Spitting Up: Infant, Maalox
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Newborn Spitting up Problems
Asked by L.B. from Denver
on July 8, 2008
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I have a 3 month old son who is still spitting up A LOT! We have tried all of the formulas for infants who spit up and nothing seems to be working. He is also very f...
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- my second girl had acid reflux. It's heart burn for kids so they are miserable and unhappy because they just don't feel good. We took her to see 4 doctors 3 of them...
- My son who was a preemie also had problems with spitting up, and we were told it was reflux by his pediatrician. We decided before we went the medication route we wou...
- We had the same problem with our youngest son, now almost 5. We tried the meds, but I HATED medicating my baby, so we eventually went to digestive enzymes from the he...
Reflux and Projectile Spit-up....HELP!
Asked by R.M. from Minneapolis
on September 8, 2010
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I'm torn whether or not to call my pediatrician again. At about 5 weeks, my daughter diagnosed with Reflux due to her crying when/after she ate and projectile vomiting...
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- 1st, Listen to your pharmacist friend and get your child on prevacid. 2nd, find a different pediatrician who knows that if Zantac doesn't work you move on to Prevacid...
- My dd is very spitty, but I feel it's manageable (not as bad as yours, but rarely do we both make it through the day in clean shirts). We are on Zantac and I have deba...
- My little man was a distance spitter upper as well! I was talking to other moms about it and one mother said to try removing dairy from my diet... ( I was also exclusi...
Need Help for Baby's Congestion and Lots of Spit Up
Asked by T.S. from Dallas
on February 18, 2008
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My sweet 8 week old son has been very congested since he was born. The docs told us that he ingested a lot of fluid and that was the main cause. But, he is still ver...
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- I feel your pain. My 10 week old daughter is going through the same 2 things right now. The thing I have noticed with my daughter for the congestion is to keep her bed...
- My little one, at the time 4 mos., had a cold w/congestion and was also experiencing reflux. Her pediatrician had me give her Maalox for the reflux and also to contro...
- Well first off with the way the weathers been lately it's a wonder he's only congested. The acid reflux is probably the real culprit. I have it myself (and take medici...
Giving Infant a Solutab
Asked by T.A. from Atlanta
on January 19, 2009
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Hello! I have a 2 part question. 1) My 5 week old has been diagnosed with GERD. She was put on Zantac which didn't work and then switched to Prevacet. The Prevace...
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- The spitting up could be a milk allergy. I was so harshly allergic to milk as a baby I had to be given goats milk. If she is a bf baby I would cut out dairy from your ...
- I would want to see a pediatric GI. It's a little bit excessive -- what you're experiencing. Do you have a wedge in her crib? It's a thing you put down in the c...
- I'd get a second opinion. Can you smash the granules with your finger or another spoon? I wonder if you can place it in a small hand blender to liquefy it.
Infant Reflux
Asked by B.M. from Detroit
on May 19, 2009
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I need some advice on how to help my daughter with her reflux. The doctors say she is colicky but not all the time. She gets fussy alot, pulls away from the bottle, cr...
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- Dear B. My Daughter had to take Zantax till 6 months. She was breast feed mostly. after that it was OK. Talk to your doctor. My doctor was supportive about medicine...
- My baby is 16 months old and has had reflux since he was born. I started giving him infant mylicon before every feeding (you can only give it every 4 hours) and it rea...
- My daughter has really bad reflux. When she was real little, the doctor prescribed Zantac for her, and that worked really well. Now she is 5 months and it has gotten...
2-Month-old Spitting up a Lot
Asked by R.L. from Rochester
on September 1, 2008
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Hello -- I am the mother of a beautiful 2-month-old boy. He was born 3 weeks early, tiny, (4lb., 15 oz.) but very healthy. We have had to change his formula 5 times so...
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- Hi R., Our first son also had the same symptoms you are describing. The vomiting after eating and very fussy. He cried a lot and as a first-time mom I did not know...
- Just wanted to let you know that Zantac takes a full two weeks to work so don't give up so fast on it. Have you tried Similac Alimentum? Formulas could take over a wee...
- similac alimentum worked for my daughter and it is very expensive, but your insurance may cover it, if the doctor says it is medically necessary
Acid Reflux in Infant
Asked by M.Q. from New York
on November 20, 2009
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Hello everyone. I am writing to get as much feed back on acid reflux in infants as I can. My daughter started spitting up when she was 2 weeks old i was breastfeeding ...
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- My 3 year old had bad acid refux as an infant. She could not tolerate any fomula but the Similac Lactose Free. She does not have a milk allergy but it was to heavy on ...
- M., My son was diagnosed with Acid reflux at 3 weeks. He had been eating 6-8oz in one feeding (which is a lot for a 3 week old)....little did we know he was doing ...
- try Enfamil Lactose Free formula. sometimes it is not the milk protein that the baby is allergic to, but the lactose. my son did amazing on this stuff.
Infant with Reflux
Asked by C.S. from Wichita Falls
on May 21, 2008
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I have a almost 5 month old baby boy with reflux. He was born 13 weeks early. The doctor has him on previcid and it has not seemed to work. We have him on the Similic ...
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- C., My son was 13 weeks early and had reflux as well. The prevacid NEVER worked for him. We tried so many things and then found out he also had some type of prote...
- C. Here is an AWESOME book that you should read: "Colic Solved" by Dr. Bryan Vartabedian (sp?) It is all about reflux, milk protein allergy, signs to look for, typica...
- Hi C., I know exactly what you are going through. My baby had reflux really bad when she was first born. i thought I was going to die. She wouldn't go to sleep all she...
Straining Baby
Asked by E.S. from Jackson
on August 29, 2008
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Hi Ladies! I have a 7 week old baby baby who vigorously strains during the early morning hours, usually between the hrs of 4-8 am. My husband and I figured he was havi...
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- hi E.. I have totally been when you are! my daughter had and still has very very bad reflux! she is also on prevacid. she didnt get diagnosed until she was 4 months ol...
- Try letting the baby sleep in the carseat. My daughter, now 6 yrs old, had colic for 6 months. The only way she would get any amount of sleep was in her car seat. I...
- Maybe taking a look at you diet and record how he does with changing it.
Severe Acid Reflux in Infant
Asked by K.P. from Minneapolis
on September 11, 2007
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Our 4 1/2 month old daughter is having severe difficulties with eating due to reflux and we are looking for folks who may have ideas to help her to eat. She typically...
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- I have a couple friends who had the same or similar problem. Let's see - there was something about having like a sling in the bed so the child wasn't flat. They swit...
- Hi. It looks like you've tried a lot of things. Have you taken her to the dr yet? If you've tried just about everything at home, it might be time to take her in and...
- My Daughter went threw this and luckily with daily medicine and nutramigen formula she was able to curb her spitting enough to gain weight. It eventually went away at...
