We noticed a change around 3-4 weeks but she wasnt correctly diagnosed until around 5-6 weeks. Hang in there it does take a while to get the doseage correct, my baby girl had it really bad so her medication went up and up but over a month until she was on a adult dose of losec. Just remember that as they put weight on the doseage may need to be increased. Best thing to get is a baby pouch ( Baby Born) to get you through she slept in this most of the day as I couldnt put her down as the same she would do the same as your baby. Dont worry about the baby getting used to it once you get the doseage correct and baby more settled then you can start to get into a better routine with sleep. I found the Gaviscon hopeless, she went onto the Karicare HA\A1 which has a thickner in it thats if your baby is been bottle feed. You should also try a baby chiropracter since seeing one her medication has reduced to more than half over a few months. Hope this helps I know its hard and it puts alot of stress on you and your partner , and some people just dont understand what your going through just do whats right for your baby . Good Luck
My Lil Man was diagnosed at 6 weeks. He was arching his back and screaming during feeds, all the usual stuff. I had put him on HA/AR formula and he improved a little, it certainly stopped his spewing, but he was still uncomfy so we put him on on Losec. Well that combined with the AR formula was a disaster for us, the losec slowed his digestion down and combined with the thickened formula, just made the feed sit in his belly like a brick.
I switched him to goats milk formula and that seemed to make things a bit better (but now his spew is soo cheesy smelling)
The big clincher for us was the osteopath. After the first treatment, the difference was amazing, and it was instant. She also put him on a pro biotic to help with his digestion.
I have forgotten to give him his losec on several occassions now and it makes no difference, he is fine.
Having said all of that, he wasnt as bad as some of you have described your kids.
But apart from 60 bucks, I had nothing to loose with the osteo, and even better, they say you only need around 6 treatments, so its not like you are shelling out for ages.
Good Luck
My son was diagnosed by accident. We had problems feeding him from the start. Being in incredible pain during and after each feed. It was nothing short than a nightmare. People kept saying, babies cry, everyone goes through this, its normal. But in my heart I knew it was not. Anyway we were at the Peadi to check JD's enlarged kidneys and it was feed time. JD did the usual thrashing around and screaming. After a few minutes the Dr said, nope this is not normal he has reflux. We put him on Zantac and AR formula. And although he still had the reflux at least the Zantac reduced the acid in his tummy so it didn't burn him on the way up. With permission from the Peadi we started him on solids at 3.5 months and he has been thriving ever since. Now he is off the Zantac, but the transition to Step 2 formula is proving to be difficult as he is used to the very thick AR formula. Will see how we go.
Hi, my now 2yo son was first diagnosed with silent reflux when he was a newborn. We tried 5 different formulas before getting the right one for him. He was also put on Losec, but I was in 2 minds as to whether that helped or if he just grew out of it, as by 4 months it was gone..... or so we thought.
Almost 2 years later and he has now just been diagnosed with severe reflux, which it turns out was never gone in the first place! He's had a persistent cough since birth, and it took 2 years for anyone to believe me that this wasn't normal! So now he's back on the Losec, which is helping his reflux, but giving him terrible wind and constipation. I really don't know which is worse!!
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