Did Mylanta or Gaviscon make any difference for your bub?

[Lewis's Mummy]

That's part of our problem... there's not a lot of pattern with him. Sometimes the reflux is a massive chuck during or straight after a feed, sometimes it's a little chuck abot 20 mins later and it comes with a lot of fussing, and then other times it comes a good 2 hours after the feed, complete with fussing and writhing around and it's the 'silent' reflux, just coming up and getting swallowed over and over again. Most of the time the afternoon is the worst. Early part of the night after he goes to bed is ok - he sometimes sleeps for 6 hours then. Early morning isn't good though - after his first feed at about 2am he doesn't go back down easily and it's this feed which tends to be the biggest chuck, usually requiring me to change my pjs as well as him. That said, the worst time yesterday was in the middle of the day...

[KimB]

My gp told me to try the mylanta and it did work for a while but we ended up having to use something else. My poor DD2 had to have the medication for over 18 months before it settled down and she had the silent reflux too. It was horrible. We also propped the end of the cot up quite high and this helped to. Good luck with this

[MummaSue]

Losec has been the wonder drug for us. My little one sounds similar to yours Lewis's mummy!

I found that the gaviscon helped for a short time but not for long. It's more for the symptomatic relief than getting to the root of the problem. I'd ask your paed or GP for losec. It works by neutralising the stomach acid so when it comes back up it doesn't burn so much.

It's horrible for them hey? My little one isn't a classic screamer either but I can tell when she has a heartburn attack and it makes me cry. Poor wee things.
Sue x

[Arimeh]

DD2 was on infant gaviscon until the paed at the hospital told us to take her off it, and that he never recommends it to parents because its too high in salt for little bubbas. He said there are plenty of other ones out there that work better than don't contain the same salt (losec was one of them)

We used homepathic remedies for DD1 and that worked perfectly (she had silent reflux)

[Lewis's Mummy]

We used homepathic remedies for DD1 and that worked perfectly (she had silent reflux)

What were the homeopathic things you used? I saw some stuff from Brauers in the chemist but only in a pack with a whole heap of other stuff we don't need... My dad has suggested seeing a naturopath, but I figure it's not like his diet can be changed - it's just breast milk! Does anyone know if the mother's diet can affect it? I have tried to find a pattern associated with what I'm eating but can't see one. My Dr said that for the most part it is just waiting for the sphincter muscle to mature and hold the stomach contents in. That said, one of his sons had to have it corrected with surgery at 5 years of age! I seriously can't deal with it for that long!

[Arimeh]

We went to a place on the sunshine coast that is well known for their remedies. It worked a treat. I know if you fill out an application form, they can send you remedies too if you don't live near there.

[MummaSue]

My paed said that it's not what the mother eats but the fact that the baby HAS to eat - does that make sense? It doesn't matter what the breast milk tastes like, it's not that that's causing the problem, so a change in diet doesn't help a lot.
Although, saying that, I have given up caffeine (didn't drink a lot anyway) and only eat small amounts of dairy and found that to make a small difference, but I am pretty sure that the losec is doing most of the work.

Sue x