GERD

Re: GERD

• Missa_g member

  August 2012

  I would request the GI referral now.  At least where I live there tends to be at least a several week wait to get in as a new patient.  You can always cancel if you no longer needed the appointment.

  Meds are the only thing that help my boys. Prilosec helps J tremendously but the dose has to be adjusted frequently based on weight gain.  S is on Prevacid solutabs, 1/4 a pill 2x a day.   Splitting the dose to twice a day has made all the difference to us.  I wish I had some magic cure to give you but I don't.  Reflux sucks!

  

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• adrielegorburu member

  August 2012

  We also have had a lot of improvement with prevacid and zantac together - DD gets 15mg solutab (the whole one) in the am and we do 2mls of zantac before bed - we also feed in an sitting or semi-sitting position, stay upright for about 20 minutes after the meal and you already said hes sleeping on an incline - all of those things helped us - I will tell you I tried everything before I decided to agree to medicate - once we did she was a completely different baby - I didnt really realize how much she was suffering from it until we started the meds and she was eating better, sleeping way better and was actually happy all the time.... I would probably push to see the GI - they can test for milk protien allergies etc. and really problem solve with you. Reflux really does suck but it gets better. GL mama - OH and we tried a bunch of different specialty formulas and found that she did best on plain old similac advance - a lot of the specialty formulas use corn syrup solids and the main ingredient - Similac normal uses cow milk protiens - DD never had any allergies or sensitivity to milk protien but corn syrup solids actually made her spitting up issues worse - not to mention she would bounce off the walls from all the sugar.....

  

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• urbanflowerpot

  August 2012

  It's really rough and I'm sorry your LO is going through it...I remember it being horrible to watch and feel so helpless. I agree with PP make the GI appt now - it takes a while. We wound up not needing to go by the time it rolled around, so the worst thing that can happen is you cancel.

  DS was pretty bad - he was on a combo of Zantac & Previ. He had bradys from them for months, but that doesn't sound like something you're dealing with. The RNP was helpful, but not magic. I wound up sleeping with him by my side sitting up. Putting a hot water bottle on his belly during bad spells seemed to be a comfort. 

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• kck329 member

  August 2012

  urbanflowerpot:

  It's really rough and I'm sorry your LO is going through it...I remember it being horrible to watch and feel so helpless. I agree with PP make the GI appt now - it takes a while. We wound up not needing to go by the time it rolled around, so the worst thing that can happen is you cancel.

  DS was pretty bad - he was on a combo of Zantac & Previ. He had bradys from them for months, but that doesn't sound like something you're dealing with. The RNP was helpful, but not magic. I wound up sleeping with him by my side sitting up. Putting a hot water bottle on his belly during bad spells seemed to be a comfort. 

  All of this helped us a lot too. The only thing I would add is that even though it seems like they are spitting up a TON of milk, often its not as much as you think. Try spilling a tbs of milk on the kitchen counter. It helped me see how even a little bit looks like a whole lot when its running everywhere.

  Oh and check out the Preemie Resource blog-we just did a whole series on reflux that might be helpful to you as well. 
  

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• Trillian46 member

  August 2012

  Thanks for all of the helpful responses. I really appreciate all of the sympathy.  It also helps to put my son's issues in perspective... he only bradys when he outgrows his zantac dose (e.g., once a week / every other week or so) or when I try something new that fails (e.g., the alimentum / prevacid without zantac).  So at least I have that to be thankful for... I know it could be much worse, but I hate seeing him so uncomfortable so much of the time.

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