Hi ladies, Have just been to the Paediatrician and got prescribed losec for my 7.5 month old darling baby son. He has been on ranitidine but I didn't think this was strong enough as he had been having reflux flare ups at night. Anyway, the Paediatrician said I must go dairy free for 6 weeks as well because my son has eczema so there could be a dairy intolerance there. My big prob is that I have MAJOR ADDICTION to chocolate and I eat it everyday . Seriously everyone who knows me knows I'm just crazy about the stuff. Does anyone have any helpful suggestions for non-dairy chocolate flavoured things to tide me through my chocolate drought? Any other suggestions for non-dairy sweet treats would be most appreciated as well as I have a huge sweet tooth in general.
I am just praying losec and /or going dairy free will help. I'm sick of being up and down between 2am -6.30am every night - and when you're the parent of a reflux child you know the reflux crying / behaviour - that unsettledness is not just a bad sleeping pattern he's got into.
And one more thing, how many of you reflux mums don't even bother discussing sleep patterns with parents of non-reflux children? I don't because I feel green with envy when I hear about how their kid sleeps like an angel and also I reckon if you haven't been there with reflux you just will never get it.
- One more thing, I had gone dairy free earlier, for 2 weeks, but it didn't seem to make any difference. Today the Paed told me that that wasn't long enough to test whether going dairy free would help.
Edited by Hope