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[Anonymous]

Hi Amanda,

I am breastfeeding my son now 14 months. When he was newborn I had an overactive letdown. I know Laura sent a lot of info but here are a couple of things I did.

1. I would nurse in a reclined position. This did two things, Michael had to work harder and wouldn’t gulp and two the extra milk would pool around my breast so he could take it in at his own pace.

2. I would let him nurse unitl my letdown occured, then I would deatch him (no he didn’t like it much) and let the extra spray into a burp cloth, it would only take a few seconds and then when it stopped spraying on it’s own I would let him latch back on.

These are the two main things that would help with the gulping which caused him to take in too much air and then he couldn’t burp just like yours. For the burping I would give him the Mylicon right after he ate or sometimes before so that it would help the air bubbles out immediately. The only way I could get Michael to burp was to sit him supported on my knee and then bounce him lightly and quickly, almost like vibrating him, with a hand on his back patting lightly and one on his tummy. Worked everytime, but until we found this, we were up all night too! I hope these help a bit. Good luck and I hope your little one feels better soon!

[Anonymous]

Hi,

My daughter has refux and colic and I am wondering exactly what order should she be eating-sleeping-playing? We have been doing it in the following order:

8-9am wake and eat 6 oz. bottle

Play

11-12 eat 6oz. bottle then sleep

3-4pm wake and eat 6oz. bottle

play

6-7pm eat 6 oz. bottle

8-9pm at breast (long storey, but I am trying to find a way to bring her back to the breast.)

9pm Bath

9:30pm 6oz. bottle then bed

She has done good on it for about 5 days and now she is all mixed up today. I have been reading they should be eating playing then sleeping, but I can not figure out how to get her to sleep without a bottle. Especially at night before bedtime. She cries so much that I jsut try to do what I can to pacify her and I thought I was doing good when she started sleeping through the night. But, last night I tried putting her in the crib (in her chair of course) and she woke up at 2am, I tried to feed her and she went right back to sleep after about 2 oz. Then about every 30 minutes afterward would cry. I did not pick her up though she would cry herself back to sleep and then wake up again. Then, this morning she finally just got the breast and I laid down with ehr becasue I was exhausted and she went on back to sleep. When it got time for the afternoon bottle I gave her breast milk in a bottle and she kept falling asleep while eating and I would put her down and 15 mionutes later she’d be right back up…

I do not know how to get her back on a routine now and I am scared I will not be able to get her back breastfeeding or eating pumped breastmilk becasue she keeps falling asleep…

Sorry if this is long winded, just had a very long day and I am very tired! Please help!

[Anonymous]

Congratulations on baby number two! I hope that everything is doing well. I just wanted to give you links to my favourite breastfeeding resources. They are articles and videos from Dr. Jack Newman, an amazing breastfeeding guru. I found them really helpful. Good luck.

http://www.breastfeedingonline.com/newman.shtml

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s&h’s mum2006-4-28 14:45:11

[hellbennt]

yes you CAN breastfeed

and like kelly says “That said, don’t feel guilty if you decide that formula feeding is a better fit for your family. We are actually making the switch to Elecare because of constipation and worsening reflux. At this point, it is the least invasive of our options.

Good luck with whatever you decide, and feel free to ask away if you want/need more information on breastfeeding on an elimination diet.”

you wrote ” I have more info. now and he is on prevacid (15mg) as well as axid. I wonder if with the meds and avoiding foods if we can do this”

this is TRUE. the Prevacid can always be increased and you can change your diet. There are lots of posts here on how to do it…

[hellbennt]

hey there!

first thought: bring 2yr old w/ you to LLL mtg

2nd thought: what are stools like? normal mustardy seedy bf baby stools?

or green, loose/watery or green & foamy like shaving cream or stringy/mucousy? if any of these it could be Overactive Letdown (foremilk/hindmilk imbalance) or mspi…

3rd thought: if it is bad latch you do want to get that checked out…

a great breastfeeding resource site:http://www.kellymom.com/

HTH!

