Reflux baby

Thanks for the link Hila I have actually registered on the site now.   I was in Tauranga last week and went to see my old doctor who has prescribed Maddy Losec, he said to trial it for a week and if we didn't have a different baby to stop it. She has been on it for approx 5 days and perhaps I could be hopeful and say I have a different baby. Today is the first day that I have put her down and she went down without a fuss, she has been asleep for 3 1/2 hours which is a miracle. The real bad period in the evenings seems a lot less and she is not crying in pain. I also went and bought some pro-biotics yesterday so took my first dose today. Maddy won't take a dummy, some may say that's a good thing but she's a huge sucker of her hands and I feel it would be good to settle her. I just have a couple of questions re the losec. Doctor prescribed 10mg a day yet the leaflet say's for a 9 week old a lot less. I see many of you are giving it to your babies with pear?? Maddy is still quite tiny in size last weigh in at 7 weeks she was 7 pound 8 oz, I was paranoid to give it to her due to if she already has a sore tum then I might be adding to it. Poor girl hates it though, I put the granules in her mouth and wash it down with water, it's the only way I can get it in. Also the other question I had was I've read on the crying over spilt milk forum that you are not meant to feed your baby for half hour after giving it, is that right, the doctor nor the pharmacist never mentioned it. LOL she is awake now so apologies for the novel. Hope everyone is doing ok, a lot of hard work aye.

Asicsgal, perservere with the dummy, my baby wouldn't take it for a long time but now he has come around and it is so helpful especially in getting him to sleep, it really changed things. I just kept giving it and trying to teach him to take it, and you can tap on it in their mouth to try keep it in.

My bub is on 10mg twice daily and he's fine so don't worry about the dose. I am reluctant about the pear too as it seems to be causing some tummy problems, but any other way I have tried it just comes straight back up again.

LittleN wrote: My bub is on 10mg twice daily

Does that mean 20mg altogether per day LittleN?

Thanks for starting this thread btw. I was looking for exactly this in the early days of Seb's reflux, but was about a month early. Wish I kept looking or started one myself.

Hope you guys are still out there.

Our boy is 4& a half months now and we're still struggling. He went on 10mg of omeprazole (Dr Reddy's) on Jan 5th. He was 7kg then, and now is just under 8kg. The 10mg made a huge improvement at first (given each morning), but them it felt like we were going backwards. He was waking every 2 hours through the night and I was crying 2-3 times a day. I've started giving him another dose 20+ mins before his night feed. BIG DIFFERENCE. The last 3 nights he has only woken once from 7pm - 7am!!

My sister was shocked though, cos 20mg is an adult dose. But I'm not worried because
1.) I keep hearing that Dr Reddy's is less effective than Losec.
2.) Why should my boy be in pain and struggling to get decent sleep just because of over-cautious doses? (I wish we'd not had to fart arund with Gaviscon for weeks and weeks first either).

Anyway, I'm taking my baby back to the Doc to talk dosages, and hoping he'll support the higher dose.

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Oh & My boy would have been 8kg when he first started it, he was a year old though.

newbie, some babies are on 40mg a day, so don't stress love, if it's working stick with it!

Sorry I only just came back to look at this thread, yeah he has a 10mg capsule in the morning and a 10mg capsule at night- so 20mg a day. And even then it doesn't always work. Lately we seem to be having a relapse, back to fussing on feeds, spilling a lot more, and not wanting to go back to sleep after 45 minutes and screaming a lot more. It really sucks as I thought we were on top of it. I hope it's just a flare up and will go back to being better again. Considering putting him back on gaviscon as well as he's spilling SO much.

Reflux SUCKS.

Cj, I would try all those things as they help manage reflux, however I would go to the doctor too as without medication it can be difficult to get on top of. Even if they just say to try gaviscon it's worth it to see. Noah came off the boob when feeding to the point where I had to give up breastfeeding :( I heard somewhere that prem babies are quite prone to it too so could be worth getting checked out.

I ended up with PND from struggling with reflux for a while as doctors didn't get the meds right for baby at first, so I definitely reccomend getting on to it as soon as you can for your happiness as well as your baby :)

Been to the doc today myself it seems bub is having a reflux flareup so thats not much fun. He might be early teething as well! So Ive got my hands full. He's spilling HEAPS so Im thinking of trying him on thickened formula, but hes on constipation formula at the moment as he was having trouble with that so Im worried he'll get constipated again. He's been screaming in his sleep, I hate that :(

Any advice? Does the thickened formula really make a big difference to the spilling? He doesn't get pain from spilling but he spills all the time. Is it more/less effective than gaviscon?

LittleN, we could never go back to a regular formula, the difference with Liv is immense. As far as constipation goes, it is easy enough to deal with. You can either mix prune juice in with his formula, or add a tsp of brown sugar to it, and if that doesn't work then there is the option of lactulose (which is non stimlant) or coloxyl drops. The thickened formula will not stop the spilling though, just greatly reduces it in our experience.

So glad I found this thread ... My 4 week old has suspected reflux, and it's nice to know I'm not alone (or crazy). She spills multiple times after each feed, often cries/screams unconsolably after each feed, won't sleep flat on her back (have bassinet raised, and side sleeping), likes sucking (fists, boobs, bottle etc) but hates a dummy, sometimes gags on the bottle (but not the boob), hiccups etc.

I took her to my GP a few days ago, and GP says it sounds like mild reflux, but she was reluctant to prescribe anything (of course E was being an absolute angel at the docs). I'm going back to see her in a couple of days, but I'm wondering if I can wait that long, as it seems to be getting worse ... Even some gaviscon to start with would be good ...

Thanks AandCsmum. I will nag my doc today. I have found that keeping her upright for at least 30 mins after a feed has been really helpful ...