Not sure what to do

shelby,

it can take up to 2wks, 14 days, for the prevacid to work. And that’s IF it’s the ‘proper’ dose…

so, I would have your son stay on the pepsid no matter what…even if you get the prevacid, bcse if you stop the pepsid it’s as if your baby isn’t on any meds at all…just make sure you give the pepsid and the prevacid at least 2hrs (or more) seperate from one another…

if your baby is uncomfortable at any time, day or night, and is clearly bothered/in pain from the reflux, then yes, I’d say to try a PPI…

some babies are worse w/ their acid reflux at night, some during the day, and some (like mine until we got the meds ‘right’) are in pain 24hrs a day…

are you breastfeeding? formula? is mspi (milk soy protein intolerance) a factor as well?

here’s all about mspi: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2697&a mp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;a mp;PN=1&TPN=1

HTH (hope this helps)

~laura

ps: if you go to the upper right hand corner of the page and click on ‘Settings’ and from there, ‘Update your Profile’ and from there, scroll down to ‘Signature’ – then you can put your baby’s age, meds, flrmula, etc– it’s so hard to keep track of all these little gerdlings

to know for sure if it’s milk or soy proteins, you have to avoid all dairy and soy, including ‘hidden’ dairy (whey, casin, to name a few) for at least 2 weeks…

there’s info from my welcome/intro…

some signs would be his stools- if they’re green & watery, green and like shaving cream, stringy/mucousy…that would be a sign of mspi..again, more from my welcome/intro

Don’t ever doubt yourself! Moms know best! That is the one thing I have

learned through all of this!