Who has experience with kids that spit-up?

AllieSchmallie

Jonah has always had issues with spitting-up from reflux, and he's been on Similac Sensitive RS since he was about 2 months old. That helped control it somewhat, but it's never gone away completely, even with reflux medication (Ranitidine). Well, after the Similac recall, we had to switch to Target-brand formula, and it's been a disaster. We've had a couple choking/projectile vomiting incidents, as well as an increase in frequency of spit-ups. I called the pediatrician last Thursday and she told us to put him back on Similac because it's back on the shelf. So, I returned my unopened canister of the Target-brand formula and walked back to the formula section...only to find that Similac is NOT back on the shelves. So, I bought the Enfamil for Spit-Ups (or whatever it's called). So far, no change, other than that the spit-up is chunkier (sorry for the gross details). Does anyone know how long it takes before you notice a difference after switching formulas? Does anyone else have a kid that spits-up? When did it start to decrease? Are there other treatments? I thought he would outgrow this months ago! Any help would be greatly appreciated!  

Superchicy

I would guess it might take a couple days to see a difference when you switch formulas since his tummy has to readjust to something different.  We did a couple of fast switches when DD was little and having issues, and it took 2-3 days to really see a difference, and maybe a week for it to totally take effect.  Hopefully he'll adjust soon and the spit-up stops!

johnandkristin

Unfortunately my pedi said it can take 2 weeks for something to be completely out of their system. That being said, I would think you should see a difference in about a week.

I hope it gets better!

KYmama9286

Nicholas has really severe acid reflux and non-acid reflux-- we were using the similac sensitive also but w/ the recall we've switched to the comforts brand (kroger brand) gentle and have had some success...granted our GI just made us switch to soy formula to see if that helps w/ his non-acid reflux and arching but before the switch we felt like it was a really smooth transition from the similac sensitive to the comforts gentle hth! reflux is the worst :-(

teacherjess

I would try the next step up from the sensitive formula, which should be Enfamil Gentlease. The milk proteins are partially broken down in that. I think it is different from Similac Sensitive, but I'm not sure. Leah spit up a lot while on regular Similac, but it was much better on Gentlease. She'd spit up once when we burped her, and then not again until her next feeding.

buckeyethor

nothing helped us except going on nutramigen. it helped immediately. crazy expensive formula, but hey it worked. we saw a GI specialist and that is what they recommended. good luck to you. i know it feels like it will last forever but they go away as they age.