BF Baby on Losec and starting Gaviscon *help please :)*

[*Beema*]

DD2 is on 20mg of Losec a day, and still having some trouble (even now a couple of hours after a feed, she is upright on the couch supported by pillows and is grunting as she breathes) and we are trialing adding in Gavison to hopefully reduce the amount the throws up.

Because she is just BF'd I'm not sue the best way to give her the Gaviscon, we have a suspension of Losec (had it made up by a compounding chemist) which is working better than the tablets dissolved in some water.

Is it best that I express and give it to her via a bottle? I have bought a Pigeon Perilastic to hopefully avoid nipple confusion if we do try it this way.
Mix it with water and syringe it in?
Also is it best before, after or during the feed?

What difference did you notice with the Gaviscon?

TIA xxoo

[studymum]

We didnt use gaviscon, we used plain mylanta, you can use a syringe directly in the mouth. I think we started off on one ml 3 times a day, and ended up on 1.5ml. You can give it before a feed, to line the stomach as drinking can cause discomfort or about an hour after a feed, when the stomach is emptying, and the burning can start again. We found an hour after a feed was best for DD2, it helped calm her down and stay asleep instead of starting her crying, thrashing routine. Depends what time upsets your bub I suppose. A dr can give you the dosage, it depends on bubs weight. Instead of losec we were given zantac, which doesn't need to be mixed, its just straight. I think losec is generally given first, and zantac is mainly given for GORD, but I know the 2 can also be combined in severe cases.

The medication may not reduce the amount she throws up, but will stop the burning when she does. It can take up to a couple of week for the medication to really start to make a difference.