This poll is to see when your baby was diagnosed with reflux.
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This poll is to see when your baby was diagnosed with reflux.
Jack was diagnosed with Reflux at 7 weeks. He gained weight but he threw up huge amounts of milk :( It used to go everywhere. After a feed you had to sit with a nappy or towel for at least 20 minutes.
Once he was crawling we had to put down a huge sheet and towels all over the carpet ... he was on medicine which made it better (I have forgotten the name of it now ... was a while ago) but didnt stop it . I think it basically reduced the amount of acid in his vomit so it didnt do as much damage.
I would be happy to share more gory details if anyone would like me to :wink:
Kelly,
Was the medication Zantac? That is quite common for refluxy babies, Marisa had it when diagnosed with silent reflux, helped her a great deal. They really hate the taste though!!! There is a stronger medication too, not sure of the name as I believe a new one is out now?
No I know it wasn't zantac but he had to have it before each feed. Once he started solids it became a little better but we still had the same problem. He finally grew out of it at about 12 months of age.
Hi,
My son Samaar is a silent reflux baby. Although Zantac worked slightly by reducing the acid he suffered constipation so bad his whole face would turn bright red when he tried to go to the toilet. He is now on Losec. The down side to this is that it is only in tablet form so I have to disolve it in juice twice a day and suringe it to him.
I am wondering, when did your child sleep through the night? Samaar is 7 months and still wakes at least twice a night. Last night he was awake from 1.30am to 4.00am. I am at my wits end.
Regards
Tina Bajwa
Tina,
I am sorry to hear Saamar is not sleeping through the night. Have you tried co-sleeping with him? That way you might both get some better rest.
I still co-sleep with my 15 month old daughter as she was a silent reflux baby and she was also unsettled in general. I think you just have to do what works for you sometimes, especially when you are at your wits end.
Good luck!
This is prob a bit old now but i'll add my 2p worth. Jack was diagnosed at 6 weeks. This was after the "powers to be" had wrongly diagnosed him as a "difficult" baby and sent me off to learn how to settle my baby to sleep, which of course did nothing, seeing as though that wasn't the cause!
He was put on zantac and once he was able to roll over on his tummy and sleep in that position (about 6 months) he was okay-ish. Of course he is all over it now! Thankfully!!
Jo
Hi there... Matilda was just diagnosed with silent reflux... and just when we were about to be sent to a sleep centre etc... so here we go! I'm going to do some more research on it, but she's been given Gaviscon Infant to help...
I have no idea what I can do now except raise everything up and not lay her flat etc etc.... so its going to be a new adventure for me.
I have looked in Jack's baby book and he was prescribed Prepulsid to help with the reflux ... Jack was a happy chucker though ... he didn't really get upset when he vomited.
Cheers
Fraser just stopped feeding properly one day at about 10 weeks - everytime I'd lay him down flat to feed he'd scream hysterically. It got worse and worse to the point where my happy little baby who never cried would scream every waking moment and had to be carried everywhere. I thought it was a feeding problem as the cycle of screaming would start with his feed, and he was spending such a small amount of time feeding, but when I saw the lactation consultant she saw his reaction to feeding and instantly knew it was reflux. He was put on Zantac (which he loves taking - call him crazy) and after about 3 or 4 weeks his oesophogus healed and he is back to being happy. He is still a difficult feeder, but I think he must be pretty efficient as he gains well. He averages 5 mins a side 6 or 7 times a day, and thankfully sleeps through the night again after a period of waking twice a night when the oesophogitus was bad.
Zander was diagnosed at 2weeks 1day. He has silent reflux, brings it up & swallows it all back down. At the moment he's taking 6ml of Gripe Water before each feed. He takes the Gripe Water ok, but fights us every time we try to give him a bottle.
Thomas was diagnose when he was 4 days old he just come out of special care nursury and started throwing up everywhere it continued for 12-14 months. Every medicen we tried didnt work so we just had to put up with it.
There was some very long nights but we over it now and his all better.
Cheers \:D/
My first son had reflux from somewhere around 2 - 4 weeks I didn't know why he was so up set all the time worse at night he was chucking up heaps plus stressed when I didn't have enough to feed him (low supply). So I couldn't win. I tried feeding for 9 weeks ( I persisted ) but spoke to Paed and he put Hayden on Zantac capsules (have to break apart and mix with feed or put in syringe to feed. Then was happy to be given a liquid form of Zantac easier to feed and then we also moved on to Formula for Reflux which helped a bit. We also elevated his bed slightly ( head up ) put some towels under his matteress. He grew out of it by about 8 - 9 months old when he got RSV (3 other babies at childcare had it too - so I wasn't too happy) from of Bronchilitus (not good on medical spelling here).
But otherwise he got thru it. Very stressful for all in early days but tried everything to calm him with reflux. Even held upright (not laying down) in arms and feeding slightly reclined not full laid back. Some of these things helped us get thru it all. It may help you too?
