Ask the Adoption Docs
We're happy to entertain specific questions about adoption and pediatrics here ... however, urgent questions and discussions about a particular child would be best handled with a scheduled consultation or clinic visit. Please read our disclaimer below, and remember that our brief, opinionated responses should not substitute for thorough evaluations and discussions with your regular provider.
This is not an appropriate forum for "mini-consultations" about specific children, since it's not ethical or especially accurate to comment on "what is the risk" types of questions in this venue. A good rule of thumb: if your question is along the lines of "what does this diagnosis mean", or "what are your thoughts on ...", then post away. If your question boils down to "should we be worried about this child", then you should have an actual conversation with someone that has reviewed all the available information.



Distended Belly
FAS and poor growth
Itchy spot on back
pulmonary artery artesia
Toddler question
Head circumference of 51.5 cm for a 16 month kid
FAS facial features from 0-6 months
Toddler Diarrhea
soy milk and constipation
Correclation btw. neglect and being overweight
How Much Growth Left in Our Teenage Son?
Congenital Dislocation of the Hip
Congenital Dysostosis
the effects of malnutrition
still super-clingy..home over 6 months
sensory/SPD/SI issues vs. adoption-related issues
Cleft Palate and Underweight
Kaz. twins
Pre-natal petrochemical exposure
What is the definition of a Russian diagnosis of Cerebral Ischemia/Hydrocephalus in a 10 day old child?
African Infant Twin
Diagnoses of Hydrocephalus syndrome in Russian children
Vaccines from China
TB in Ukrainian orphans
older adoption, cleft palate and potty retraining
Fish, seafood, and lunch meats?
Growth Charts for Guatemalan children
Artificial Twinning and start of school
Help! Giardia
Night Wakings / Co-sleeping
Daycare Issues
Prenatal Heroin Exposure?
Benadryl under age 1...just for a night or two?
Bedtime issues
Possible FAS?
Continual marijuana exposure in first and second trimester
congenital aproxtia, scaphoid fossa fistula of rectum
head circumference
Developmental Testing For Cocaine Exposed Infant
Neurofeedback and the adopted child
"Typical" issues for specific countries?
Child older than we were told
SPD Child and Daycare
The Listening Program
speech development and "sucking muscles"
small Guatemalan Child 5 yrs old
FAS/FAE Diagnosis in a baby?
early puberty
Diagnostic and Snap Tests
Brain SPECT imaging