Mylanta

[Anonymous]

Does the mylanta help when they’re having a big crying spell or during nap time when they are grunting alot? I’m trying to find the correct dosage. He is 10 lbs 8 oz and 7 weeks old. Been on the prevacid for 3 days. Will the Mylanta give him some comfort until the prevacid starts to kick in?

[Anonymous]

Ok, I just called the doctor to see if they could tell me how much mylanta and they said it’s not recommended for children under 2 years. Arghhh! So confused don’t know what to do. I just hate to hear the little guy grunt and moan the whole time he’s sleeping.

[Anonymous]

You can give Mylanta to babies. In fact, my sister’s doctor prescribed it for her baby’s reflux. She gave him about 2 ml. at 3 months old. (I’m not sure how old your baby is..) I’ve given it to Bryce now and then too. Just make sure to space it from the Prevacid by about 3 or 4 hours.

[Anonymous]

my doctor said yes to mylanta too.. but only 1 ml at that age.. up to 4 times a day.. but i guess you can do 2ml’s if you need to.. only twice a day though?

[Anonymous]

We use 2ml as well and find it to be a GREAT QUICK FIX if reflux is the cause of the fussiness! It’s almost a good “test” to see if that’s why she’s crying.

[Anonymous]

ive been using mylanta since two months old.

[Anonymous]

At 8 weeks, Kaelyn’s ped GI prescribed 1/4 tsp every 2 to 3 hours.

[Anonymous]

My pead (in aus) also OKed mylanta…and our kind has aluminium in it. 1ml at a time.

[Anonymous]

Can someone tell me how I should be using Mylanta in addition to my daughter’s Zantac? I still have to wait three days to talk to the dr. about changing her meds (he wants to give the Zantac a chance to work).

I bought the Mylanta Cherry Supreme tasting one, it says ‘with calcium’. Is that ok? How much should I be giving her, and how often? How soon does it work? How will I know if it’s helping? Do I give it to her before feeding her or after? How long does it continue working?

I need to be able to get food down her in the evening hours. She eats ok until about noon, and then all goes to heck.

She is 7 weeks old and about 11 pounds.

[Anonymous]

I replied to you introduce self post re this…OK I” paste it here just in case….

Hi and welcome

With the mylanta I would give it before feeding so it coats the eosophagus on the way down..maybe a ml or so. If she is still in pain during or after feeding you could then give another ml. Maybe 4 x per day…the worst thing that will happen is loose stools which will give you an idea to reduce the amount.

I just read your other post…OK maybe save it for the afo and night feedings if you find mornings are OK.

You could also give gaviscon a go? I think in the US it has aluminium in it…there was a recent post on it if you want to read more about it

https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7942&a mp;a mp;KW=gaviscon

[hellbennt]

also: while you’re waiting:

make sure the zantac dose is at the highest it can be (if it’s not helping at whatever dose it’s at now)

zantac dose is 5-20mgs per kilo

take baby’s weight & divide by 2.2 for kilos

then take kilo weight & multiply by 10

this is how many miligrams a day of zantac your baby can have , total

to find out how many militers this is, divide by 15

(the zantac is 15mgs per ml)

then divide up the amount of mililiters per day, over the day

[Anonymous]

I was wondering the same thing & just asked my pedi today if I could give any over the counter instant relief meds to my 2 month old. She said no – that he is too young. Errr…it just doesn’t make any sense!

[Anonymous]

Do you know the cause of the constipation? How old is your baby?What formulas/foods are you using? Could the constipation be due to a food intolerance?

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