Ok...what is the difference of probiotics and digestive enzymes? What brands are recommeded and what time of day? HELP!

I am not sure about probiotics but the digestive enzymes are usually given in the morning before breakfast. We were on Viokase til KC developed an allergic reaction to them and now we just monitor his weight really closely. I am sure someone will be on to answer your question about probiotics.

Probiotic

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Probiotics are dietary supplements (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietary_supplement) containing potentially beneficial bacteria (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteria) or yeast (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeast), with lactic acid bacteria (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactic_acid_bacteria) (LAB) as the most common microbes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbes) used. LAB have been used in the food industry for many years, because they are able to convert sugars (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugars) (including lactose (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactose)) and other carbohydrates (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbohydrates) into lactic acid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactic_acid). This not only provides the characteristic sour (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sour) taste of fermented (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermentation_%28food%29) dairy foods such as yogurt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogurt), but acts as a preservative, by lowering the pH (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PH) and creating fewer opportunities for spoilage organisms to grow.
Probiotic bacterial cultures are intended to assist the body's naturally occurring gut flora (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gut_flora) to reestablish themselves. They are sometimes recommended by doctors, and, more frequently, by nutritionists (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutritionist), after a course of antibiotics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antibiotics), or as part of the treatment for gut related candidiasis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candidiasis). Claims are made that probiotics strengthen the immune system (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immune_system).[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probiotic#_note-Sanders)
The rationale for probiotics is that the body (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body) contains a miniature ecology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecology) of microbes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbe), collectively known as the gut flora (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gut_flora). The number of bacterial types can be thrown out of balance by a wide range of circumstances including the use of antibiotics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antibiotics) or other drugs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medication), excess alcohol (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol), stress (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_%28medicine%29), disease (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disease), exposure to toxic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxic) substances, or even the use of antibacterial soap (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antibacterial_soap).[citation needed] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources) In cases like these, the bacteria that work well with our bodies (see symbiosis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbiosis)) may decrease in number, an event which allows harmful competitors (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competition) to thrive, to the detriment of our health.
Maintenance of a healthy gut flora is, however, dependent on many factors, especially the quality of food intake. Including a significant proportion of prebiotic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prebiotic_%28nutrition%29) foods in the diet has been demonstrated to support a healthy probiotic flora and may be a more effective and sustainable means of achieving the desirable health benefits promised by probiotics.

Digestive enzyme

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Digestive enzymes are enzymes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzymes) in the alimentary tract (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alimentary_tract) with a purpose of breaking down components of food (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food) so that they can be taken up by the organism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organism). The main sites of action are the oral cavity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_cavity), the stomach (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stomach), the duodenum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duodenum) and the jejunum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jejunum). They are secreted by different glands: the salivary glands (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salivary_gland), the glands in the stomach (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stomach), the pancreas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancreas), and the glands in the small intestines (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_intestine).

now thats some good info. Thanks!

btw...i have my son on probiotics with his first bottle every morning.just as a precautionary measure. i like em. dont know the brand..but i bought them at the health food store...they are in the refridgerator.

Digestive enzymes
http://infantrefluxdisease.com/digestive-enzymes.php

probiotics
http://infantrefluxdisease.com/probiotics.php