Hey all....proud mummy moment - Dash gave me the biggest smile EVER last night....what a melting moment.
Runner: You asked for advice....I'm sure you know all of this but to help reflux you should feed upright (which I think I read you were doing) and keep her upright for half hour afterwards, prop the cot mattress up on an incline, burp by rubbing not patting and over shoulder instead of knee so back is out straight and tum not squashed, smaller feeds more often. Can't really help with the oversupply of milk because I have never breastfed he he....but doesn't it settle at about 6 weeks??
Dash spends every second sleep in his bouncy sitting up....this seems to help. Also DS reflux is worse in the arvo due to colic so I burp before a feed and have him 'snack' at the bottle for an hour. I put Gaviscon in his bottle (not sure how this works with breastfeeding) and this stops the vomiting and the acid coming up the back of the throat by acting as the valve that keeps his food in the stomach. If Amara is hard to settle it may be because the acid is burning her throat when laying down....dash is harder to settle without his meds and wakes up constantly....doesn't take a full feed and seems to be feeding every awake time he gets....so nothing gets done. The Zantc simply changes the acid so it doesn't burn if he does vomit. Meds are quite drastic but we had no option, tried everthing else. Ayway, we have had no reflux for over a week now (except for when a friend fed him and didn't follow our procedure) so will keep up the meds.
Ren: Glad Ava is gaining....still don't know how Dash gained his weight with all the vomit he he. 100mL is excellent - well done Ava!!! Dash has only just gone up to 125mL (should be on about 150-180mL by now) but with a thickened formula they tend to take less....that should answer your question too Bon!! Have you tried giving Ava some thickener before a feed? I think you mix it with breastmilk before a feed when BF. Not sure how you feel about that so will leave the thought with you!!
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