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[hellbennt]

kara,

I am by no means an expert…

I do believe the presence of eos cells will help give you more of an idea of what’s going on…I also think that if you have removed all milk and soy proteins from his diet and yours & he’s still having blood in his stools then you can try eliminating more (like wheat, rice, etc) and if really nothing clears it up then it might be time for an elemental formula…personally, I’d also post over on the yahoobreastfeeding reflux board, if your’e not already doing so…

I wish I knew more- I’d just read through the eos posts/links & FPIES links from the/my ‘main’ MSPI thread that’s ‘stickied’

HTH

[Anonymous]

Will the GI increase his Prevacid? His dose does sound low. Abby is on 15mg a day but Dr. Phillips at Marci-Kids suggested 30mgs per day. But her GI won’t increase it. We are thinking about changing to Zegerid. I’m sure it’s a real hard decision about what to do with the breastfeeding or formula. Obviously, I am not in your shoes but I would probably switch to a formula. Since it seems like he is sensitive to so many things. How long was he on the Neocate? Did the GI think that the Neocate caused the rash? Abby has been on it for 2wks. now and it has really helped her. But every baby is different. Could you try something else like Elecare?

What does his GI think about laying off the solids for awhile? It might be too much for him. I would try and find the right formula first and try to get his meds. increased. I’m sure this is such a tough decision for you. Good Luck

[Anonymous]

Just when I think we are finally making progress things get turned upside down again!

At nine months, David was finally having normal diapers while breastfeeding and a little mucus in them with solid food. (still plenty of reflux though). Solid food seemed to precipitate a lot of night waking.

I was terribly happy just to have his diapers normal with breastfeeding and no other major allergic reactions going on. I have stressed so much over the months about his intestinal irritation that has led to mucus and blood in his diapers. I was glad he was able to finally digest something well (I can’t tell you how lovely those normal diapers looked to me) and the only reason I was continuing with solids that his digestive tract didn’t seem ready for was because of pressure from the Ped. GI and Ped.

At his nine month checkup he tested as Profoundly Anemic. He had fallen from the 50th percentil weight wise to the 5th. (He started out at the 5th at birth. At his last check up he had been down to the 15th). He showed positive for occult blood when his stools were tested. The Ped. GI said that was the only way he could be so anemic.

I’m stunned! Good Grief! I wonder how much blood they would have found in his diaper had they tested a couple of months ago when they were just mucus globs. (I haven’t seen any visible blood since March.) I have been asking about and pointing this out at every appointment!

We got started with iron suppliments 2X/day right away and the ped. GI said to get him on as much hypoallergenic formula as possible, make sure I am having no milk for the Breastmilk he’s still getting. The assumption is that he must be allergic to the breastmilk and that is causing the bleeding. They want to minimize the amount he’s getting but he hasn’t been willing to take formula previously so they are hoping mixing works or they talked about having to put in a G-tube to get the formula in him. It would also allow them to count calories which they would like because of his weight.

Our Pediatrition did say though that his weight might just be his genetics and that 50% of the kids he sees show a growth curve like that. The big concern comes in because of the reflux/allergies/anemia as to whether that is normal for him or not.

So now, on iron and partial formula, his diapers are totally full of mucus again. Surely that is not healing his GI tract but obviously he needs iron.

Now I’m back to the “breastfeeding/fomula” question and which is really better in unusual circumstances. I have read everything I can get my hands on over the last 6 months and of course what is on this site. I find that there are studies and experts to support either view point with highly allergic kids and really no difinitive answers.

It is all so confusing to me when I try to sort it out. Even the theory that the allergies are a reaction to the proteins in foods and if you break those down to amino acids, you solve the problem doesn’t hold water with what I’ve observed in David. Before we started NMT allergy treatments, he reacted to oils/fats, corn syrup solids and other things that do not contain protein although I’m sure he was reacting to plenty of proteins as well. His face broke out when I tried him on Neocate just like when I ate something else he had a problem with. Olive oil caused blood in his stools.

I don’t know what to think any more. My first response to all of this was that if they want to do surgery on something and are concerned about his weight gain, maybe they should be thinking about fixing his reflux since even on 8mg prevacid 3X/day and Pepcid in between when needed, he’s been a fussy boy and had plenty of continuing reflux problems. We haven’t really seemed to have it under control this summer. but that was before his stool test came back poitive for blood. How do I know whether that is caused by breastmilk, or the solid foods he was struggling to digest? Now that his diapers are full of mucus again, how can I tell anything?

Sorry for running on! I feel like it is so important for David’s health to make the right choices but it is just so difficult to know what those are! I am weary!

Kara

[Anonymous]

That’s great that Matthew likes his feeding therapist! I hope he does great with him.

