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June 6, 2008 at 9:22 am #52286

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I have an appointment scheduled with a pediatric GI specialist at the end of this month because my pediatrician feels like he has done everything he can at this point. In the meantime, a family friend is a retired pediatric GI doc from Vandy. I called him and asked his opinion about Trevor’s syptoms. He asked how much he was eating. I told him I thought around 4 – 5 ounces because that’s how much he takes when I pump and give him a bottle. He suggested that I cut his intake IN HALF! When I asked if I should then feed more often, he said, no, he’s clearly getting too much if he’s spitting up so much. Can this be right? Has anyone else heard this advice? I just can’t imagine that this would help. I already have a very unhappy baby, and it seems that it will only get worse if I deny him food.

Luckily, we haven’t had any growth or weightgain issues. I’m afraid this would create them.

June 6, 2008 at 9:31 am #52289

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When I was told to cut my feedings in 1/2 I was also told to feed more often so I don’t agree. Cooper spit pretty much the same amount no matter how much or how little I fed him. I was going to say starting solids helped us but you have a ways before you are able to do that. I would feed what he wants/needs. They are growing so much at this age that you just have to “feed on demand” so to speak. Good luck.

June 6, 2008 at 10:27 am #52291

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Yikes, I can see your concern! In my opinion, that is terrible advice. I’d feed as much as your baby asks to eat. It might be ok if you fed less and more often like Beth said. It is kind of an old school theory for doctors to insinuate that GER is caused by overfeeding. Babies have GER/GERD no matter how often or how much they eat. Thank goodness you are getting in to see another GI doc.

Could your baby be sensitive to milk/soy protein in your diet or have you eliminated stuff already? Forgive me if you’ve posted somewhere else about this. Another thing that helped us was getting a good dose of a PPI drug.

Hang in there. Keep feeding that baby!

June 6, 2008 at 12:46 pm #52294

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Yikes, I have to agree with the others. Babies generally eat what they need, so to cut your babies food in half but still try to drag him out the 3-4 hours seems like a bad idea. I think at that age Dagney was eating on about that amount/schedule.

June 6, 2008 at 2:15 pm #52301

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Totally disagree with that idea. I would agree to try to feed less, more often when pumping, but not denying food. Not at only 6-7 weeks old. Owen also puked no mater what the feeding size.

June 6, 2008 at 2:40 pm #52303

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Smaller frequent feedings is often helpful for reflux babies, but it’s definitely not a cure all and it doesn’t work for all babies. My son would puke after only taking an ounce so smaller feedings didn’t help him much. I don’t think it’s a bad idea to try smaller feedings, but I’d feed him as often as he wanted to eat. You can’t restrict a baby’s intake. They usually don’t over eat anyway, unless they are comfort eaters.

Make sure you are spacing the Zantac and Prevacid 4 hours apart, and check out http://www.marci-kids.com for dosing information on Prevacid. Most docs under dose our babies.

I hope the specialist has better advice and offers your son some relief.

June 7, 2008 at 4:56 pm #52328

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what you pump is not what baby gets by breastfeeding. a pump is no where near as efficient as the baby!

I’d get another opinion pretty fast & also check out http://www.kellymom.com for really great breastfeeding answers
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