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Dr. Rania Hawayek

Dr. Rania Ayat Hawayek is a Specialist Paediatrician and partner at Infinity the Family Medicine Clinic. She graduated from the King’s College London in 2001. She has experience in General Paediatrics, Accident & Emergency, Haematology, Infectious Diseases and Neonatology. She has worked in London-based hospitals including St Thomas’, Kingston, Chelsea & Westminster and St Mary’s. She is a Member of Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (MRCPCH) and a Masters in Nutrition (MSc). Dr. Rania is fully registered with the General Medical Council in the UK. Dr Rania’s special area of interest is gastro-oesophageal reflux in infants and paediatric nutrition. She believes that to achieve and maintain overall wellness of a child, one needs to look at the child as a whole, focusing not only on their medical condition, but also on the family and social aspects of their life. Rania grew up in Dubai and lives here with her husband and three beautiful children. When she’s not seeing patients at work, or running around after her own children, she can be found with her nose in a good book or trying out new recipes in her kitchen.

How do you treat a newborn’s reflux?
Learn how to treat a newborn's reflux with Dr. Rania Hawayek.  Signs of gastroesophageal in a newborn's reflux are numerous. Some of these are: Arching their back, frequent hiccoughs, discomfort on laying flat on their backs, pulling away when they feed or posseting often. Reflux is due to a slightly looser lower esophageal sphincter, and that, ...
How often should a newborn feed?
Newborns need to feed very often; every 1 to 2 hours when they're first born and eventually, every 3 to 4 hours as they get older. At birth, newborns have a very small stomach capacity, and this, coupled with initially lower volumes of breastmilk, leads them to feed very frequently. As their stomachs expand and ...
How much sleep do newborns need?
Newborns need a variable amount of sleep, averaging around 16 hours when they are first born and decreasing over the course of the first few weeks. They don't sleep more than 2 to 4 hours at a time, as they do need to feed frequently and at first, there is no distinct difference between daytime ...
An Important Milestone for Your 1 Month Old Baby
Parents are always wondering about what milestones should their baby meet at each age, starting from day one and until they are old enough to get through life challenges by their own. Here is The Important Milestone for Your 1 Month Old Baby Shared by an Expert!  For each Mum it's a journey full of ...