Feeding difficulties: etiology and growth parameters

Infant Feeding and Feeding Difficulties (Churchill)

Infant colic and feeding difficulties.

AIMS To examine the relation between colic and feeding difficulties and their impact on parental functioning for a primarily clinic referred sample. METHODS Forty three infants (and their mothers) were enrolled between 6 and 8 weeks of age. Infants were divided into two groups, colic (n = 19) and comparison (n = 24), based on a modified Wessel rule of three criteria for colic. Families were a...

Difficulties of infant feeding.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS I952 are made to force feeds after his requirements, as judged by disinclination to take more or passing off to sleep, have been met. Detailed charts showing amounts in a feed have been kept for some of these babies over a period of time. The results have been most instructive and fully confirm Wallgren’s observations on breast-fed babies. Though I am not in complete agre...

Infantile Feeding Difficulties

Background. Gastric volvulus refers to a torsion of all or part of the stomach that may cause an obstruction of the foregut. The clinical symptoms of gastric volvulus range from asymptomatic to life-threatening and thus must be rapidly diagnosed. However, the presenting symptoms of gastric volvulus vary widely, which may cause diagnosis to be delayed or missed. Objective. Describe varying prese...

Ankyloglossia: incidence and associated feeding difficulties.

OBJECTIVES To determine the incidence of ankyloglossia (tongue-tie) in the well-baby population, and to determine whether patients with ankyloglossia experience breastfeeding difficulties. DESIGN Prospective controlled study. SETTING Tertiary care children's hospital. PATIENTS A total of 1041 neonates in the well-baby nursery were screened for ankyloglossia. Those positively identified we...