I feel your frustration and i understand you racking your brain trying to figure out the whys and hows. DD had her immunisations also but i never put any of her discomfort down to this as i'd not heard of the link before. BB has taught me another useful tip As Sargres above has said we also peaked around the 7 week mark. At first she was occasionally uncomfortable, every second night may have been a bit of a struggle to get to the end of the 'witching hour' but i think it was either week 6 or 7 where every single night we had screaming, arching of her back, one exhausted little bub who was just too uncomfortable to sleep, the list goes on.... until she finally would fall asleep about the 11pm mark for a reasonable nights feed/sleep routine. We too were on medication (zantac) somewhere between 7-8 weeks and it made a difference and it helped ease the symptoms.
So i can't help by saying it'll ease off or not because i really don't know. Each little ones case of 'reflux' (i believe they can all have it, it just varies in severities) is difference and as to if your little mans is mainly due to the immunisation i'm not sure how you'll be able to tell. I suppose time will tell, in the mean time you just do what you can do to help your little one through their discomfort.
Thanks ladies. I wasn't aware that it peaked at around the 7-8 week mark. It makes a little more sense now, he had his immunisations at 7 weeks and had been suffering from wind issues before that.
EJ, how long was your DD on Zantac for and how long did it take for you to see results? DS2 started it 5 days ago now, I think I've seen a little bit of improvement, but can't be sure. He's still struggling to sleep during the day because of it, the only place he will have a decent sleep is in the swing. The GP said it takes about a week to start providing real improvement, so fingers crossed tomorrow might be a better day...
Miss E i wouldn't have said that i was aware of the 'peak' either other than from reading others expereinces now after it's all over.... always the way But for DD that was a week i'll never forget.
DD was on zantac up until 6 months and it helped, i wasn't something i enjoyed doing and really wish i didn't have to but anything to put her out of her misery. DD had silent reflux and she was really uncomfortable, she never smiled until she was about 10 weeks old when she finally started to feel a little better. The zantac can take quite a bit of time to settle in, 1-2 weeks from memory but you will notice little changes along the way hopefully. The zantac dose is given by weight so depending on how rapid your sons growth is you may need dose increases from time to to. I was able to call the nurse at my dr surgery and she would help with this. At 6 months when i took DD of it i did see signs return in the first week which had me thinking she wasn't ready but i stuck it out and they went away. I think it was her adjusting to the feeling of the juices again as the zantac supresses these.
Good luck i hope you sort out what it is your little man needs, it's a tricky time and i'm sure all you want to do is make your little man happy
I thought I would pop back in and update on where we are at with DS2's reflux. He's now 17 weeks and thankfully we've been able to get it under control with the Zantac. However, I haven't been able to shake the feeling that the Rotavirus vaccine was a big contributer to its serverity, or even the cause of it. After doing a fair bit of reading, DH and I began to question whether or not we should give him the remaining two doses. Amazingly when we had our 4 month check up with the MCHN she actually said that if we suspected it was the cause we shouldn't let him have another dose (despite her own daughter having been hospitalised with it). We also discovered at that appointment that his weight gain since having the vaccine had gone from well above average to far below the target gains. So after much research and lots of lengthy discussions we came to the conclusion that it wasn't in his best interest to continue with it.
Today I took him for his 4 month immunisations. I had been dreading the conversation with my GP, expecting her to try and convince us to continue with the Rotavirus. But, the conversation went very differently to what I had expected. She was incredibly understanding and supportive and more than willing to complete the Medical Contraindication form.
I guess I feel the need to share our experience, because it seems to me that our experience with reflux and the rotavirus is not as unique as I initially thought it was. There are quite a few threads on other parenting forums where other parents have shared the same concerns and suspicions. But I feel that the fact that both my MCHN and GP were supportive (and in some ways encouraging) of us not continuing with it, shows that we're not alone in our experience and that perhaps there are many others out there who they have come across. This vaccine is a relatively new one and I tend to think that while for the most part it is safe there are some side effects that are yet to officially documented by the medical community.
As Sargres above has said we also peaked around the 7 week mark. At first she was occasionally uncomfortable, every second night may have been a bit of a struggle to get to the end of the 'witching hour' but i think it was either week 6 or 7 where every single night we had screaming, arching of her back, one exhausted little bub who was just too uncomfortable to sleep, the list goes on.... until she finally would fall asleep about the 11pm mark for a reasonable nights feed/sleep routine. We too were on medication (zantac) somewhere between 7-8 weeks and it made a difference and it helped ease the symptoms.
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