Looking for a Pediatric Nutritionist or Natural Healer/physician for Toddlers

In the book, Is This Your Child? By Dr. Doris Rapp, www.drrapp.com she discusses how bed-wetting, bladder control issues is a sign of food allergies as well as irritability, etc. I agree, get tested for Celiac, milk allergies is a big cause for many issues. I will highly recommend our NMD, www.vitalhealth.org she has a 6m waiting list, but well worth the wait. Just remember, if she does not have the food allergy, she could be intolerant to the food as well, which the two are entirely different. Typically it is the food we love the most that we have the issue with or cause a reaction in the body.

We are taking our son to a doctor that does the NAET technique - tests the kids for about 80 different allergies and it is technique that actually ELIMINATES the allergy. It is awesome. You can find out who is near you by going to www.naet.com

We go to Dr. David Tam in Lombard. He works with kids all the time to eliminate allergies - even kids with ADD ADHD Autism, Asthma and unexplained things that are often allergy related.

We went to a regular allergist prior and all he did was put our son on 6 different meds to suppress the very few allergies he tested him for.

I am so glad I heard about NAET!!

It could also be celiac disease (where gluten attacks the vili in the intestine). My sister's daughter has it - she wouldn't eat very much, was very irritable and irrationally emotional. My sister thought that she had some sort of sensory disorder or something, but it was celiac disease (which my sister also has). Now that they are on a gluten free diet, my niece is like a different little girl - always happy, laughing, playing, able to talk about things, etc. Many pediatricians don't know much about celiac and say things like little kids can't get it, etc, but I know that is not true. There is a blood test they use to detect antibodies from celiac - if it is positive, they do an endoscopy to look at the small intestine. The University of Chicago Hospitals have free screenings for celiac every fall (sign-up is usually in August and the screening is in Novemeber, I think). Good luck!!

With regard to mood, aversions to heat and food and activity, controlling her body and reactions to environment, dramatic/irritable...you might want to have her evaluated for sensory integration disorder. Check out the book called, "The Out of Sync Child" from your library and see if you can find your daughter in those pages. If that's the case, ask your existing ped for a prescription to diagnose and treat for sensory issues, and get thee to an occupational therapist. Incidentally, the OT's I have worked with are all about natural ways to overcome a body's issues.

We've been working with a dietician in Riverside named Margaret Roche, with Roche Dieticians. We've been very pleased with her. Our first step with her was to first test for celiac disease (to hopefully exclude it, which we did). The previous poster is correct about the U of C, which has the best website for Celiac and a hotline. Celiac is 97% undiagnosed, and most doctor's are not informed. We received a host of incorrect information before the test that we were able to sort out ewith help from the hotline.

Marrgaret recommended a book called "Is this Your Child" by Doris Rapp. There's are elimination diets in the book, and we followed an adapted version of the multiple elimination diet. We're still in process, but we are uncovering a handful of allergies/intolerances with our son that were causing his eczema and moodiness.

The poster above is correct about sometimes the main foods a child eats can be what's causing the problem. Our son loved milk and scrambled eggs and both have now been eliminated from his diet. We've switched him to Vanilla Rice Milk (enriched) which has been a good alternative for our son, but not as much protein as milk.

It's been a long road of faithfully reading labels and having to think fast to ensure he's not eating trigger foods, but it's wonderful to finally see some relief. You're smart to investigate her diet, since I think food allergies and intolerances are on the rise and imo doctor's are lagging behind a bit on treating the root causes verses just the symptoms. To be fair to doctors, they only see the kids 15 minutes every couple months...we live with them. Subtle symptoms are going to be much more evident to you, and you're your child's best detective. Keeping a meticulous food journal is a must, including your child's symptoms.

Just be cautious when talking to natural healers...my experience has been there's a lot of "snake oil" for sale to desperate parents who want to see their children well .

Best of luck!

Update: I know this was posted a long time ago, but I remembered someone recommended NAET allergy treatments and wanted to give more information in case anybody was reading this post. Beware. I just saw in the news that a man who was receiving NAET treatments for a peanut allergy died from an anaphalaxic.

It does sound like she is having allergic sensitivity reactions to possibly a few things in her diet. Starting with the milk. How old is your daughter? Try going 3-5 days no milk at all and see how she responds. Also, what are her favorite foods. Is she a picky eater and only likes 3-4 things to eat? If the answer is yes then she could be having sensitivity issues with those foods which would then need to be eliminated at first and then rotated back into her diet but only 1-2 times per week. If you want more info you can send me a private email to ____@____.com. I am a chiropractor that specializes in children.