Please post any ideas the therapist gives you to teach Matthew to drink from a straw or sippy cup. Myles still will not take anything from a cup or straw and only takes one bottle a day. It’s driving me nuts. I’m still spoon feeding him breast milk, formula and juice becuase he won’t drink anything.

Thanks and good luck with the feeding therapy.

[hellbennt]

from the babywearer http://www.thebabywearer.com/cgi-bin/bookshop.pl?locale=us&a mp;cat=sl

The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night
Elizabeth Pantley, (foreword by William Sears)
McGraw-Hill (28 March, 2002) ISBN 0071381392
Whether your baby sleeps in your bed, a sidecar or a crib in another room, and whether you are breastfeeding or bottle feeding, this book can help with sleep issues. A good one to read before sleep problems start as it gives excellent advice on habits (and how to change them), routines, sleep associations etc. A very gentle method.

Nighttime Parenting: How to Get Your Baby and Child to Sleep
William Sears, (foreword by Mary White)
Plume (01 November, 1999) ISBN 0452281482
An AP approach to sleep focuses on what works best for the whole family – it may be co-sleeping, using a sidecar, separate beds or separate rooms, though the Sears’ certainly promote co-sleeping if it works for you.

Sweet Dreams : A Pediatrician’s Secrets for Baby’s Good Night’s Sleep
Paul M. Fleiss
McGraw-Hill (01 December, 2000) ISBN 0737304944
[Amazon Editorial Review]
Most new parents quickly and sadly discover the difficulty of getting a child first to go to sleep, and then to sleep throughout the night. Dr. Fleiss, a noted family pediatrician for more than 30 years, shares his secrets for discovering a child’s natural sleep patterns, developing positive bedtime rituals, nutritional and lifestyle aids to sleep,

[Anonymous]

It is hard to get them on EASY until the reflux is under control. There is no “A” time during the night. Abby is bottle fed so I am not as familiar with EASY and breastfeeding but on The Babywhisper board there is a Breastfeeding section. Here is a link. Under the EASY forum there is also lots of info. and frequently asked questions at the top.

http://www.babywhisperer.com/smf/

[Anonymous]

My son (nine weeks old) has reflux, and I nurse in a couple of different positions. He sort of sits up on my lap, with his legs on either side of my leg, with me in a reclining chair and that works well. We also nurse laying down, with me propped up on pillows and him propped up on my arm. The cross cradle works for us too – we stopped using the Boppy (which I loved with my daughter) because he couldn’t keep anything down while he was laying flat and the football hold is also off-limits for us 🙁

[Anonymous]

Yeah where is the instruction manuel? Let me tell ya all of us reflux moms need to get together and write a book. The info we have is priceless. Maybe that should be a Laura mission.

I haven’t tryed cereal yet. I don’t think I am going to start any solids for awhile. I am planning on just breastfeeding him for awhile. Who knows though I just might try. I’m kind of afraid that he will stop breastfeeding when I start solids. I am trying to stay away from anything that might make him stop. I didn’t get to breast feed my older son for very long and my plan is to breast feed Justice until he is 2. This just might be my last baby that I will be able to breast feed and I want to enjoy it as long as I can. After both of our reflux babies dh and I are thinking about adopting. Of course, knowing our luck that baby would have reflux too. How ironic would that be?

[Anonymous]

I’ve tryed tummy sleeping. He hates it. He is now in an amby bed right beside me. I don’t know if he really knows that I’m there. I just bounce the amby for about 5 to 10 mins. It seems to me that in that time he should be back to sleep, but within 5 mins he is up again.

As far as the E.A.S.Y thing. How does that work? I am breastfeeding and he wakes up at night to eat. So, am I supposed to let him have activity at night? Also the only way he will go to sleep is to eat. Rarely I can get him to go to sleep by placing him in the amby and bouncing for about 30 mins. I have no problem with the cio method, but not until he is older. I hope that I won’t have to do that, but if it comes down to it I will eventually do it.

Also, he does seem like something is bothering him. I have thought it was teeth, but over a month now? He used to sleep a long stretch and wake up to eat and sleep for another 2 hrs and wake up and eat and so on. I mean does this sound like teething to anyone? If it is teething what can I do to help that I haven’t already tryed? I don’t know that I have tryed motrin in the middle of the night. Who knows maybe I have. I’m just so tired I don’t remember.

I don’t think any of this is normal, but I could be wrong.

[Anonymous]

my daughter is now on 20mg losec mups in the tablet form you dissolve in water and then mix with applesauce.

I’ve been told to give her two doses of 10mg. The first question is the dr has given me the 20mg tablets so i am having to cut them in half is this ok?

Also I give them 30mins before a meal on an empty belly but i worry that as she is still uncomfy sometimes she doesn’t eat much and as i am breastfeeding i cannot tell how much she gets!! (she won’t take a bottle would this be a problem if she doesn’t eat enough?