[Anonymous]

thank you for the info!

[Anonymous]

Stacey,

I’m in the same boat too. The only diff I guess is I stopped BF and give expressed breast milk to my dd as she is having food aversion and I used to sleep feed her. Even now, She refuses the bottle after 2 oz and by using bottle I know much she has taken in.

I did put my dd on Neocate for 5 weeks and meanwhile I continued to pump and freeze. The Neocate trial did not go well for me..but Alimentum helped in reducing spittings. Meanwhile during those 5 weeks I went on elimination diet (I’m living on rice only as I’m a vegetarian) and then I introduced breast milk. Since last 1 month, there is a big improvement..but still there is a long way to go. I give my dd expressed milk in day time and Alimentum in night. I have not introduced any new thing in my diet as I’m trialing solids for my dd…

In the last GI appt., the GI warned me against breast milk at this stage saying it may come in the way of improvement. But, I feel I’m acutally helping my dd..only time will tell who’s correct….

Please free to ask me any questions..

[Anonymous]

You CAN keep breastfeeding! It’s definitely not easy, but in my opinion, it is so, so worth it. I breastfed my first gerdling for 14 months, and have breastfed Ali for the past 8+ months. Both were/are MSPI.

What I did for both of them was start off with two weeks of a total elimination diet as outlined on the Dr. Sears site. After the two weeks, I slowly added foods back into my diet. In the end, the only foods that I have had to avoid are dairy/soy. It is difficult in terms of shopping/cooking, but definitely doable. It just takes a little pre-planning and a lot of label reading.

That said, don’t feel guilty if you decide that formula feeding is a better fit for your family. We are actually making the switch to Elecare because of constipation and worsening reflux. At this point, it is the least invasive of our options.

Good luck with whatever you decide, and feel free to ask away if you want/need more information on breastfeeding on an elimination diet.

Kelly

[Anonymous]

Ali is 8 months old, and after months of battling unrelenting constipation and horrible reflux, we’re going to make the switch from breastfeeding to elemental formula (Elecare) to see if that makes a difference. I’m already dairy/soy free, which has helped, but not enough.

I’m not optimistic about getting her to take the Elecare as it is, so I’m wondering if anyone has had success with any of the flavor packets. If so, what brand/flavor?

Thanks so much!

Kelly

[Anonymous]

Hello! I’m brand new here, and just beginning to suspect my 4 mo old infant daughter might have reflux. She has very few of the official symptoms (her weight gain is good, she sleeps pretty well at night, she doesn’t cough or choke, has no wheezing, rattling, etc.). However.

She has been a very fussy baby from almost day one. She has been referred to as colicky. She cries probably 2-4 hours a day in bouts. She almost never lets you put her down, so I have to carry her around all day. In fact, she won’t let me sit down; I have to stand and bounce or walk. Very tiring! That all by itself certainly doesn’t suggest reflux, just a needy baby, which is what I have assumed.

I remembered reading about GER with my first child, and I looked it up tonight. As I mentioned, she doesn’t show many of the symptoms. But one thing that I have not seen as a “symptom” in any reflux discussion is spit up consistency. My dd burps and then 5-10 seconds later spits up what we affectionately call cottage cheese. It is clear liquid with chunks or streaks of white solids. Occasionally, it even has a phleghmy appearrance. Sometimes she will scream right after she spits these up, but not often (maybe 2 in 10?). However, the cottage cheese spit ups are all day, every day. No real connection to feeding time, either. Everything I’ve read says all day spit up is perfectly normal, and as I said, the consistency is never mentioned. But, when I thought about it tonight, this seemed to me to possibly be a reflux issue.

