Author: Manisha “Mona” Dave, MD Pediatric Gastroenterologist

If your healthy child is frequently complaining about stomachaches, there is a high possibility that they have functional abdominal pain. Functional Abdominal Pain Two or more months of abdominal pain in otherwise healthy, thriving children is known as functional abdominal pain. Even though “functional” pain refers to there being...

Children swallowing magnets can be life-threatening. Often times an incident like this can require invasive procedures such as an upper GI endoscopy or surgery to remove the objects.   Neodymium magnets or rare earth magnet ingestion has been on the rise among children.  These magnets are...

Lisa Gavin is a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) who believes feeding should be an enjoyable process.  When your infant or child repeatedly refuses to feed, the feeding experience becomes frustrating for everyone involved.  Infants and children will often develop an aversion to feeding when the...