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Recommend a Pediatrician South Dublin area

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  • 16-08-2014 6:48pm
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    j@utis
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    hi all,

    I'm wondering if someone could recommend a pediatrician in south dublin/north wicklow?
    My baby shows all symptoms of silent reflux and I'd like a specialist to look at him. I have him on infant gaviscon but it doesn't seem to do much for him, poor little fella is so much pain & discomfort :(


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    Ocean Blue
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    j@utis wrote: »
    hi all,

    I'm wondering if someone could recommend a pediatrician in south dublin/north wicklow?
    My baby shows all symptoms of silent reflux and I'd like a specialist to look at him. I have him on infant gaviscon but it doesn't seem to do much for him, poor little fella is so much pain & discomfort :(

    http://www.thechildrenspractice.ie/

    I have no affiliation to these but it sounds like a great service. Self referral, very experienced doctors, no long wait for appointments..........has anyone else any personal experience of them?

    Also the female doctor has feeding problems listed as a special interest.


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    j@utis
    Registered Users Posts: 3,064 ✭✭✭j@utis


    thanks Ocean, I googled "peadiatrician dublin" and was very surprised when only two of them come up, so decided to ask here...


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    Ocean Blue
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    j@utis wrote: »
    thanks Ocean, I googled "peadiatrician dublin" and was very surprised when only two of them come up, so decided to ask here...

    I suppose paediatricians here aren't used in the same way as in other countries, our GPs tend to look after baby healthcare and paediatricians are generally just found in the hospital setting.


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    Sligo1
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    If you want a private paediatrician, ring Holles St. They have a number of paediatricians working in Mt. street. I can name a few. It's €110 for a consult. Only thing is, you could be waiting a couple weeks for a consult.


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    j@utis
    Registered Users Posts: 3,064 ✭✭✭j@utis


    Ocean Blue wrote: »
    I suppose paediatricians here aren't used in the same way as in other countries, our GPs tend to look after baby healthcare and paediatricians are generally just found in the hospital setting.
    GP lol, Jack of all trades, master of none... We visited our gp last tuesday. I heard what I expected to hear "he'll grow out of it. it's just a bit of colic. crying baby? that's normal!" and so on... I'm "looking" forward to months and months of misery...


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    Roesy
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    j@utis wrote: »
    GP lol, Jack of all trades, master of none... We visited our gp last tuesday. I heard what I expected to hear "he'll grow out of it. it's just a bit of colic. crying baby? that's normal!" and so on... I'm "looking" forward to months and months of misery...

    I visited my gp with my then two week old. We were told she probably had a 'touch' of silent reflux and her advice was get a sling asap and line up a few box sets on DVD because I wouldn't be getting out of the house much with it and not to worry because they were usually over it by 16 weeks. I left on the verge of tears, my husband was going back to work the following day and I was more or less resigned to a miserable, endless 14 weeks. The poor little baby was fairly upset with the reflux, I went back a few weeks later and the gp reluctantly referred me to a paediatrician. We saw the paediatrician who said she should have been put on Zantac weeks before. In the interim time I looked at all the different ways I could help her myself. Changed my diet while I was breast feeding, gaviscon, anti reflux formula when I finished feeding myself, used a sling, baby massage etc. My experience with the gp left me cold though. There was no way she would have told an adult in pain to suffer on, you will probably be fine in 14 weeks!' Think there was an element of poor first time mammy fretting over nothing in her attitude.


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    Merkin
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    j@utis wrote: »
    GP lol, Jack of all trades, master of none... We visited our gp last tuesday. I heard what I expected to hear "he'll grow out of it. it's just a bit of colic. crying baby? that's normal!" and so on... I'm "looking" forward to months and months of misery...

    Go to Boots and get Colief. It's a miracle in a bottle.


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    yellow hen
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    Merkin wrote: »
    Go to Boots and get Colief. It's a miracle in a bottle.

    Not for everyone. I didn't get any joy from it.


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    Moonbeam
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    it was meant for the baby not you;P (joke)
    I think on #4 it made our issue worse and she sicked up more after it.
    It depends on the underlying cause.


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