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[Anonymous]

Hi Shelby,

In my experience my supply dropped quickly if my babies did not nurse well or I didn’t pump after only a day or two.

As for the pooping, my doctor told me that breast feeding babies can go 5 days without pooping or only poop an average of twice per week because the breast milk is such a perfect food that it produces very little waste.

Hope that helps,

Christine

[Anonymous]

Hello. At 6 wks old what is the longest a baby can go without eating and it not diminish the milk supply? Also, is it true that some breastfeed babies can go a whole week without a dirty diaper? We’re not there yet, but yesterday he only had 2 and he usually has 5.

Thank you,

Shelby

[Anonymous]

Hi… my daughter is almost 3 months old and she is currently taking Prilosec and erythromycin for reflux. She was on Prevacid from about 4 weeks. I breastfed until she was 8 weeks old which at that time doc had me put her on nutramigen because upper gi series showed some irritaition or something to the mucosa in the intestines. So we tried nutramigen. None of these things have really worked. She has gained weight so doc is not concerned. However, after she eats she just moans and squirms and grunts for awhile like she is uncomfortable. Now she has really gotten fussy with the bottle and sometimes doesn’t drink as much. We are now trying Neocate.(which has made reflux worse!) She drinks even less of it. I have tried putting rice cereal in it to help reflux… but that seems to hurt her tummy worse.

I just don’t know what to do. My son had these problems and finally they jjust said Protein intolerance. He presented with eosinophills and damage to the villa in the intestines. Will she ever start drinking good? My son developed a feeding aversion and never took a bottle(unless asleep or otherwise distracted). I am so afraid we are going to get to that point with her.

How long does it take on neocate to see a difference?

Jennifer

[Anonymous]

We used oatmeal b/c the rice caused her to be constipated. But I could never thicken the breastmilk, I didn’t know why. I learned later that the antibodies kept breaking down the cereal. I did notice that the frozen breastmilk would thicken fairly well. Maybe Laura will post for you about this. I know that there’s a yahoo breastfeeding forum but don’t know the link. Good luck.

[Anonymous]

I’m breastfeeding a near 6 month old and right now we’re on the packets

as well.

Even though she’s 6mo, she still wants to eat frequently and giving her

those packets has been a nightmare becuase of the waiting and the

volume I have to give her (of the meds).

So yes, I’ve got an appointment to see the doc to switch her to Zegrid. Or

compounded prilosec (compounded with unflavored sodium bicarbonate

or caracream/chocobase). You don’t have to wait to feed them with the

sodium bicarb. because it acts as buffer.

GERD babies are supposed to eat frequent, small meals to minimize

discomfort and spit up. So waiting so long, so many times a day seems

contrary to that.

Sorry I’m not more help. I just didn’t have a good experience with the

packets…

[Anonymous]

I use 1 tablespoon of oatmeal cereal for every two ounces. And yes, oatmeal is much better for preventing constipation, but some babies can’t handle any grains early on, so it’s really trial and error.

As to how to mix it, I never used powder so I’m not sure if that would work. Some moms here have said they use a blender. I’d make the formula first, then add the cereal and mix.

One thing I noticed is that mixing the cereal into breast milk is much different than the formula. It seems you need more cereal to get the same amt of thickness. It definitely can be done, but you either have to use more cereal or try a thinner consistency than you would get with the same amt of cereal in formula.

I hope thickening helps her keep her food down better and choke less when feeding. It definitely helped Myles.

Have you had her evaluated for a sucking/swallowing problem?

Good luck.

[Anonymous]

It is hard, especially with a baby that young to stay on this schedule. There were times I desperately wanted to switch to Zegerid for this reason.

What I started doing with Myles was to sneak his first dose into him while he was still asleep first thing in the morning. I only mix his dose with about 2 ml’s of water. I’d wake him a little and slowly administer it while he was groggy/half asleep – a tiny little bit at a time so he wouldn’t choke. Then give him his nuk and pat him back to sleep. Then wait the 30 minutes and wake him up and feed him.

