Did Mylanta or Gaviscon make any difference for your bub?

[Lewis's Mummy]

I posted a thread a while ago in the reflux sub-forum but didn't get much response, so thought I'd put this one out here.

Went to the Dr with DS2 today concerned about his reflux. He is putting on weight really well and has times when he is settled and isn't your classic screaming reflux baby, but the Dr listened to my description and could still hear him swallowing his regurge etc and has said we should try 1ml of mylanta or gaviscon before feeds or when he's having a bad time with the reflux. If this doesn't help he'll go to the next level with medication. Did either of these help anyone else?

DS2 is fully breastfed and we are otherwise quite healthy and happy on the whole, but mummy is sick of changing her clothes and pjs endlessly and of washing all the time and knowing her little man is feeling yucky when he swallows it back down and it hurts...

[Just Me]

We used baby gaviscon. Reflux is horrible. DD2 was pretty shocking with it and constantly refluxy. It wasn't a miracle cure, but it helped a fair bit. She could go to sleep without waking up 20 mins later screaming in pain and looking like she had tasted something nasty. Propping her cot up on an angel also helped a little bit.

DD2 didn't like being fed the gaviscon though so I used a syringe while I was breastfeeding her and slipped it into the corner of her mouth next to my nipple and got her to have it that way. She didn't seem to mind as much as when I feed it to her straight. By about 4 months though, she would drink it out of a bottle.

I hope you can find some relief from reflux. It is so sad to watch them

[HotI]

Is reflux worse during the day or night?

[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