my baby girl was diagnosed a few days after birth and still today at 19months has it pretty bad. She has been on zantac and losec but they didn't do much.She was breast feed until 5 months then my milk dried up,then bottle feed.
Sam was 8weeks 4days when diagnosed with silent reflux. He was 8 weeks 3 days early. I had a hard time getting a doc to listen to me and ended up seeing 4 docs before he was finally diagnosed.
DD was diagnosed with silent reflux at 10 weeks of age, by her paediatrician. The GP didn't really believe it was silent reflux as DD was sleeping well at night, but not sleeping during the day unless in the sling. Her paediatrician said it was very normal for reflux/silent reflux babies to sleep well at night - I was so pleased! She was prescribed Losec and was a different baby within 2 days - quite amazing! She sleeps beautifully day and night now
Although diagnosed at 10 weeks, DD started showing signs of silent reflux around 5.5 weeks of age.
Jayde was dignosed with silent reflux at the age of 4 weeks she would burp up all sorts and then scream and scream after swallowing it- she is on Zantac now and it has made a MASSIVE difference she still has moments thou and is starting to actually vomit now HUGE amounts of milk I am watching her weight closley to make sure she isnt loosing any and is still gaining.
My daughter developed reflux at about 2 months or that is when I picked it up, thinking back she was restless before that but it got worse around 2 months. I tried infants friend after spending 5 nights rocking her none stop, it helped a little. Then I tried Donnalix which was fantastic, she is now 4.5 months and still takes it. In a couple of weeks I am going to take her off it and see how she goes, she didn't vomit but just seemed to be getting heart burn. My partner kind of blamed it on my milk and diet which made me feel really bad, I still haven't forgiven him.
I vote for 4-8 weeks, that's the my sister's daugher 's experience. We always feel pitiful about babies who diagnosed with reflux. They are so little and need so much help. Come on new moms
I voted 8 weeks+...he was formally diagnosed about 19-20 weeks but that is actual age...seeing he was 15 weeks prem he was only 4 weeks corrected age...so just after term.
At 12.5mths it is still going strong
Ashleigh wasn't even out of hospital, when she was diagnosed with Reflux. We left the hospital with Zantac, and even though we had some time of the zantac, Ashleigh at nearly 12 months is still having problems with the reflux.
She is a nightmare at night. I can count on one hand how many times she has slept right through the night. Sometimes I am up three and four times a night with her. I will be getting back to my paedaetrican in the coming week to see what else I can do for her.
Michele
Mother of Christopher, Luke, Melissa, Jayden and Ashleigh
Jake started with all of the symptons from about 2 weeks - punching and kicking on the boob, not wanting to lie down flat, the only way he'd go to sleep was on our shoulder walking. Was diagnosed with silent reflux by health nurse at 4 weeks and started Losec at about 5-6wks after trying positioning etc first with no result. He is still on Losec and has his gulping choking episodes at least once a day but he doesn't cry for 10-12 hours straight anymore - only 3-4! We find he sleeps for at least 6hrs at night but only bcos he is so exhausted from the day of crying and not napping.
Will was diagnosed at hospital but not with it bad - just a slightly loose esophageal sphincter. After reading everyone's earlier entries i think he must have had it very mildly. Right from the start he was managing to spew through his nose while i was still feeding him so at day 3 he had a barium swallow which didn't show anything so they said we could go home. on the way home in the car he threw up loads of blood so we turned the car round and were re-admitted. He had an endoscopy the next day which showed he'd slightly injured the top bit of the lining of the stomach with throwing up but that it had mostly healed already and had the slack sphincter. For the first 3 months he was so uncomfy after feeding but he didn't scream for long periods. I got very good at dozing with him sleeping upwards on me! We tried zantac but that did nothing so Losec was next and that improved things abit. We met someone who had been through the same thing and all the drugs who recommended plain old fashioned gripe water as well as the losec. The first night we gave him it he slept for 8 hours straight!!!!! The 8 hours wasn't repeated that often but it certainly marked a turning point. We finished the losec at about 5 months and although he still chucks for England he is not uncomfy and will vom mid smile and keep on smiling!Thank god for tiles - our rug is thankfully reversible so once he finishes with it we can turn it over. Not sure about the carpet in the bedrooms!!!
