won’t nap or sleep at night

I have been there with Cooper. I would split up your prevacid doses if I were you. I would give 7.5mg in the morning and then the 15mg in the evening. The doctor doesn’t have to know how you are giving it. You are still giving the dose he told you to, just in a different manner. I think he is probably having some breakthrough at night and that is why he might not be sleeping. Cooper didn’t take naps or sleep woth a toot until he was 10wks old, but boy did I work at trying to get him to sleep before then. It will get better even if you don’t feel like it will. Good Luck.

are you holding him upright in his sling? http://www.thebabywearer.com/forum is a wonderful resource

to see how to put your baby upright in a sling (the position is called tummy to tummy)- look at this video- you keep his legs tucked in like a little frog http://www.oopababy.com/videos.php

I don’t use formula, but I know you can get both Nutramigen and Alimentum at regular stores.

As for the dosing, if you are only giving two doses, I would do the 7.5 in the morning and the 15 at night because acid tends to be a bigger issue during the night and when they are lying down. Really though, it might be the most beneficial to break it up into three doses of 7.5 given throughout the day.

I agree with everyone above about the dosing of the Prevacid – either 1/2 tab in the morning and 1 tab in the evening, or 1/2 tab three times a day if that works out well for Ben’s schedule.

Do you and the doctor suspect Ben has MSPI (milk soy protein intolerance)? It certainly does seem to be pretty common in our little refluxers. I know, as the above moms have said, that lactose intolerance is rare in babies, but my son Ben has been lactose intolerant from birth, so don’t rule it out completely. We had a really hard time finding an appropriate formula for him (and he reacted horribly to my breast milk) because the lactose free formula has the milk or soy proteins in it, and the common hypoallergenic formulas (Nutramigen and Alimentum) have lactose. If your little guy is both lactose intolerant and MSPI, then your options are Pregestimil (like Nutramigen but has no lactose or sucrose) or an elemantal formula like Neocate.

Both of my babies were (and Paige still is) horrible sleepers, both for naps and at night. While Prevacid and changes in formula helped with a lot of the reflux and MSPI symptoms, their sleep was still terrible. I’m not saying this to discourage you, but I want you to know you aren’t alone, and maybe pass on some tips that have helped us a bit. I found that swaddling helped (untill they get older and want to move around more) and if I could get them to sleep with rocking, then I could put them directly in their swing and they would usually sleep quite a bit better. Some other moms say they found their little ones liked to sleep in a bouncy chair as well. Elevating the head of the crib or bassinet can help as well.

Good luck!