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XP: Reflux mamas--eating/drinking issues? Acid erosion?

Boo0512Boo0512 member
in May 2013 Moms
I have mentioned a few times that DD started refusing a bottle at 4 months and never took one after that. We've had tons of issues with her eating solids as well. Over the last month or so we've seen a tiny amount of progress with a straw cup but at most she'll drink 1.5 ounces a day (toddler formula, won't take WCM or BM). We started DD on Zantac at 3 months and last month we switched to Prevacid but she is still having reflux symptoms and Prevacid is supposed to completely stop it.

I've tried offering more food and less boob and it really wasn't furthering her progress. We've also left her for 9+ hours on several occasions with my MIL and she'll barely eat or drink anything so we finally went to a speech language pathologist. The SLP said she didn't see an oral-motor issues but it was very obvious that she had a major oral aversion. After discussing DD's health history, nursing and eating habits the SLP came to the conclusion that DD may have GI issues from severe reflux. She was concerned about esophageal erosion and spoke to our doctor to get us a referral for a GI specialist at Children's.

I guess the point of this post is to ask if any other reflux mamas have had feeding issues (minor or extreme) or if anyone has had experience with esophageal erosion. We couldn't get an apt until early August but our SLP did let us know that if they couldn't figure out what the issue was at the initial apt, they may want to put DD under general anesthesia so they can insert a camera and look at her throat and GI tract. Obviously I'm hoping and praying we don't have to do that.

TIA for any feedback!
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Re: XP: Reflux mamas--eating/drinking issues? Acid erosion?

  • Boo0512Boo0512 member
    Thank you! Wine is being had several nights a week lol.
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  • emmy236emmy236 member
    @Boo0512 I'm so sorry you're going through this. R had terrible reflux and the Zantac and something else didn't work and we went on Prevacid at 7 months. R was so much better after that. This may sound odd but have you tried food with a lot of flavor? I had some nerve damage as a baby and refused everything my parents have me. My parents thought that i needed bland/mushy food but in reality I just had dulled taste buds. Once they gave me food with actual flavor and texture I liked it a lot better.
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  • Boo0512Boo0512 member
    @emmy236 I have tried every type of food under the sun. What's especially difficult is she's incredibly inconsistent. One day she'll eat grilled chicken like its going out of style, the next day she throws it on the floor or chews it up and then spits it out. I feel like I've tried everything I can and whenever we take one step forward it's 2+ steps back.

    I just want to rip my hair out.
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  • LolalipsyLolalipsy member
    I just wanted to say sorry and big hugs. Hope they figure things out very soon.



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