Oher reflux symptoms she has exhibited: Fussiness or screaming at the breast, not always but sometimes. One time, just a few days ago, there seemed to be a pinkish tinge to her spit up (blood from esophagitis? or is that really unlikely?). And she has frequent, sometimes violent, hiccups. She does occasionally wake up with a scream, but only during the day in her swing, not at night when lying flat in her crib (again, seems NOT to match reflux…?).

Other info: she is almost exclusively breast fed, seems not to be affected by dairy products. She has been diagnosed with a weak suck and poor facial muscle control. She nurses very often, every 1-3 hours. She was waking every 2 -4 hours during the night to nurse, but not waking up violently, just fussing for food. Her BMs are just once per week, explosive and plenty wet.

Does this sound anything like reflux, or am I way off base? Sorry so long… Thanks so much for any input!

Signed, a worried mom

[hellbennt]

hi there! I responded to your other post!

there’s a lot of info about breastfeeding your reflux baby from my welcome/intro- there’s links about Overactive Letdown, there’s links about how to address MSPI and more…

the PPI should help with the pain, but my educated guess is that perhaps she’s not on a ‘proper’ dose for her weight or perhaps the compund isn’t ‘proper’ – look for the link ‘Prevacid 101’ where you can learn about how to ask for a PPI to be compounded and doses are there, too…

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

[Anonymous]

Is she fussy after she eats? Since she is still eating well and finishes eating after some initial fussing, maybe it’s just the fast let down that’s bothering her.

You’ll likely see it get worse if it is reflux. More refusing to eat. Irrititablilty after eating. Sour smelliing spit up. Poor sleep.

Do you give her gas drops (Mylicon)? They seem to help my babies with gas. I give them to my son before every feeding and it seems to help him pass gass and burp better.

I hope it’s not reflux and that she stops fussing at the breast, but we’re here to help you if it gets worse and you need us.

[Anonymous]

I am trying to figure out exactly what is hurting and how to fix it. My daughter is 5 weeks old and just now started getting fussy at the breast sometimes. SHe will tug and squirm and pull off and on and cry out. She also usually passes gas. This usually happens at the first of the feedings and last for a few minutes. So far she has gotten over it in a few minutes and finished the fee. I am scared though that she is eventually just going to stop eating. ANyone have any ideas about what this is???

[Anonymous]

hi

I was wondering how many of you are breastfeeding and supplementing with elecare or neocate? I had to stop breastfeeding to switch to nutramigen because of my son’s troubles. This was before we started any medicine. The nutramigen gave him a horrible rash and blood in his stools. The ped. then switched him to elecare. I was so sad to stop breastfeeding and am wondering if I can give him any if I avoid milk and soy? Also, how difficult is it really to avoid these things – is it worth it? Pretty soon my milk supply will be gone. Anyone that has gone through this I would love to hear how it went for your child. I am so afraid of “hurting” him – every time I breastfed him he would immediately scream and scream until he would fall asleep. I have more info. now and he is on prevacid (15mg) as well as axid. I wonder if with the meds and avoiding foods if we can do this… both my husband and I have horrible allergies which is why I would love to breastfeed just for that supposed protection for Rowan. Please, let me know what you think or any suggestions!

Stacey

[Anonymous]

Stacey,

I had stopped breastfeeding for about a month and a half before I started up again. My lactation consultant told me to take Fenugreek supplements to get my milk going again, and it really did work (there is a great supplement out there from Motherlove, called More Milk Plus, http://www.motherlove.com). I haven’t gotten back to where I was, and am still supplementing with soy formula, but it is great to have that bonding experience again. The way my lactation consultant put it was that even if he was getting 5% breastmilk and 95% formula, the 5% was better than nothing. Somehow that made me feel better. Also, I did keep pumping (hope you are able to do so also), as my pediatrician had initially recommended to keep the breastmilk in the freezer until after he was 4 months and then give it to him. I guess their digestive systems tend to settle down by then. Hope that helps…hang in there, it really does get better once they are medicated properly.

Patti