I really didn’t want to use any pharmaceutical medicine for my son unnecessarily, however his reflux was quite bad and as you probably know, it is extremely stressful for parents!

I hope this helps.

If you have any further questions etc. please feel free to comment back here.

]]> By: Razvan Ardelean http://thehealthblogger.com/digestive-enzymes-for-a-baby/#comment-1685 Razvan Ardelean Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:56:30 +0000 http://thehealthblogger.com/?p=424#comment-1685 Hi, I find you post very interesting. I have also a baby with silent reflux and we struggle for 6 month now to solve this problem and nothing seems to put an end to it. I want to ask how is your baby feeling lately? If you gave those digestive enzymes for so long now, don't you worry that the baby enzymatic system will get lazy and will learn to rely on the external enzyme suply? Did you find a natural enzyme product specially for babies? Thanks. Hi,
I find you post very interesting. I have also a baby with silent reflux and we struggle for 6 month now to solve this problem and nothing seems to put an end to it. I want to ask how is your baby feeling lately? If you gave those digestive enzymes for so long now, don’t you worry that the baby enzymatic system will get lazy and will learn to rely on the external enzyme suply? Did you find a natural enzyme product specially for babies?
Thanks.

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