We're still trying to get our little guy comfy all, or most, of the day.  He's currently on 30mg Prevacid/day, 1 ml Carafate 2x/day, and Neocate thickened with rice cereal.  We were doing 15mg 2x/day, but he was getting really uncomfy, arching/crunching, pushing bottle away around 2-3 in the afternoon.  Once he'd get his 2nd dose (around 4:30 to 5), he'd be ok through bedtime.  He then started waking again around 2-3, seemingly from pain--sometimes he would eat, but usually I could pick him up & rock him, get him upright for a while and he'd get back to sleep eventually.  For the last 3 days we've tried splitting the prevacid into 3 approx. 10mg doses (I estimate 2/3 of the solutab & cut with pill cutter)--this is what we did with Dagney and it worked for her--and under our Pedi's direction also upped the thickening to 2 tsp/ounce (Dagney was on 1 Tablespoon/ounce).  Well, the first day he slept for 3 hours in the morning (after a rough day before though), but yesterday and today he just seems like he's uncomfy (arching/crunching) all day long except for the bottles immediately following the Prevacid.  I don't want him to be uncomfy at all, but if it's a matter of being uncomfy for a few hours in the afternoon on 2 doses or uncomfy all day long on 3 doses, I'd go back to hte 2 doses! 

 

This makes me think that maybe he needs a higher dose??  I seem to remember someone saying they had their LO on 45mg/day.  Is this the case?  Has anyone done that, or any increment over 30mg/day?  Maybe we could do 15mg in am, 7.5 around noon, then 15 at bedtime?  I don't know if our PEdi would agree to it, he had said if this doesnt work, then the GI would likely have to do biopsies/endoscopy.  I know the GI wouldnt agree to it, she never liked Dagney and doesn't like Harry on the 30mg/day as it is... (the Pedi is the one that upped both kids to that).  OR, does anyone have any other suggestions?  I've also tried Mylanta mid-day, or possibly Axid??  Any help is appreicated!!

 

Speaking of Mylanta, which is better for them Mylanta or Maalox?  I've always used the plain non-flavored Mylanta, but I know many of you like the Cherry  Supreme (I saw Amy's post on it!) because of alumnium in them...

 

Better go--little guy is getting cranky, and this computer is about to crash!!

 

Thanks in advance!