reflux and gaviscon

We used gaviscon for Josiah from about 6 weeks old until he was about 5 months old. It eased his silent reflux, and he was a lot happier. I phased out the gavescon over a couple of weeks (after he was having solids regularly) as it became obvious he no longer needed it. I don't know if Josiah being on solids made any difference, but the gaviscon definitly helped him for the time he was on it.

Gaviscon did help with our first child (not with our second). Yes it is a pain to mix up but hey if it works aye. There is a natural alternative to gaviscon that doesnt cause constipation called rhuger drops.

You can use gaviscon with every feed if you want. But just be warned a side effect is constipation. So i would prob only use it as your baby dictates.

I used it twice a day, but that's just me...

Thanks for the congrats.

Yeah the only way is to trial dairy free for a fortnight. It is a pain but if in the end it stops the reflux then its all good. I removed all dairy from my diet when i did the trial so it means looking at every product you buy or use to see if it contains milk or milk products.

Some people have had success with just removing obvious dairy. ie, milk, cheese, youghurt.

ps. If you do try the AR it is cows milk based so there will be no point in going dairy free youself.

here is a good website to look at too crying over spilt milk

We used Gaviscon every feed, Id quickly mix it up when making his bottle or get hubby to make it if I was b/f (I b/f him till 6 months) I found it worked and then when he started solids I stopped giving the gaviscon as I too didnt want to give it to him long term, He now is not needing any gaviscon as the solids are just doing the same thing

I use zantac (dont no the difference between this and gaviscon) before his first morning. I have tried not giving it to him but he goes back to spilling heaps. The plunket nurse told me to start solids around 4-4.5 months.

Nope. We took slowly weaned her after she turned 1. She will only drink about 250mls of milk a day but she gets it in other things.

Any questions anyone, please ask away. Please excuse my absence from this site being school holidays , I will try and pop in as much as possible. 

Yep, Ill keep my fingers crossed that your twinnies dont have an allergy too. I guess at least this time your an expert and have all the knowlege on what to do with children with allergies.

Yep like i suggested before the rhuger drops. their phone number is either 08002rhuger or 08004rhuger. Its $25 for one bottle + postage or 2 bottles for $50 postage free.   This stuff is fantastic and the pharmacist that makes it is so knowledgeable. Rhuger is also helpful when children are first starting solids and get a bit constipated.