My 21 months old son is giving me hard time eating.This started just 2 months back, when we went to India for 4 weeks.He's also becomevery cranky and irritable.
When he was 9 month old he was anemic hence I was giving him iron drops. 4 weeks back when I took him to his Dr.his iron level was again low. But this time I gave him homeopathy medicines. For about 15 days I gave him antim crud and ipecac both 30 potency on alternate days. I did not see any improvement. So I contacted a different homeopath. Now for past 5 days I'm giving him antimcrud AM and PM. He is also taking natrum muriaticum,natrum phosphoricum and calcarea phosphorica all 6x potency.
He also cries a lot while taking bath. His potty stinks. Before it was not bad.
After 12 hrs. of labor he was delivered through c-section. Since my birth canal is very narrow I had to undergo C. I've 2 kids and this guy is the 2nd one plus I'm expecting 3rd one in less than 2 weeks.
I sincerly appreciate your help regarding this.
I'm little bit confused too since I'm not very sure whether the medicines I'm giving him is going to work or not.He's completely stopped eating and survives just on 12 oz of milk.We're South indians and rice is our staple food. He's particularly stopped eating that.
I hope my problem has some solution. Thank you very much.
sincerly
kiransarma

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Regards & Thanks<BR>Kiran

I am sure you will find the help you are looking for here. You are about to find out though(when the homeopaths reply) that the members here practice classical homeopathy. In other words One remedy at a time and usually just one dose. I am sure you will be told to stop giving your son the remdies as soon as possible and post his case in full here. What will be important to know is if you noticed any change while on the remdies - good or bad.

His fear of water - is this just during bathtime or is he afraid of pools too.

His stool, you said smells, describe this.

How has he become cranky - is he whiny, angry, clingy, violent?

How is his sleep?

Do you notice if anything makes him better or worse?

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Hi Barbara,
Thank you very much for your reply.
My son as such does'nt have fear of water. He as a matter of fact loves to play with water. I've not really taken him to a pool as such. He just does'nt like taking bath especially head bath.
Regarding his potty,it smells awful. My mom feels since he is not eating properly,it's like that.But he is not constipated. He usually goes 1-2 times a day.
He is cranky in the sense, he cries for littlest reasons. Whatever his big brother wants he wants the same thing otherwise screams a lot. He's not whiny.
He loves to be held close to us and carried. That comforts him usually.
I hope I've provided you with all the info you need. Thank you for your time
sincerly
kiransarma

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Regards & Thanks<BR>Kiran

Dear Kiran,

Let me see if I understand the problem.

Your child had a problem with anemia, but otherwise he was OK, until you took him to India. Once there he stopped eating, plus he became cranky and irritable, and he began having foul-smelling stools.

He is averse to bathing, especially getting his head wet.

He cries over trifles and is envious of what his brother has, and screams until he gets what he wants. He is better from affection.

He eats nothing but will drink milk.

Have I stated the problem correctly?

Was he cranky and irritable before the trip to India? Let's put it this way: List the symptoms as either Before India, or After India, so I'll know what the trip to India is responsible for. Then, maybe you can tell me why this trip may have been traumatic for him, or bad for his health.

Stop giving him remedies, homeopathy isn't done in this way--on a hit-or-miss basis.

Tell me about the stool. Is it diarrhea or normal?
What color and consistancy?

What could have made him anemic at 9 months?

After the iron drops, did you notice a change in his health or behavior?

Good luck with the new baby. I hope for the baby's sake you will not have him circumsised or vaccinated.

Good luck,

Snoopy

[ 27 July 2001: Message edited by: Snoopy ]

Dear Snoopy,
Thank you very much for your reply.You have stated the problem right.
Let me answer your questions.
When he was 9 months he was not eating properly and was very cranky too.After giving him iron drops he was fine.My first son also had the same problem when he was 18 month old. Now he is 6 yrs.
His stool is normal mustard colour. Not very loose.Sometimes it'll be like rock. But not everyday.
He takes solids when he is very hungry. My concern is I know how much he was eating before and now that he is not eating that much, I'm frustrated. Our staple food is rice.Now he absolutely has stopped eating rice. He burps after taking just few bites.
Since his tummy won't be full in the morning, he gets hungry in the middle of the night and becomes very cranky. He stops crying only after having milk.
I hope I've provided you with all the info,so you can help me.
Thank you very much for your time and concern.
sincerly
kiransarma

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Regards & Thanks<BR>Kiran

Dear Kiran,

I'm going to go out on a limb here, as I so often do, and recommend the remedy Cina 6C
three times a day.

I looked up the symptom:
Head, washing aggravates. There was one remedy in bold print, and that was Cina.

Suddenly it all made sense. Cina is the remedy for worms; parasites. Your child perhaps ate or drank something foreign to his system, being in a foreign country....
It's all very digestive, the whole case.
Cina children are known to be very irritable and cranky.

So that's my suggestion.

Keep us posted,

Snoopy

Dear Snoopy,
I'm going crazy, please help.

I have CINA 30 at home, can I use it .we gave our sin CINA 30 for a week, when the symptoms started. You think I should continue with this.
How many days I have to use CINA.

We had a sleepless night yesterday, he wokeup 3 times crying , every time he had milk and slept.
Another thing which I noticed is, if at all he eats rice or any other solid food, he berps after 3 or 4 spoons.
I hope he doesn't have any acid related problem.

In another 2 weeks time I'm going to have another baby, thinking of that scares me.

I am desperate, Please help

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Regards & Thanks<BR>Kiran

Dear Kiran,

Are you saying you already tried Cina?

How often did you give it? Once a day for a week? Something like that? Try it 4 times a day for three days, I'll look over your case in the meantime. Talk to you soon.

Snoopy

Dear Kiran,

Taking my cue from the iron deficiency, I looked up Ferrum Metallicum (iron). Ferrum, it turns out, has worms in children. It has irritability, belching after eating, stomach can tolerate no food and sleeplessness.

Order Ferrum 6C overnight mail. Give 4 times a day.

Before it arrives, go to health food store and buy Nat-phos. 6X and give four times a day. It's another worm remedy.

Kiran, are you breast-feeding him?

Snoopy

At the risk of offending everyone - this child is being given too many remedies. what happened to one dose and wait?
Over the past 4 weeks the child has had Ant Crud 30 & Ipec 30 on alternating days,
5 days of Ant Crud 9 (I presume 30c) AM &PM ,
Nat Mur, Nat Phos & Calc Phos 6x
and Cina 30 for one week.
That's a lot of remedies and a lot of potential to stir up a case.
How do you know it's worms - has anyone had a look? (torchlight under the blankets at bedtime to confirm)
How do you know it's not an aggravation from all these remedies?
IMHO, it needs to left to clear or else give the appropriate miasmatic nosode. Without taking the case properly, the desire for milk points to Tub, (also when well selected remedies fail to act.)