reflux diagnosis? feeling devastated, having a baby was never meant to be this hard.

[lise]

delara, hope the GP was helpful. DS was diagnosed with reflux at 4 weeks, on Zantac from 4 weeks (which we found did nothing) and then Losec (which was brilliant!!). Like the others have said, keeping upright, using the sling etc were very helpful.

Something I found also worked well was holding DS in my arms with his head on my shoulder and bouncing gently on a fitball. Apparently the up and down movements mimic the motion they feel in utero and we found he would pretty much calm down instantly when we did that. He also loved the shower, and a couple of times even fell asleep in there so worth a try!

It's definitely a tough gig having a baby with reflux but you WILL get through it and have your happy baby back. I can also HIGHLY recommend an osteo, they're so gentle and I found it made a huge different to DS in both his sleeping habits and the amount he vomited.

Good luck xx

ETA - meant to say that I know how hard it is to give a tiny baby medicine, I felt so terribly guilty that he was on meds at such a young age, but when you see the difference it makes, well it's certainly worth it to see them free of pain. So don't beat yourself up if you do need to start meds, it's the best thing for reflux.