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XP: Aspiration and Reflux

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Someone from another board recommended that I post here and that you knowledgeable mom's might have some experience with this or advice. Aside from the issues discussed below, my son is typically developing with no other health concerns. He is dealing with silent aspiration due to delayed swallowing abilities. Is anyone dealing with aspiration and having to thicken formula or BM to honey consistency? We are also dealing with uncontrolled reflux, which I think is the major contributor to our swallowing issues. We just started on 10mg of Prilosec 7 days ago and are seeing minor improvement and started thickening yesterday, which definitely seems to be helping with our feeding aversions. However, I'm having a really hard time getting the right nipple size for the thickness and figuring out the best way to mix formula and cereal without it clumping, etc. I thought it might be worth a post here to see if anyone else was dealing with these issues and might be able to offer advice. I would love some support and advice from anyone who might have issues similar to my son. Thanks!
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Re: XP: Aspiration and Reflux

  • Happy2bNappyHappy2bNappy member
    I did not have to thicken DS formula as much but I had to thicken and got frustrated with the nipple sizes also. I used to use a small pair of scissors to make a x in the nipple where the existing hole is and that helped a ton. I used to mix the formula w
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