I had to upgrade DS to the very fast flowing teats for his 'thickshakes' as we so lovingly call them. Other than that, keep bubby upright for 20mins or so after feeding. I found that useful. Good luck!
the spews can take a long time to ease, i continued to bf dd, i just ensured her head was elevated during feeds and of a night gave her ebm thickened when the reflux was really bad, i used the avent bottles with a variable flow teat for this, till she was older and sucked better then moved on to tommee tippee closer to nature and cut out her thickener as she stacked on heaps of weight so i cut it down gradually and she was fine. so i would ensure head elevated during feeds, do lots of burping (i burped every couple of minutes during bf and ebm), hold bub upright for 20 to 30 minutes after each feed and elevate the cot at one end. dd really did get a lot of relief from zantac, prior to that it was a lot of screaming and breast/bottle refusal to the point she was dehydrated and they finally did something about it. she has been great for a long time now and still bf, it really does get better in time, just how long it will take is individual to the baby. Being able to sit her semi upright in a swing or bouncer helped a lot too for us. goodluck i know it isnt easy with a reflux bub.
Thanks everyone! DS2 is fully formula fed, which I guess makes positioning during a feed easier! He is loving his rocker at the moment and I let him have all his day sleeps in it.
Am looking into the cows milk allergy thanks Lisa B!
Hoping for some more advice from other mums with reflux bubs. DS has now had a barium swallow and an ultrasound which showed no structural abnormalities. Though we did see the reflux. He has been on pepti-junior gold for almost a week with no significant improvement in symptoms. He is on zoton 15mg morning and night (zoton is like losec).
However, we are still getting bouts of pain after each feed (lasting from 5-50 minutes) and pain before and after spitting up. He will spit up even 3 hours after a feed.
And now to my question: if the reflux is properly medicated for, shouldn't he be better or mostly better? He is better on medicine than not, but still it is so hard to see him in pain! People have said to me "oh good this it isn't something more serious. It is just reflux." But I don't think I should still be seeing him in pain...
What do you think? Do I just have to deal with this until 6 months or should I persist with further investigations?
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