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October 2014 Moms
rosalie12
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Babies with Reflux
rosalie12
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I thought I would start a thread to see how all those moms with babies with reflux are doing. My DD started Zantac yesterday (0.7ml three times a day) and I haven't seen much improvement yet. She cried much of the day today and wanted to eat pretty much constantly. I know it could take 2 weeks for the zantac to help, but I was wondering if anyone could share their experiences.
I searched the board and saw that from Oct 31 there was a post about reflux, and I wondered how all those babies are doing. What has helped & what hasn't. Has anyone found success in taking their babies to a chiropractor? I didn't want to comment on the post from last month since it was pretty old.
It's so frustrating to see her in pain, as her cries are clearly pain sometimes. She fusses sometimes while eating, and arches and spits up or vomits often. She does pretty well and sleeps through much of the night once we get her to sleep around midnight, but in recent days her constant crying has increased from just the evening hours to any waking hours. Basically if she is awake, she is crying. I would love to hear your experiences. I am at my wits end and am just hoping the zantac will work more fully soon.
I searched the board and saw that from Oct 31 there was a post about reflux, and I wondered how all those babies are doing. What has helped & what hasn't. Has anyone found success in taking their babies to a chiropractor? I didn't want to comment on the post from last month since it was pretty old.
It's so frustrating to see her in pain, as her cries are clearly pain sometimes. She fusses sometimes while eating, and arches and spits up or vomits often. She does pretty well and sleeps through much of the night once we get her to sleep around midnight, but in recent days her constant crying has increased from just the evening hours to any waking hours. Basically if she is awake, she is crying. I would love to hear your experiences. I am at my wits end and am just hoping the zantac will work more fully soon.
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Re: Babies with Reflux
@rosalie12 Have you tried eliminating diary from your diet? I am doing that as well to help her pooping issue and it's been a week and a half and we've noticed huge improvements as well. No painful straining while pooping and less grunting overall. Chloe used to keep us up at night for hours because she was so backed up!
DS doesn't have reflux so no current experience to share, but ((hugs)) to all those going through this. It's so hard to see the little person we love so much suffer. Hang in there!
If eliminating dairy does help, the really good news is that many babies outgrow dairy sensitivities sometime around 6mo, and up to about 18mo. Allergies are a bit different and are sometimes not outgrown, but it sounds more like your LO may have a sensitivity than an allergy (reflux and gas but no frothy or bloody stool, etc.).
If it's too overwhelming to do a total elimination, you could eliminate dairy products in order of their severity and see if you note any improvement/ eliminate more as needed. Typically the worst offenders are milk and ice cream, then yogurt, cheese, and finally butter.
I've been dairy free for 2.5 weeks. It's going well. Her poops seem much easier to pass. Just really need to put alot of thought into my meals ahead of time. One question though. Are eggs dairy? I would assume so but my mom and grandma both think I can eat them. But I haven't been eating them and it wasn't brought up specifically. Thoughts?
We hold her upright lots. Doing so now. In fact, I'm pretty scared of doing tummy time with her bc I'm scared everything will come back up. Anyone else scared too? She vomits full feeds frequently but isn't upset about it so that is why dr hasn't put her on any meds. She got sick tonight actually. And 4x last week in 3 days. I hate it. It's sucks so bad. I hate seeing her do it. It's just crushes my heart. She was born SGA (small for gestational age) and is still small so I'm petrified of her not gaining enough weight because of frequent puke fests. I'm constantly worried about her weight gain. I also get a bit of anxiety before feeding her as I worry about her throwing it all up.
I went and bought a wedge today for her PNP for the incline as dr doesn't recommend RNP for sleep. He said because it pushes her legs up it will not help to relieve her gas issues but make them worse. Which I do notice her legs are pretty squished in that thing. So tonight is the first night back in PNP for over 3 weeks. Wish us luck in the transition. I have a feeling we won't be getting much sleep these next few nights.
My daughter had a severe case and we tried everything - this is what ended up working. She was on Prevacid and zantac, we had a wedge in her crib (RnP for naptime), and I had no success with eliminating dairy or other things from my diet so we started her on alimentum.
As far as giving the medication - try putting it in a nipple. Also you can push his/her cheeks together and try to get it as far back as possible, blowing in their face usually causes them to swallow.
Good luck to all of you - I know it can be very very tough. Hang in there. There's a light at the end of the tunnel (my daughter grew out of it at 5 months)