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I have a few questions for you experts. My daughter Zipporrah has had quite a few possible issues that have been worrying me and yet I am hoping that I am just overreacing to them. I nned some advice. These are some symptoms I have noted in her 9 weeks of life: *severe jaundice only getting better after becoming dehydrated at 5 3/4 weeks old *breathing problems at birth and for first couple weeks-very irregular, struggling, etc. *frequent apnea episodes during sleep and also when on the breast even though her nose is NOT covered by breast *excessive gag-when she opens her mouth to go to breast she gags even before the breast is in her mouth and then after it is in her mouth she will gag also *Excessive swallowing of air during nursing/lots of burping (Before RSV it caused lots of gagging and could feel tummy muscle lurching but since RSV it has caused lots of vomiting) *Reflux/vomiting issue as stated above *when held, arches back and pushes away rather than relaxing/very rigid feeling *left side appears to be weaker than right- her left when sat up turns to the side in an awkward position rather than coming forward as the right does and her left arm when on her tummy doesn't support her as well as the right arm *frequent sunken fontenals even though she has gained weight well and fills diapers well *Sleeps much less than the normal infant during day time I am sure I am missing things but this has been enough to worry me. I have talked to her pedeiatrician about some of these issues but she said she thought Zipporrah would get better within a couple weeks. She hasn't and I am not sure she understands the total picture either. I plan to speak to Dr. Whiteman about these issues but hope I am overreacting. What do you guys think? I wonder if she needs to see a reflux specialist or someone who deals with issues of hyposensitivity of the mouth/tongue, etc. and really am worrying that these are all symptoms of Mito or CP that others have talked about in this group. HELP-What should I do? Also, the fontanel issue is bugging me because she vomits quite a bit so I am assuming she is dehydrated frequently yet she seems to put out plenty of urine and has energy, etc. Any advice? Darla: mommy to Luke(to be tested in Feb for Mito issues), Leah(soft signs), , Isaac, Tirzah, Asenath(My Mito girl), Kezia, Marquis, and ZipporrahGet more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com