Acid Reflux due to GERD
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3 Year Old with Cottage Cheese like Reflux
Asked by C.E. from Cincinnati
on April 1, 2008
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My 3 year has had trouble with reflux since she was a newborn. She was born with laryngomalacia (which she out grew but still hasn't out grown the reflux.) After month...
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- Hi C., First of all I really feel for you. It is very rough to see young children have such problems. You said that at one time soy seemed to help. Can I ask what ...
- my son is now 5 yrs old and he can only have very limited dairy products or his stomach goes haywire. the milk i buy for him is called lactaid, it's not soy, it milk w...
- I've never had a child go through this but I do go through much of this myself on a pretty regular basis. I would add a liquid antacid. It taste terrible but they real...
Cereal in Formula
Asked by M.M. from Boston
on May 21, 2009
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My son is now a little over 3 months. He spits up a ton and it is often very chunky. The Dr says he has acid reflux. We have tried zantac and prevacid. We also hav...
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- Hello - we had the same problem with our daughter (now 22 months) - the good news is that she outgrew it at about a year. We used Zantac for a while to protect her es...
- My youngest daughter had acid reflux as an infant as well... we did the zantac also... my doctor told me to add the cereal to her milk... i think we did a tablespoon o...
- Hi M.! I am the mom of a 14 month old little boy who also suffered from acid reflux and major spit up issues when he was your little guy's age. I too tried zantac,...
Does My Daughter Eat Too Much?
Asked by T.S. from New York
on March 14, 2007
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My daughter is 3 months old and 14 pounds 14 ounces - that is the 95% for weight. The doctor told us to put in a teaspoon of cereal for every 2 ounces of formula becu...
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- Hi T., My son was in the 95% for his height and weight till he was over a year old. The doctors also told us to feed him a certain amount of food every so often. My ...
- At 4 months I had to start feeding my babies ceral with a spoon. They were hungry. My doctor told me once that they should not finish a bottle, If they finish it then ...
- I've never listened to a doc's advice on how to feed my children, and they are all healthy and happy. You certainly could try smaller bottles more often. Although have...
Throwing UP!
Asked by A.B. from Lafayette
on January 26, 2008
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My daughter is 6 months old. When she was about 2 months she started throwing up alot after we would give her her bottle. Well I asked her doctor about it he said that...
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- I had a daughter who spit up constantly. It was found that she was asthmatic. She was treated for the asthma and it helped considerably.
- Sounds like she does have acid reflux. Changing her formula will not help anything. Keep up with the cereal in her formula and keep her elevated. she will out grow ...
- I have a grandaughter that has acid reflux and she takes medicine for it . Thet do make meds for babies that have bad problems with it and also AR formula.
Possible Milk Allergy
Asked by D.D. from Detroit
on October 8, 2011
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Has anyone had to use nutramigen for their infant? I think my 2 month old has a milk allergy, she hasn't been diagnosed by a dr yet. She is on zantac for acid reflux ...
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- nutramigen saved my life--- it gave me back my son! he was diagnosed at 4 months with milk allergy. he was always constipated & in pain, had severe acid reflux, always...
- You can always relactate and breastfeed... even when infants have reflux/mil allergy/gas, it isn't as harsh with breastmilk as it will be with formula. Co-sleeping ...
- I used it. It was good. Makes their poops really runny. It didn't make her sleep thru the night however. They go thru times like this. You are very lucky if you h...
Upper GI on My 2 Month Old...
Asked by S.M. from Phoenix
on April 18, 2008
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Hi there! My yongest son has had some issues with acid reflux. He is currently taking prevacid and something else to help him poop. Well since being on this medicin...
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- Hi Mandie, When my son was 3 wks old he would projectile vomit so they thought he had pyloric stenosis and needed surgery. When the tests ruled it out, they did a...
- i went through that when my son was 9 months old and its scary because they do put your child oout and this is done at the hospital we did it at PCH and since that wer...
- Wow, I had a similar life 15 years ago! I was told that it was normal for 1st born males to spit up alot. I think the term was "projectile vomiting" (maybe it was a j...
Trouble Adding Rice Cereal to formula...consistancy issues...please Help!
Asked by C.R. from Los Angeles
on August 27, 2009
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My daughter has severe acid reflux and her dr. suggested adding rice cereal to her formula to help the meal stay down a little better (she throws up large amounts all ...
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- Just try adding less cereal until you get it right. The whole idea is to just thicken the milk so that it stays down. Good luck we dealt with acid reflux for the fir...
- Hi C., Just make the cereal in a bowl and feed it to her with a spoon and she can have her bottle on the side with the rest of her formula. My son started rice cerea...
- My son had severe reflux problems and our pediatrician recommended Enfamil AR (the AR stands for added rice)It's basically a formula with added rice starches that thic...
Kyro Syrup
Asked by M.D. from Boston
on December 31, 2008
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i was wondering if anyone has used kyro syrup to help their baby go to the bathroom. my son is 5 mon and has always had a problem going. he is now on a new acid reflux...
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- Hi M. - We had the same issue with my son. When he was 1 month old, he started on Zantac and also on the Enfamil A/R (which was the added rice) and it was soooo hard...
- Fish oils are essential for kids, especially if they're having trouble going to the bathroom. Find a good one without a fishy taste at your local Health Food store! ...
- Hi M., The nurse at our pedi office recommended 1/2 ounce karo syrup, 1/2 ounce prune juice and 3 ounces of water. Worked like a charm every time. the nurse also ...
Trouble Introducing Solids
Asked by S.F. from Santa Barbara
on August 10, 2009
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Dear Wise Mamas,
Please help! Our son has had trouble since the introduction of solids. As a backdrop, he was born with GERD, a milk/soy protein allergy and colic. ...
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- From the time my son was born to the time we introduced solids, my son had pooping issues. He was formula fed for a while (and was constipated for part of that time), ...
- I'm gonna go with your first couple of responses and say, just cool it with the foods altogether. The first six months of life only need breastmilk, the next six mont...
- My grandparents were docs...obviously old school docs...so in our family we don't introduce solids until around 9-10 months at the earliest. The idea being, that until...
When to Give Baby Cereal?
Asked by H.B. from Little Rock
on May 15, 2009
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My son is almost 8 weeks old and wakes up about every 4-5 hours for a feeding. He's getting a formula thickened with rice starch because he has acid reflux, but I've h...
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- My baby also had reflux and we started adding rice cereal to her bottle at about 6 weeks. She did not do well with the rice so we changed to oatmeal cereal and that s...
- at 8 weeks old you shouldnt expect him to sleep through the night yet. every 4-5 hours is normal for his age. i wouldnt give him cereal until he was at least 3 1/2 to ...
- From one reflux mom to another, don't do it unless your pediatrician recommends it. If he's already on AR formula he needs nothing else. The fact that it will make t...
