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Perhaps just sharing the fact that you are "wondering" with your father will further ease the communication problem. He may not think you have considered this point, because you were feeling that you had to defend the original diagnosis in that particular conversation with him. Given his profession, and the feeding issues, he may be expressing doubts about the reflux for the very same reasons you are, and just going about it rather indirectly. It would be amazing for the two of you to discover that you are actually on the very same page!