Those with reflux babies....

Brennan has reflux..just like Blake except worse it seems than Blake. I cant even remember what Blake was on in the end or whether I just ended up holding him all the time..This time I cant with Blake running around.
Doc has given me Gaviscon and its proving to be a nightmare..mixing it and actually getting it into him...dont even know that its going to do much..... Brennan wont even lie down for a second on his back..

Im thinking Losec capsules on the tongue before feed would be so much more realistic and easy and prob work better as he seems to be silent reflux??


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We're using Losec granules with Chiara and it's working really well, we saw the paed for a follow up last Tues and he said she is still refluxing (when he puts pressure on her tummy) but it is obviously not bothering her which means the Losec is doing it's job.
She was also prescribed Gaviscon but I haven't bothered with it coz she doesn't spill a lot and it's such a nightmare getting it into a breastfed baby who refuses to take a bottle.

My now 8yr old had silent reflux as a baby. We spent 3 weeks at the mothercraft unit a waikato hospital while sorting it out. I was breastfeeding while in there and the specialist put her on ranitadine and another one I can't remember the name - not losec. I really wanted to try thickened formula but the specialist said to keep with the medication.

Anyway, upon returning home breastfeeding was a major chore and she would feed for less than a minute and pull of and cry.....and this would circle....so in the end I got the AR thickened formula and it worked wonders! We were so excited when she drank 80ml in one go!

Since then I have found out that losec isn't the best think out here either - so read up on it thoroughly. Yes it works, but longer term health issues may (please not I'm not saying will) arise.

Ranitidine was a liquid medicine. It is an antirefulx medicine. I had to give her about 1.5ml I think from memory about 15mins before a feed was due. That was the only hassle really....but she took it really well in her sleep just suckling at a tiny syringe. Kept the feeding in a routine.

I haven't used Gaviscon for a baby. But are you saying you need to get 15ml of it into your month old baby? That seems alot aye.
Perhaps try and get a specialist appointment?

When we used gaviscon in South Africa we only gave the little babies 1.5 -2.5mls and that did the trick-are you sure its 15mls?
Hope you get it sorted soon.

Hayley is now on gaviscon after weeks of spilling. Hoping that this does the trick! It says to give after each feed, but I only got 1 box of 30 sachets, with 1 repeat, so that would only last 10 - 14 days (I would give it approx 5 times a day), which means another visit to the docs to get another script??

Do your babies take it at every feed, and can I give it before the feed?

My GP only gave me a small script like that just because you need to try it and see if it works, theres not much point getting loads of it if its not going to make a difference. So they give you the small script to try out and if it works just ring back and ask for more and they should give you a script for lots of it.

Thanks girls :) That does make sense
Arohanui, thanks for your generous offer, if it works for Hayley I will definitely pm you, thank you