Well hendrix was diagnosed today with reflux and Orkids story resonates with mine. Hendrix is such a dream baby and so happy except at booby time - so much so that he just screams and wont eat. He also just is so content when upright but really gets such a pained look and his scream becomes terrifying when put down. So he has been put on zantac and we will see how he goes.
Kahlani was diagnosed with reflux yesterday at 2 weeks old after the paed questioned it last week. Wasn't really enough evidence at that stage though. Wednesday night was a shocker as she only wanted to be upright. She now has Zantac twice a day and after only 3 times of having it we have noticed a big difference.
Abby had been diag @ 2 weeks...or was it 1? It was early! She is 6 months now and it is still pretty bad! It'll be so nice when she grows out of it! She has GERD because in the beginning she could not even get back to her birthweight. I guess it is GER and you only add the D (disease) if it is bad enough to NEED meds) It took plenty of meds to get her to keep anything down. Now she is on prevacid and cereal in her milk, plus a little erythromycin to help her stomache contract faster. She spits up constantly, we go through so much laundry and we always smell like sour milk. BUT she is putting on weight, she is in the 50% now, which the doctors are thrilled about! She is a very good and happy baby! If reflux is her only problem, we are sooo lucky! It is more a laundry problem now than anything! :)
My darling Tarleha was actually diagnosed at 2 weeks but was thought of being reflux since birth. She had very severe projectile reflux to the point where she was loosing weight :crying:
She is now suffering more with silent reflux but still projectiles frequently. My baby had her first ultrasound at 2 weeks of age to rule out some thing that would have required surgery.
She has been a little better since i changed her formula from S26 to S26AR which is made for reflux.
Night time seems the worst. During the day she can scream up to 2 hours at night she can scream for up to 8 hours.
She has just recently at 4 1/2 weeks been diagnosed with colic as well so no wonder my princess screams.
Anybody know any ways to help ease the reflux, and if your child was placed on medication what was it and did it help?
Kristee-Lea
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:babygirl: Tarleha Maye 29/06/06 (6 pound 10 ounces)
I've got another silent refluxer diagnosed around day 6-7. She'd scream all night when laid flat and do the arched back thing when feeding.
Elevating definiately helped initially as did the three doses a day of zantac - vile stuff but she actually likes it now :dunno:. We haven't upped her dose for a while to see how she'd go, but she's started back on the symtoms so reading this has definitely helped - think I might up her dose! Thanks girls.
Hi,
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!!!
Hi
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
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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 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
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.
Brendan was diagnosed shortly after birth and it cleared up at around 12 months of age.
What age?...to old if you ask me :lol: 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.
My baby Caroline was diagnosed with Reflux at three weeks. She basically had what looked like a fit and we took her to the hospital. The froth at her mouth turned out to be stomach acid that had come up. She had thrown her head back, back arched and arms rigid. It was just after a feed. She was hard to feed, typically taking only half and either throwing up or it being in her throat - silent reflux.
We started off on Gaviscon, then ranitidine (which helped a bit but not 100% better) and now losec. It's only been too days on Losec and I'm finding it really hard. She seems to have gone backwards with the Losec. I know it takes a while to kick in, but it's so hard watching her suffer. I'm praying that it'll start to work sooner than the five days the doctor said. I'm keeping her upright during and half an hour to 45 mins after feeds and she's sleeping on an angle.
I feel quite exhausted as Caroline in a twin and her sister Olivia is suffering from evening colic. I'm a new mum and six weeks in.
How long will I have to wait before she starts to feel better? Any advice and tips would be great!
Alex
Hello
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 :crossfingers:
Thanks for that! We'll keep going and take your advice on the baby carrier!;)
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!!:wall:
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.
I totally understand how you feel, my baby Alana was diagnosed at 4 weeks after what seemed like weeks of crying... We started on changing the formula 4 times and finally settled on Nutramigen 1 which has helped her really bad wind. Also she takes Carabel a thickener to the milk to make it more difficult to reflux up, which when we started looked like it was a miracle cure. After a week or so of using it the effect seemed to wear off as with all the meds. The paed then said to try Ranitidine, Alana went mad when I gave it to her so after the first two days i gave up as it was just too distressing. We are now on Losec, Carabel and Nuramigen 1 food. We only started the Losec on Friday and I cannot believe that paeds are actually prescribing this for babies. It is so hard to give it to her, im gonna ask for the suspension. We tried giving it to her through a syringe but the sediment stuck in the bottom. We tried mixing it with a bit of the milk to which she spat out, and then threw up her whole bottle. This morning we tried dissolving it on the spoon which seemed to work as you can at least see what she is getting. She is much more content today, yesterday I spent the whole day crying as I just could not see any light at the end of the tunnel. Looks like we are all in the same boat...:
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 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.:o