New and not sure what to do

The Enfamil AR does cause constipation, I wish the dr had told me this so I would have been prepared. I give him 4oz of prune juice and water (half and half) a day, which seems to help. When I asked the dr how I would know if the Zantac is working, he told me to stop giving it too him and see what happens. Within 4 days I could not stand watching him in so much pain so I put him back in it and he improved greatly. He has been better these last couple of days. Thank God. As I am sure you know when they have a good day you can see a light at the end of the tunnel and then I start to think maybe he doesn’t need a specialist. But at this point I don’t think it would hurt to see someone.

Thanks for the reply. It’s nice to know there are others going through what you are going through.

Thanks Christine.

Thanks for all the info. I have been looking over it when I am able to get Ryan to sleep. There is so much to read. When I took Ryan to the dr for his eye infection we were not able to see our normal Ped, so the Ped we saw was able to give us prevacid 15mg, but he only gave us 1/2 a pill once a day. When I used the dosage calculator it said Ryan should be having that 3 times a day. I am also going to keep giving him the Zantac for 2 weeks. I see our reg Ped next week for my teenagers yearly check up so I will ask him to up the dosage. I am also going to call a specialist and see what they say.

Thanks for everything!

Thanks for the info. I know the prevacid is not suppose to “kick” in for awhile, but yesterday (day 3) Ryan took a 4 hour nap, which he has not done since he was a week old and then slept 5 hours straight last night. I had to keep checking on him to make sure he was breathing since it has been months since he has slept this much. As I am typing this he is going on his second hour of sleep. I am sure things will only get better from here on out.