Hi Natalie:
I did not read your other post but I would like to offer some advice. Both of my sons have had reflux. My second child is now 14 weeks old and his is much worse than my first son's. My pediatrician said that breast milk is the most readily absorbed over formula if you are still considering breastfeeding. I do not know anything about the formulas as I stuck with nursing the first and will with the second. I also have used Zantac with both and that has helped. Many people swear by Prevacid but it is pretty expensive. The best tool in my bag though, is the Tucker sling and wedge. I would encourage you to check it out. It is a positioning device that actually gets the baby to a true 30 degree angle. It's awesome and I have used it with both boys. I have learned ultimately that reflux is a messy problem and that the babes are unhappy spitters without some intervention. The positioning and meds do help but I get covered with spit up at least a few times per day. It is just part of it. I will tell you from my experience that it does get better, especially when they start solid foods and are able to sit upright. We used the wedge for naps and bedtime until well into my son's first year. I hope this helps!!!!!
Don't give up nursing! The mom's milk is what's best for that individual baby. He'd probably have reflux with formula too. With nursing, you can feed them even if they just spit up. My youngest had colic/reflux for awhile, now she's much better but still spits up some. You say he's 12 weeks, give it a little longer and I'm sure he'll be alot better.
Hi Natalie,
WOW, you bring back memories for me. My daughter also had colic and reflux - it is a very difficult and exhasting time. i want you to know that in time things to get better. as far as the two formulas you mentioned we found that all they did was smell really bad and did not help her at all. we tried them and stopped using them. we did start to add cereal to her bottle very early to try to keep it down a little better. if you do this you will need to make the hole in the nipple of the bottle bigger. Mylycon gas drops helped some. we found nothing that helped every time. we just had to use different ideas all the time. i will include my email so that we can talk further about some of the things we did. (if you want to)
try to get some sleep, God bless you,
angie
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All I have to say is that Nutramigen was a lifesaver for us with our colicky daughter - she turned into a different baby within two days and I would've paid anything for that formula during that time. We tried Alimentum first and that just didn't do the trick, but all babies are different. Good luck - getting through colick is difficult!