Is Alimentum the best for reflux?

That’s a tough question because all babies are different and respond differently to each formula. Is he on any meds? If so, I’d wait two weeks to see if the meds are working before trying a new formula. Otherwise you get yourself into the “is it the meds, or is it the formula?” circle and it can get very confusing.

When MSPI is a possible problem many moms do start with Alimentum, and then move on to Nutramigen. Laura’s intro link contains lots of information about MSPI that may help you to determine if that may be part of his problem. (Stickied in the introduce yourself forum.)

If his problem is reflux only then the correct meds and correct dose should take care of the problem.

Sorry if that doesn’t help much. We’re all confused half the time because these babies just can’t tell us what’s bothering them.

also 15 mg sounds low. if it doesnt work ask for an increase. have you seen the dosing at marci-kids.com?

my daughter is only seven weeks old and she is on 30mg of prevacid. so the dose that youre baby is on is probably to low. the medication is supposed to take about two weeks to kick in so give it a little while. If that doesn’t work then you should demand a higher dose. as far as the allimentum is concerned, my daughter was on that and we werent sure wether or not she even had mspi. so i took her off the allimentum myself a couple of days ago and switched her to enfamil AR, so far the only complaint is that she is constipated so i dont know if that is going to work out for us. Doctors say that if there is mspi then there are symptoms like blood in poop ect, but i wouldn’t be convinced w/o a test to prove it. one thing i do know is that allimentum smells like pringles potatoe chips when our little ones spit it up

thanks for that info nataliachick7. i dont know what to feed my grace anymore i am so confused. she is still on the prevacid. you seem to know youre stuff so i would like to ask you a couple of questions.

(all the moms please don’t strangle me) but grace does sleep well.

she still is on the prevacid.so basically i am trying to figure out if she can tolerate regular formula or needs to be on something else.

how do i know if she has mspi??? she does sneeze alot and obviosly has reflux. her poops are always different b/c i am constantly switching her formula. she always has gas like a 90 year old man(no offense towards old men!!) i am just so confused i don’t know what to do anymore

wlcome!

please take the time to go to the Introduce Yourself Forum and read/skim the stickied post called groupie intro-

there you will find a ‘section’ about formulas as well as a link to MSPI info

christine,

basically i have taken matters into my own hand which i shouldnt have done so fast.

grace was on allimentum and still having severe sandifers reflux episodes. i never knew if she had mspi the doc tested her poop for occult blood one time and it came back negative. but i am a nurse and i know that in adults you have to take a smear of the poop from both areas of the poop(sorry to be gross.)the doc only stuck his finger in, got a smear and then did the test, hence the negative result. but maybe its different for infants.

since i felt like she didn’t have mspi i switched her formula to enfamil AR which made her severly constipated and another mother advised not to use this b/c she is on prevacid and they dont work well together. just yesterday i swithed her again to regular enfamil. today she is absolutly miserable. she has been refluxing all day crying, restless, feeding constantlyand erraticly like she is starving. she is also rubbing and scratching at her face. i feel horrible for doing this to her i should have stuck with one formulashe has a gi appmt tues so i can hopefolly get down to business. oh yeah she sneezes all the time