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My baby Eliza was diagnosed with reflux at around 2 months she was very distressed while feeling, and just would not lie on her back and doing that horrible arching all the time, she even managed to roll on to her tummy at 8 weeks old!! she now just sleeps like that all the time. She was put on zantac, then we then gave losec ago but I just wasn't happy with the idea of my tiny baby on such strong medication. After some research and positive information from others, we decided to give an osteopath a try. It is very gentle and she is starting to enjoy it. We have had 5 sessions and the reflux has definitely improved, she hasn't been on any medication for over a month now. She still is a terrible sleeper at night but I am assured that this will settle in time. She is now 5 moths old and although she still can get very distressed we are having more good days than bad. lekala75
Em was about 9 or 10 weeks i think. She is also lactose intolerant and ended up in hospy 4 10 days at 5 weeks with faliure to thrive. the combination of the 2 were responsible and she couldn't BF effectively.
my little princess was diagnosed at about 12 weeks by the time we changed formulas got over immunistations etc. she was no where near as abd as what some of you have described your children. my heart goes out to you all.
for the first time mothers....go with your gut...9 times out of 10 you will be right.. good luck with it all. i hope your babies get better soon. it is such a time to be treasured
My son was only diagnosed after i stoped Breast feeding... After persivering (spl) with BF or 3 months and in the end not having a great milk supply i was advised to start supplimenting night feads with a bottle feed. As soon as i started bottle feeding the vomiting started (projectile) he would curl up in a ball and scream... i tryed formula after formula and no change...i finally got him booked in for the Barrium meal test at 5-6 months which showed he suffered reflux. They put him on meds before ever meal and it helped the pains heaps... he still threw up but at least he wasnt in agony constantly... I'm hoping that i can BF the next bubs longer as i was told it can occur in sibblings aswell
What age?...to old if you ask me I think it was about 10 weeks
I knew there was something wrong with her and had been telling my mchn for weeks and she kept pretty much ignoring me. Being a first time Mum I didn't know any better and it wasn't until the mchn heard her screaming while I was feeding her in Mothers Group that she said that it sounded like reflux and to get it checked out.....tell you what I still get annoyed thinking about it.
We've played around with my diet, Zantac, Losec and AR formulae. The Losec combined with the formulae seems to be doing the trick
my little man also was diagnosed too old if you ask me . . . 7months - poor little guy had been suffering too long
Am also a first time mum and my GP & CYH nurse kept brushing me off when i queried it with them so didn't know any better but to trust their 'professional' opinion.
Best thing i ever did was see a paed that specialises in Reflux and now my little man is a much happier boy . . wish i had of done it earlier & trusted my instincts !
My baby was diagnosed with silent reflux at 5-6 weeks when she suddenly changed from this great sleeping, feeding baby to day's and nights of spin shivering screams, no sleeping and no sleep for everyone. My first baby never had this and I had'nt heard of silent reflux and no idea what it was, I only knew of reflux which is where they vomit alot, but my baby wasnt vomiting so I had no idea. Once I was explained the difference and how painful it can be, I felt like the worse mother as I had this poor baby in pain and I thought it was because she was being a stinker and wanted to be held all the time. Anyway after a couple of months of getting the correct amount of medication (Losec)that suited her she turned into this happy, bubbly ,better sleeper and feeder of a baby, she is 9 mths now and is still on the medication but we have been slowly been able to reduce the amount of medication. To any family that has to go through this I simpathise completly it is a rough road but at the end of the day its only temopary and they could of been diagnosed with something worse.
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. They are so little and need so much help. Come on new moms
I think it was about 10 weeks
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