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If your LO Spits up a Ton?

Sunnysmile6/19/09gSunnysmile6/19/09g member
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DD has AR and is currently on Prevacid.  The Prevacid has helped with easing her pain from the AR, but she literally spits up puddles during every feeding and then continues to spit up until her next feeding.  She started on Similac Advance and the doctor had us switch to Similac Sensitive Isomil Soy.  She is still spitting up a ton and I don't know if any formula will help or if we just need to wait for her to grow out of it.

I plan on calling the doctor to ask if there is another formula we can try, but I wanted to check with you ladies first.  What formula do you use and did it help reduce your LO spit up or did nothing help and are you just waiting for them to outgrow it? 

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  • SpiffyTiffySpiffyTiffy

    My LO is on Zantac, which works well, but I noticed him spitting up more, so I called and they adjusted his dose b/c he had gained weight. Has your little one gained any weight lately? I am sorry your little one is having to deal with this.
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  • safiehmannaasafiehmannaa
    We started Enfamil AR and noticed a huge difference in the amount of spit up. I would ask your pedi about it.  As long as we keep him elevated he barely spits up now.  Good luck I know its hard!
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  • lovehim05lovehim05
    Just like you, prevacid has helped with the pain but not the spit up.  My Pedi Gastro Dr said that sometimes the spitting up is from a mil/soy protein allergy.  Try Alimentum and see if that makes a difference.  We have been on 5 reflux meds and added rice to the bottle and nothing helped!
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  • BoizmomBoizmom member

    From what my son's GI Dr has said, Soy formula is one of the worst ones to put your LO if they have reflux.  You may want to try Enfamil AR.  (Ask her Dr first though.)  It has added rice starch in it which makes it thicker and it sits heavier/longer in their stomach making it harder for them to spit up. 

    Zane went from breast milk to Enfamil Premium, to Enfamil AR, to Nutramigen, Nutramigen AA, Elecare and is now on Neocate.  For him, finding the right medication and the right formula grossly improved his spitting up.  He's still spitting up but that is because of the pylorus and that's going to have to right itself on it's own with time, but for now he's keeping enough food down to be able to gain weight.  They've got him on half a Prevacid tab twice a day (to help with the reflux) along with the Neocate formula (for his milk protein allergy).

    Your DD may be one of those who just need to outgrow the reflux if there is nothing else going on.  Our GI Dr said that most babies start to outgrow reflux by the time they are spending more time upright, ie crawling, sitting up on their own, etc. 

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  • dteppdtepp
    If your doctor put her on a soy based formula because she is allergic to milk you may want to have her tested to see if she is also allergic to soy.  About half of the babies allergic to milk are also allergic to soy.  We also had to use neocate (the proteins are broken down into their simplest forms making it possible for baby to digest) due to a milk and soy allergy.  Then we started axid for her acid reflux and I switched to Dr. Brown's Bottles.  With all of these changes we now have a happy, healthy, baby.  Good luck!
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