[Dysphagia] swallowing issues in infant?

[eripley at yahoo.com (Irene Campbell-Taylor)]

I think one would need quite a bit of further information. Oropharyngeal dysphagia with aspiration is quite rare in neurologically normal infants and children and the event is more often pneumonitis caused by reflux rather than pneumonia. Is there a congenital condition shared by the second child that would increase the likelihood of a swallowing problem?

Jacob and Stephanie Morgan <steph.jacob@verizon.net> wrote:About three years ago I had a son diagnosed with oropharyngeal dysphagia.
He presented with pneumonia at 1 week of age and was put on a feeding tube
till he was 8 months. I felt like I gained a pretty good ear for a smooth
swallow during this time.

I just had another baby 2 weeks ago and his swallowing is not very smooth.
Half the time it sounds fine, the other half the time he is gulping, making
high pitched noises etc. He usually coughs once each feeding. So now I'm
trying to decide if this is something to get checked out. Any advice.

Thanks
Stephanie Morgan

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