My DS is 8 weeks today. He was diagnosed with reflux at 3 weeks and is on 10mg of Losec per day (5mg AM, 5mg PM). He has always been an infrequent poo'er...one every 5 days on average. But when he did poo they were normal looking so I never worried. We'd have a few unsettled days leading up to a poo and a few good days after.

However a few weeks ago he started poo'ing pellet-like poos and was in obvious distress passing. He was also very unsettled in the lead-up to the poo. I thought it was impossible for an exclusively BF baby to be constipated!

Anyway, we then stopped the Gaviscon (x3/ day) as this was the only 'new' thing we had introduced coinciding with the constipation. But that didn't provide immediate results. We gave him Coloxyl. That helped but he seemed to be in pain after we gave it. We've recently stopped the Coloxyl and started prune juice. That also seems to be helping.

We saw an Osteo last week who said his stomach was very tight...I guess part of the whole reflux/ constipation thing. After the session he did a normal poo and slept like a log. But his normal, distressed behaviour started up again the next day.

So my long-winded explanation is really to ask...has anyone experienced constipation whilst on Losec???

I should also mention that I'm off dairy, caffeine and any typical 'wind' culprits. I'm considering seeing a Naturopath or Dietician to look into an Elimination Diet in case it's an allergy thing and not a medication side effect.

Does anyone have any advice or has had a similar experience? It's so sad seeing my LO in distress and not knowing what exactly is the root of the problem