Baby Waking Up to Eat all Night!

Hi,

My baby boy is 7 weeks old and was diagnosed with acid reflux about a month ago. We tried Zantac for a couple weeks but it didn’t seem to work and my son hated it! He spit it out most of the time.

We just started Prevacid 4 days ago. I don’t really see a change yet, but I have heard that it can take some time.

In the meantime- my son wakes up every hour or so during the night and he seems like he wants to eat (he moves his mouth like he is doing the rooting reflex). I’ve tried just giving him a pacifier, but he spits it right out. He seems happy when I start to feed him (bottles of breastmilk). He will usually only take about 1 oz and then fall asleep. (During the day he will take anywhere from 2-5 oz) Then he will wake up again soon after looking for more food.

We have tried several things to help stop the spit up/pain- sleeping in car seat, propped up in crib, and we even tried just keeping him flat on his back.

Does this sound familiar to anyone?? I can’t imagine continuing this night feeding schedule much longer! I’m starting to lose it!

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!