Also how much water/applesauce should i mix it with? it says 2 teaspoons for 1 tablet of 20mg.

I don’t feel the mups have been working as well as the suspension did but i would rather use them as they taste nicer for her and are easier to get from the pharmacy also they stay stable whereas the suspension had 2-3 days at the end where it didn’t work which seems pointless as then she is back to square 1 again!!

I feel i may not be using these mups correctly and as the drs don’t tell you anything any advice would be good as to what you do??!!??

[Anonymous]

Natalia, isn’t Trace getting cereal in his bottles already? If you want to practice with the spoon you can try feeding him a little bit of the cereal with the spoon, but he’ll likely push it out right now. I would wait until he’s closer to six months to try any other solids. Don’t be jealous of the moms who start earlier……later is really better even for non-refluxers. Many moms rush into it because they think the baby will sleep longer or just because they think it will be fun and the baby will love it, but babies really don’t need anything but formula or breast milk for the first year.

Kathleen, When was Colt able to eat finger foods? Myles also has a very strong gag reflex and can only eat purees and puffy/dissolve type foods. It worries me. Did Colt learn to eat finger foods on his own or did he need some kind of feeding therapy? Thanks.

[hellbennt]

*Elimination diet (for breastfeeding): http://www.askdrsears.com/html/4/T041800.asp – this is when you eliminate foods from your diet to distinguish what foods may be upsetting your baby. It is very difficult, but it made me feel better because I knew I had tried ‘everything.’ The most common ‘triggers’ are dairy (all dairy including ‘hidden’ dairy) & soy. Jonah was born w/ an immature valve (LES = Lower esophageal Sphinctor (sp?) & while I did find items in my diet that affected him (tomato products, eggplant & tuna- weird I know), my diet really wasn’t an issue, on the whole. This diet can help you determine if your baby has MSPI (milk soy protein intolerance).

Here is a discusion about the elimination diet- scroll through to read all about how others have done this: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2852&a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;PN=1

http://www.users.qwest.net/~fsdebra1/wweelim.html all about elimination diet-what to eat & more!

Elimination Diet (breastfeeding your GERDling): https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2852

Breastfeeding & reflux: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2942&a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;PN=0&TPN=1

breastfeeding diet for reflux: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1175&a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;KW=oil

Elimination diet: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2852&a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;KW=elim

there’s a breast feeding support group at yahoo where they are really into discussing diet :http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/breastfeedingreflux/ & one of the moms from that group has her own page: http://www.users.qwest.net/~fsdebra1/– she’s the moderator of the group, so you might want to start there

dr. sears elimination diet: http://www.askdrsears.com/html/4/T041800.asp

http://www.users.qwest.net/~fsdebra1/wweintro.html all about elimination diet-what to eat & more!

article to help figure out how to reintroduce food from elim diet:

http://allergyadvisor.com/Educational/December_2.htm scroll down to ‘C’ orange/mustard box-it’s the SECOND orange/mustard box

[Anonymous]

First of all good for you for still breastfeeding. I know for experience that it is really hard to breastfeed to reflux baby. I ended up giving up with my first, but wouldn’t give up with my second. I think it has helped him so much. Breast milk is so good for reflux babies. I’m not saying anything wrong about anyone that doesn’t breastfeed. Like I said I didn’t with my first.

Anyway, about the Zegerid. IT IS SOOOOO AMAZING! My first was on Prevacid and never found relief. Of course, he was never on the correct dose either. My second started on prevacid with the same result. Once Justice was on Zegerid though it was amazing. He actually started sleeping through the night. You will probably still have some bad days especially when teething hits. That is where we are now. He still sleeps about 5 hrs straight, but then has a hard time going back to sleep for the rest of the night. I would suggest to anyone to put their baby on Zegerid. It just makes sense to me.

I hope this helps.

[hellbennt]

about breastfeeding: w/ zegerid:

w/ zegerid you can give it irregardless to a meal, unlike other forms of PPIs (capsules, prevacid solutabs & packets). so, this helps w/ a breastfeeding mama/baby bcse oftentimes there is no set schedule for feeding, ie: nursing on demand.

(zegerid is good for all babies so they don’t have to wait for their meal)

https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=853&am p;PN=1&TPN=1

[Anonymous]

I am new to this site and was wondering about Zegerid. I am a breastfeeding mother and wasn’t sure how to the meds are delivered exactly. I know that everyone is on a different dose but does everyone take it 3 times a day. And how does one get in touch with Dr. Phillips. Is he online or just some of his patients are on this site. My ped and GI are pretty much worthless. I am not trying to be ugly, but I have found out more from this site and others than the combined info I got from all the docs. Anyways I would really appreciate some information on it. Thanks
Benjamin2006-9-1 23:33:41