Guided Imagery for Abdominal Pain
Guided imagery can help patients reduce stress and deal with anxiety, depression, sleep difficulties, and pain.
High-Calorie Nutrition
At any age, your child may need some help gaining weight. This can be done by adding calories to your child’s diet.…
Introducing Peanuts, Eggs, and other Common Allergens to Infants
Recent research shows that early introduction and regular consumption of peanuts and eggs decreases the risk of developing allergies to these foods.
Introduction to Solids
Introducing your infant to complementary foods is an important milestone. At six months of age infants can begin to explore different tastes,…
Liver Transplantation
Liver transplantation is an operation that is done when a person’s liver is no longer functioning to the point where it is…
Nasogastric Tubes
A nasogastric (NG) tube is a long, thin, flexible tube that helps deliver nutrition and fluids to a child if they are…
Navigating Accommodations and Insurance with IBD
Irritable Bowel Disease (IBD) information and resources
Nutrition & Obesity
Proper nutrition is particularly important for children since they are developing life-long patterns and habits that will be very difficult to break…
Parenteral Nutrition
Total parenteral nutrition is an intravenous liquid mixture that provides nutrients directly into the bloodstream, bypassing the gastrointestinal tract.
Pediatric Clinical Trials
What are clinical trials? For the inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) community, clinical research helps us better understand what the risk factors may…
Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Progressive Muscle Relaxation, also called PMR, is a mind-body technique that teaches you to relax your body and autonomic nervous system by…
Small Bowel Transplant
A small bowel transplant is considered for children who have intestinal problems because they were born with certain conditions, had surgeries, or…
