A good gp can help, ds was diagnosed at 4 weeks too. As soon as he was on meds he calmed down, no more screaming and he slept better. Driving in the car helped us along with a vibrating rocker, the movement keeps them calmer.
Hugs hun, its tough to see them like this and absolutely not what you were expecting!!
Go see your GP tomorrow, explain its for your 3 week old and they should fit you in. Any half decent GP will be able to help you out here, just explain whats been happening and that you suspect its silent reflux. I thought i would have a fight on my hands to get DS diagnosed, but my GP jumped on it before the words came out of my mouth!
My DS was diagnosed with silent reflux at around 4 months, controlling my diet had a huge impact on how well he coped (and still does!), he was particularly sensitive to caffeine, soft drink, chocolate, dairy, tomato based sauces, any kind of vaguely spicy food and nuts. Try and be as bland as you can for a few days and see if there is any difference. Also, do you have a carrier where bub can be upright against your chest? This is a wonderful calming and soothing position for them and you will get some rest with it.
Sending you some more big hugs, it does and will get better!!
If its reflux the best thing is to get it diagnosed and medicated ASAP, no stuffing around, silent reflux slowly damages. There is no need to see a paed, a general gp can prescribe zantax or losec. Infants friend won't help with reflux though.
DD2 started about 3 weeks, within 2 days she was vomiting up her own stomach acids, I rang my gp, she faxed a prescription to my local chemist that day and we started zantac (I've had previous experience with GORD with my niece so my gp trusted my judgement). Within a few days she was so much happier, it took another couple weeks to calm down much more. At 5 months we trialled a decrease in med's and found she was much better, by 6 months she was off the meds.
If your bub does have reflux its not the end of the world, its quite treatable, and while you may find they are still a little irritable and sensitive because it may not hurt as such but still be umcomfortable, they can still be very happy little darls. There are heaps of little things you can do to help, like raise the cot, have bub sleep upright as much as possible (a rocker or swing is great for this), carry bub with you in a sling. Change bubs nappy before a feed and turn them sideways to do so not lift their legs to their chest. Dummies help produce extra saliva to reduce stomach acids, as well as being soothing. Try to space feeds out to a minimum, say 3 hours, what can happen as is the stomach empties it starts to hurt, and to help this they want to feed as the milk is soothing temporarily, unfortunately it become a vicious cycle as each time the stomach fills and empty's it can cause discomfort.
If you are worried about your supply then do some extra pumping to increase it but generally reflux won't affect your supply as whatever is being taken will be replaced. Reflux will make bub fuss at the breast, unfortunately there is not much you can do about this except persevere (it will get better with time), but giving a small amount of mylanta before a feed can help. Formula can also make the reflux worse, as well as hindering supply, so try to avoid it.
Wow...I feel as though I could cry after reading all your kind posts.
Thankyou everyone,
I will send her off to GP next week, I dont want this to get worse or damage her.
What a great forum this is, just this bit of support will help me get through the day.
Babyluv -
xxx
My DD had reflux which was diagnosed at 7 weeks but she had it from around 5 weeks. We were given losec by the paed and I also took her to a chiro which helped immensely. She no longer has it and we weaned her off the medication at around 5 months. She was a different baby after taking the losec and while it's not ideal to give babies medications, it helped her sleep and I got my happy baby back.
There are lots of ladies here who know what you're going through
made appointment with GP - fingers crossed he can help me get some losec.
It really tears me up inside to think about giving her meds at this early stage - Im so afraid of damaging her!
U know, before I got pregnant I was never really maternal, wasnt so into babies and children - its incredible how you change.
At least know, from reading some feedback, its not forever, just until they develop a bit further, and then she can be weaned off.
Thankyou!
You'll get there hun, it's hard seeing your little person in pain hey?
We found the tablet form of losec to work better than the made up suspension - we just dissolved the tablet in a tiny bit of water on a teaspoon and gave it to her that way. Was much easier than trying to get her to take the nasty suspension which tastes utterly disgusting.
i feel for both of you, my bub is just over 8 weeks old and i swear he has reflux, he screams non stop basically and has done since he was 3 weeks old, he wants to feed so much just about all day everyday and its getting quite hard
I dont understand this pain im going through im getting very very distressed, dad is getting destressed and his big brother is getting cranky with me constantly feeding and not having the time for him
I have been to my dr 2 times for some help for reflux and all i keep getting told is he is hungry :| i dont think hes hungry, so last night i spend 2hrs at the hospital seeing a different dr for the reflux and once again i come home with NO HELP
ARGH im going to loose it, its getting to me all the constant screaming, i even started crying at the hospital and they still wouldnt give me anything all they told me was to go home and give him some panadol and i said yeah sure but he cant live off that, the dr replies ive seen babies have it for over 3 weeks YEP SURE i aint dosing my 8 week old up on pain relief for no reason when i KNOW what he needs
Goodluck, im glad things have settled down for u, its quite hard and i could only just imagine how u felt being a first time mum, this is my second bub and OMG its still VERY stressful!
Mizqtie ~ you can buy infant gaviscon over the counter at the chemist if you want to try that, I used a Neurofen syringe to give it to DD2, mix it with about 10ml of boiled water and syringe after the first side, then sit up to burp. That may assist in less coming back up, during the interim. Losec neutralizes the acid in the stomach. DD2 is up to 20mg a day (2 x 10mg a day) in conjunction with the Gav, but it is a prescription, is there another Dr' you can go to?
We have attempted weaning DD2 at 4 months and it failed dismally - we only got as far as a half dose of the Losec and she was a screaming inconsolible non sleeping baby, so will try again at 6 months of age, but I wouldn't be surprised if she is going to be on it for much longer than that due to the severity.
Myztie - apparently it IS hard to find a DR who will help you through the reflux with the right treatment. Try goingt o Parenting Services | Baby Care Products for good advice and contact Sally there - She was the one who helped diagnose and get me on the right path.
I cant imagine surviving it with another child - ahhhhh!!! you poor thing!!
Beema - I thought my baby girls dosage was high at 15mg per day - now i wont worry as much knowing you got away with 20mg! I cant wait to wean her off the losec too...
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