New here! Need help!

Reading your post reminds me of my little fella when he was younger. He’s almost seven months old and we’re still trying to figure things out. He had the nasal thing going on. Eventually he grew out of it. I remember asking the dr and she said that it is common among reflux babies. Most often my ds would wake up and sound almost like he had fluid in his nose and mouth. It was horrible. I also remember the heck we went through trying to feed him. I hated sitting down and feeding him. Like you said, it would take him an hour to maybe drink four ounces. During that time he would get choked and gasp for air. It scared me to death. We tried the gentlease for a while, but have ended up using Enfamil AR. It seems to be the only formula that he doesn’t choke on. The only bad thing is he is still hungry after eating it. With this formula we use the Dr. Brown bottles with number 2 nipples. It is a little thicker so it doesn’t seem to flow as fast out of the bottle. My ds screamed in pain for the first two months of life. I prayed for the day that he outgrew reflux. We haven’t gotten there so far, but he doesn’t scream in pain anymore. Now he just spits up A LOT! I’m sending you a huge hug. It is a tough thing to deal with because it is awful to see your baby in so much pain! I’d go out and by the Mylanta. It should help to make your babies throat feel better. I wish I had more answers, but we’re still trying to figure this out. Hugs!

I would use Cherry Mylanta Supreme. Try changing to Nutramigen or Alimentum as MSPI (milk/soy protein intolerance) is common in these lo’s. And I would push for a PPI like prevacid until you see a change. It is so hard. It took us until 4 months old to get it all right and I finally had a baby that would smile at me and now he smiles and laughs all the time, so it does get better.

I don’t know enough about thrush, but would think it could affect eating. I don’t however think it would make your baby arch and have nasal congestion and all those things. Not sure if your doc still thinks it’s reflux and is just saying the eating issues are from the thrush. In any case, once the thrush is gone, if your baby is still having a hard time eating I would go to a good ppi. Also, take the marci-kids info to your doc and have them read it. I would imagine with your dr. you are going to get the reaction of he thinks your crazy. You may have to persist, but marci-kids helped us so much. I wish I could answer your question about the mylanta, but it has been awhile since my lo had reflux. Things will be better, but keep on pushing your dr. Your baby should not be in pain. I hope to hear so soon that things are much better for you guys.

thrush most certainly can exacerbate the situation!

gianna,

we switched from gentlease to ar and have not noticed any gas issues.

I am so sorry about the thrush. Bless your heart and your sweet babies heart. Hopefully she will feel better soon!

I’m not sure what the AR stands for, but we tried at least seven different formulas before we settled on the AR. If you go to the Enfamil website there is a coupon that you can print. If you take it to your dr. he should give you a free sample. Alston’s been on it for about two months (he’s seven months) and I haven’t noticed a gas problem. My daughter is 14 months and we used Good start with her. We were clueless parents with her, but when she was little, it caused her to have major gas and spit up. We just figured that’s what babies do. Now looking back, we should have tried something else.

**Just a side note…we were never suppose to be able to have children after three failed IVFs. We adopted Gracie when she was born. On her one month birthday we learned we were two months pregnant.