Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

We got reported to CPS for medical neglect by our own GI doctor for giving our daughter real food

4 Dec 2025 · 0 min

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A doctor describes being reported to CPS by his daughter's GI specialist for feeding her real food instead of formula. He frames it as a turning point that exposed how the healthcare system can distrust special-needs parents and accuse them of exaggerating illness.

We got reported to Child Protective Services by our GI doctor for medical neglect because we wanted to give our daughter real food, not formula through. And that was like the first inflection point where I was like, the system doesn't like it when you say no. And they will. And special needs world, this is common. Parents will drive their kids around the country, go, they'll do anything for their kids. And sometimes they actually lose them because they'll meet providers in the healthcare system, think, oh, you're. This is Munchausen. You're crazy. It's like, no, they have not lost hope, they have not lost faith.