The mid-day dose is a little easier. Just give it about 1/2 before you think he will want to eat again.

And the last dose 1/2 hour before his last daytime feeding.

The Pepcid can be given with food so you can give it any time as long as it is at least two hours before or after the Prevacid.

How often does he eat now?

With my babies I woke them to feed every three hours during the day, but did not wake them at all after 10pm. Got them used to eating more during the day and sleeping more at night early on. I think I continued waking them during the day to eat until they were about 10 – 12 weeks old. By then they usually were waking on their own and eating more at each feeding so they could go longer without eating.

I hope some of this helps. Myles didn’t start Prevacid until he was 4 1/2 months old, so he was on a more regular schedule by then. It must be very difficult with such a young baby. Hopefully some other moms out there have some more advice for you.

[Anonymous]

I am breastfeeding my 5 wk old and he will be starting prevacid soon. I have read that you should give it on an empty stomach and feed them 30 min later. Also he is on pepcid until the prevacid kicks in. I have also read that you should give it 3x a day. He will be on the prevacid packets. How does all that work when you are breastfeeding? I still have to wake him sometimes to eat. Usually he eats and then takes forever to go to sleep and by time he does go to sleep he only gets about an hour before I have to wake him. Also, I’m not sure when I can stop waking him for feedings. I hope all this makes sense. He is crying in the background. Very distracting. I need to get to him. Thanks for the help.

Shelby

[Anonymous]

Dr. Phillips had recommended using a certain amount of Mylanta back when we had been given the 40mg packets of Zegerid, because we weren’t giving a high enough dose to provide enough buffer solution in order to prevent the stomach acid from destroying the omeprazole.

We give it to her directly because she’s still just getting introduced to solid foods and doesn’t accept a bottle. Darn kid got spoiled with breastfeeding and I didn’t force my husband to give her bottles more often… now she won’t accept them. Ugh.

[Anonymous]

Thank you. I remember doughting myself all the time with my first son. It’s always nice to have a second opinion. Thank you for telling me about the signature thing too. I was trying to figure that out.

I am breastfeeding this time. I tryed with my first son. His ped at the time said that the reason he was pullling off is that he wasn’t getting enough to eat and I needed to supplement. I took her advice and he stopped nursing. He associated it with pain and would not go back to it. I do not want to give up this time. I now know what is going on and I also know how to tell if this one is getting enough. I’m not sure if he has milk or soy intolerance. I tryed staying away from dairy for a few days and it didn’t seem to make any difference. I am still not really doing dairy. I know my oldest had to stay away from dairy.

Thank you again,

Shelby

[hellbennt]

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

[Anonymous]

Grace,

Hello! When you get a chance, go over to the “Introduce yourself” part of

this board and you’ll be sure to get a great big WELCOME! Here is Laura’s

(hellbennt) post to all new people:

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

p;am p;PN=1&TPN=1

Here is a link from the board about milk and soy protein intolerance

(MSPI):

https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2697&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;a mp;a

mp;a mp;PN=1&TPN=1

It seems to me like you might want to try the Prevacid. If it doesn’t work

(and Prevacid often takes TWO weeks to kick in), then I’d look more

closely into an allergy.

I understand your concern about not wanting to assume it’s reflux and

thereby make the allergy (if present) worse. But if Jake won’t drink the

other formulas, then maybe the easiest way to rule one or the other out is

to give the medicine to determine if it’s reflux.

Having said that, it bares mentioning that having an MSPI can make reflux

worse, and can cause reflux be noticelable where it might not have been.

So even if the medicine controls the reflux, he still could have MSPI and

you would want to look for other signs of allergy (like rashes ie: a red ring

around his anus).

As for feeling like his reflux isn’t that bad, I thought the same about my

darling daughter (DD) and it wasn’t until she was about 2 months old

when she started showing that it was causing her PAIN. Hopefully he

won’t be hurting and all will stay as it is for you guys.

