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Seeking Advice on Managing Baby's Reflux
Asked by S.R. from Cleveland
on August 7, 2006
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My 4 month old daughter has been experiencing issues with reflux since she was about 2-3 weeks old. She doesn't spit up a lot, but has frequent episodes of gagging or...
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- We use a combination of Zantac, as well as Soy formula. Alone, neither of them were enough, but together, they worked very well within 2 days! My daughter is now ...
- Hi Shelia, I would love to offer you advice, but I have none. I can only say that I can relate bc my son-who is now 2, had terrible reflux and he was exclusively brea...
- I would ask your Ped about a drug called Reglan. Reglan makes the stomach diagest food faster making the time that the food can reflux. My daughter Allie at 4 month...
Four Month Old Constant Crying-is It Colic, Acid Reflux, Lactose Intolerance?
Asked by R.G. from Albuquerque
on September 1, 2009
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I have a four month old that doesn't stop crying and has been this way since birth. At our 4 month check-up the doctor prescribed Zantac for acid reflux. Our baby is...
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- Oh R.! I had the same experience with my daughter (now 7 months old). We thought it was reflux but it wasn't. We thought it was milk allergy but we had her tested and ...
- Both my babies have had this. WHat worked for them was going to Alamentum and taking Previcid. Zantac did not work. Good luck,
- This will sound like a crazy question.... Are you upset/mad/stressed during the day? Have you had any chance to get out and relax for a little bit without the kids t...
Reflux Medication
Asked by S.M. from Norfolk
on August 24, 2009
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Hi, I posted on here a couple months ago about my son having reflux. Well, I have a few questions. He has been seen by a gi specialist who has him taking prilosec and ...
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- i can tell you that the diarrhea is from the antibiotics. Try adding probiotcis for infants to the milk. I know that the drs all say not to intro yogurt until 9-12mo...
- Dear S., My heart is really going out to you because I went through this with my daughter. I really hated giving such a small baby what seemed like serious medicati...
- Hi S., we feel your pain. BOTH of our children have severe acid reflux. They are now 5 & 2 and never outgrew the problem. We found success with prilosec and/or prev...
Anyone Use Reglan for Reflux?
Asked by S.M. from Detroit
on June 4, 2009
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I have a 6 week old little boy who has been on Zantac for about 3 weeks. He doesn't seem to fuss after spitting up but his spit up is continuous! My doc prescribed R...
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- S., I JUST RECEIVED THIS EMAIL. Have you or a loved one used Reglan? (Also commonly known as Metoclopramide, Maxolon, Degan, Maxeran, Primperan, Pylomid) Reglan...
- I haven't used Reglan, but my little boy was on Zantac for reflux also. It helped the discomfort, but never helped the spit up issue. He spit up constantly for the f...
- Hi S. - Our boy, until he was about 8 months old, spit up a lot too. Sometimes it was all-out projectile vomit! :) His ped prescribed Prevacid for him, if I reme...
Milk Free Diet While Breastfeeding
Asked by S.F. from Dayton
on November 5, 2008
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My daughter has severe reflux and the GI doctor has recommended that I try a milk free diet for 2-3 weeks. They provided me a handout and I've started to read labels....
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- I have experience with a milk free diet. I substituted with rice milk. It worked out really well. Any recipes you have that call for milk, you can use rice milk, even ...
- Good luck with that! I had to try a milk-free diet while BF my second because she was wheezy. I lasted about 11 days; EVERYTHING seemed to have milk products. My da...
- I am actually vegan which means no animal products. I have found that Rice Milk is a good alternative. I used soy for a while, but since we get so much soy in our di...
Baby Spitting Up
Asked by S.B. from Atlanta
on July 3, 2008
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Is it normal for a 5 month old to spit up his food 3 - 4 hours after a feeding? My son is eating 6 oz of formula every 4 hours, we get 2-3 good burbs and then he eats...
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- Hi S., A little spit up is normal. A lot is not. Mendy mentioned her child had a problem digesting food. This is fairly common today and I'm afraid antacids like pr...
- Hi S., I agree with suggestions about the chiropractor and waiting to give foods. Reflux is often associated with food allergies, and you say he is on formula and ...
- When we first started my little one on solids, we started with rice cereal between four and five months. The first time, he seemed to do well and then about 2-3 hours...
Kidney Reflux
Asked by C.C. from Norfolk
on April 18, 2007
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My 3 year old daughter has Kidney Reflux. We took her again today for her 2nd VCUG. She had a grade 2 in her left kidney last year. Today they said that she had grad...
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- My 2 and 1/2 yr old was diagnosed with kidney reflux (grade 2, left kidney) this past March. The dr's wanted me to put her on Septra until it gotta better--a period o...
- Hi there. I went through reflux with my daughter (who is now four and a half), although not to the same degree. You didn't really say what treatments she has been on...
- I was born with kidney reflux and my daughter was at risk for it as well. When I had it, they had to operate to fix the problem. My understanding is that now they can ...
Gastroesophageal Reflux in Infants
Asked by N.B. from Janesville-Beloit
on May 26, 2008
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My daughter has been Diganosed with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease her formula now is giving her severe constipation [[Enfamil AR]] so i was wonderin another good for...
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- N., my now almost 10-month old daughter also had significant reflux confirmed through an upper GI series. I also used Enfamil AR and found it to be by far the best fo...
- Hello N. My grandson had reflux real bad. The doctor gave him some anti acid drops. That saved so much energy and time. My daughter would give him the drops b4 f...
- Both of my boys had this. The doctor put them on Emfimill Neutramigen (spelling) with a small amount of rice cereal mixed in the bottle for some substance to stay in ...
Need Help for 1 Year-old with Reflux
Asked by J.N. from Minneapolis
on August 15, 2009
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Hello Moms! My almost 1 year-old has struggled with GERD since she was born. At this age, she is not spitting up as much anymore. The issue that we are now dealing ...
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- I have to say 3 out of 3 had GERD, 3 out of 3 have Milk and/or soy allergy. Prevacid & zantac, the zantac effertabs go down a bit easier than the zantac liquid(nasty ...
- I have a friend who had to prop up the head end of her child's mattress to help with this. Not a lot, just an inch or so, and it helped but didn't completely do the t...
- I don't understand the reasoning behind not giving the meds. Do they have a side effect you're uncomfortable with? That said, I have no problem giving my kids medi...
VU Reflux Help!
Asked by A.T. from Chicago
on June 18, 2009
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Hi! My 2 month old was just diagnosed with VU Reflux after having a UTI. Her VU reflux is a grade 3-4. Does anyone know anything about this? Any information would ...
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- Hi A.! Just thought I'd say hello! ;)
- Dear A., that is scary but it is easily controlled. my daughter has this too and was diagnosed at the same age as your son. she is on a daily dose of bactrim, still ...
- My daughter had it...we chose not to medicate b/c she was growing. Around crawling age it got a lot better...the projectile vommit started to reduce in frequency. Wh...