Jakes symptoms are much like my dd’s were except that her’s were a

bit…I’m not sure how else to describe it, but they were stronger. She

vommited across the couch when she was 2 days old and we rushed her

to the ER, they did a Barium swallow and found that her LES was pretty

immature, and wouldn’t close. But I too was worried about making things

worse by ignoring the possibility of MSPI. I’m breastfeeding, so I went on

the Elimination diet for a while and it had no real effect on her reflux, so I

concluded that she was allergy free, and just started focusing on the

reflux.

Also, simple physical things like keeping him upright after a meal (visit

http://www.thebabywearer.com), keeping him on an incline of 30 deg. to

sleep (visit http://www.tuckersling.com), will help so much with the

spitting up. Don’t forget to do these things along with medication, not

letting the meds take the place of these things.

Okay, it’s late and I’ve rambled . Hope that helps! And I’m sorry I

can’t get these links to turn on!!! Hope you can cut and paste! HannahLove2006-6-8 0:52:26

[Anonymous]

I just have to vent to people that I know will be as annoyed as me by this. We had a party this weekend for my husbands 30^th birthday. We invited a friend from college who is now a Physician’s Assistant. He has been working in family practice for a little while and was asking me how Sebastian was doing. I was telling him about the reflux and MSPI issues. He said that reflux is totally over diagnosed. He said the only drug he prescribes for it is Zantac and if that dose not work then it means they don’t really have reflux! He then went on to say that the MSPI stuff was not true and that some babies just cant tolerate formula well. I said that I started out breast feeding and his response was, that some babies just can’t tolerate breast milk either!

I tried to share my knowledge and educate him a bit, when I really just wanted to rip his head off. Unfortunately he is a pampas ass and would not listen to anything I said.

It is so frustrating that proper reflux care is not being taught, and idiots like that are treating peoples babies. I feel so bad for the parents and kids that have to see him. He works in a clinic for low income families on medicaid, so I am sure they have no other choice.

Sorry for unloading. Dh was not nearly as upset by it as I was. He just said it was Bryan being Bryan and I should just ignore him and change the subject. I know that you all are the only ones that will truly share my outrage at what an idiot this guy is.

[hellbennt]

My dear Forum Family,

PLEASE provide links for newcomers if you know how to find them…

yes yes I am always providing links,

but I am very pregnant (due july 17th if I make it that long, LOL) and chasing beautiful almost 3yr old jonah, who is currently in the middle of toilet-using-learning, so my time is very limited here at the moment THANK YOU

So, maybe even copy & paste them somewhere? or bookmark my welcome/intro?

Or ‘teach’ others how to do a search?

LINKS:

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

zantac dose: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=836

Babywearing: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1044&a mp;PN=1

*this includes info about other PPIs, too!* & updated CARACREAM INFO & how/when to administer PPIs & MORE

Prevacid 101(last post on the page): https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1936&a mp;PN=0&TPN=1

Sandifer Info, MSPI info, Breastfeeding info (including ELIMINATION DIET INFO) call all be found from main welcome/intro page…as can: finding an GI, reflux & ear infections, Fighting Insurance!, the importance of routine, starting solids, finger foods, YOU NAME IT

reflux what I have learned: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2948&a mp;PN=2

This is from the American Academy of Pediatrics & how they recommend that tummy sleeping is best for GERD babies. http://www.aap.org/new/sids/question.htm (thanks Sherry & Christine!)

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to do a search: there’s the ‘search’ button located in the upper right hand corner of the screen

you put the key word/s you’re searching for

then you choose “Topic Subject” from the drop- down menu of “Search In”

then I like to choose “All Forums” from the drop- down menu of “Search Forum”

then I like to choose “Topic Start Date” from the drop- down menu of “Sort Results By” (this way I get all the posts from the past that might help me)

[Anonymous]

Hey all…. I’m trying to figure out if my son has intolerence to dairy and

soy. I’ve been eliminating for almost 3 weeks…. and then today

discovered that my vitamin has soy in it!!!!

Does anyone have any suggestion of a multivitamin that is dairy/soy free

and safe while breastfeeding?????

Thanks!!!!