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[hellbennt]

hi & welcome! you’ve found a great place!

the key to all of this is RESEARCH and, of course, support!

http://www.marci-kids.com is at the FOREFRONT of research of PPI use and dosing in infants/todders. You might want to start there to see if PPI dose is ‘proper’ [if you have any left you might want to start it back up again and give along WITH the zantac…space the 2 meds 4hrs apart. Amber mentioned mylanta- use the kind, adult kind, that doesn’t have aluminum. this cvan be given wtih the zantac but space the mylanta 4hrs frpm the prevacid]

then, hop back here to learn HOW to get that proper dose, if need be, and what FORM of PPI and HOW to administer…

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

unfortunately the majority of drs & pharmacists don’t know…babies metabolisms’ are much faster than adults, so the drugs work differently with them…

after medication, you might then want to look at diet…

I have a LOT MORE TO SAY! and most of it is here:Groupie Intro: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=853

it’s looong, but PLEASE read/skim/scroll through it & refer back to it, as it TRULY will help you!

so glad you found us!

~laura

ps: when you get a moment, please go to the upper right-hand corner of this screen and click on ‘settings’ and from there you can edit your signature and let us know how old baby is, what formula or breastfeeding, MSPI or not, what meds and what doses and form of meds and how you’re administering-thanks!

[hellbennt]

eliminating dairy is hard/tricky because you must eliminate ALL milk proteins, even those that are ‘hidden’ as ingredients…you can take the approach of eliminating one thing at a time, or, you can go for it full force, which is referred to as TED Total Elimination Diet. there’s a forum all about this and links from groupie intro

I did the TED out of desperation, but I really didn’t think it was my diet…it was not…I don’t have your other posts in front of me (maybe add formula fed/breastfeeding or both and what diet, formula, etc to your signature) but anyway it’s hard to know what to do first- ie: diet, meds, etc. If your baby is on marci-kids dosing and the solutab is given properly (i would give in 2 doses but that’s just me) AND you’re even perhaps adding in any axid or zantac or pepcid or tagament you still have around and baby is STILL miserable (gas, fussy, straining to poop, rash) then I would then address diet as well…that’s just my two cents…

[Anonymous]

I am breastfeeding and have been eliminating foods from my diet. I am a very bland and picky eater so I don’t know what could be bothering him. I eliminated dairy and eggs, chocolate, I don’t drink caffeine, I don’t eat spicy I had pizza one time and that was a mistake. Any other suggestions?

[Anonymous]

I’m new to this forum, and I’m so glad that I found it. At last people who will understand what I’m going through!!

My DS is 10 months old and was a preemie. He was diagnosed with reflux early on and I suspect a MSPI (I’m breastfeeding and if I have any dairy, even trace, he projectile vomits, but allergy testing was neg.). We finally went to see a GI specialist a couple months ago and he diagnosed him with delayed gastric emptying. He put him on erythromycin for it and took him off all of his other reflux meds. For about 2 weeks we did great, hardly any spit up at all. Since then it’s all gone down hill. The spit up started profusely again and the last two nights have just been hell. DS is up every couple of hours, crying in pain and thrashing around, etc. Tonight is already starting off bad…he’s been up crying already and he just went to bed an hour ago. I don’t know what else to do for him to help him be comfortable. I have some Zantac left over and I started giving that to him to see if it helps.

I’m going to call the GI dr. again tomorrow. I just needed to vent to someone who would understand. I’m exhausted, frustrated and sad that my baby is not feeling well again. Not to mention that I’m so sick and tired of PUKE!!

Thanks for listening! ANy advice is appreciated!!

Valerie

rhesp12122009-06-30 10:20:12

[Anonymous]

sometimes I hear it when he eats I do the cross cradle hold for breastfeeding, other times I hear it when he is sitting upright asleep, maybe it has to do with the reflux as well

[Anonymous]

My five month old really seems interested in watching our family eat. Any suggestions on what others did for food introductions.

She has/had multiple protein intolerances which led to me stopping breastfeeding after several TEDs, and she is now strictly on Neocate. Thanks.

[hellbennt]

you could try prevacid capsules- you open them up & give the beads in a tsp of applesauce; you give it on an empty stomach followed by a ‘meal’ 30 minutes later. my guess is the reaction was from the ingredients in the solutabs- there is flavoring, coloring, aspertame, etc.

if the dose isn’t an issue (check http://www.marci-kids.com ) then I would go ahead and fax your dr & just TELL that you’d like to switch to capsules. provide pharmacy ph & fax # in your fax. then follow up with phone call(s).

as for the vomitting: the meds don’t stop this…they stop the pain

glad to read the zantac & mylanta helped! have you calculated the highest dose of zantac?

Zantac dosing- my/other’s question (has axid & pepcid dose, too):

https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8288&PN=1

conversion chart: http://www.sfca.co.uk/match/kilolbs.htm

when you get a moment, please go to the upper right-hand corner of this screen and click on ‘settings’ and from there you can edit your signature and let us know how old baby is, what formula or breastfeeding, MSPI or not, what meds and what doses and form of meds and how you’re administering-thanks! It’s hard to keep track of all these little ones

[Anonymous]

thanks laura, you are wonderful. I feel guilty already that I gave up the diet. So, I think I am going to start again. (I ate half of a cheeseburger last night and had some frozen custard). One thing though is I really don’t want to stop breast feeding. With my dd2 I she kind of self weaned herself at 11 months and did not tolerate cow’s milk. She ended up on a soy free, lactose free formula (she too had reflux and tubes as a baby, but Bo is much worse).

I think I need more variety in my diet to stick it out. I am going to go to a local organic health food store this week to help me out. Any advice of on some sample menus for the mpsi diet would be great.

I just want to enjoy my little guy more than I am. He took a lot of work to bring into this world (his name means “life”), but now I am not enjoying him as much as I want, plus my girls need me too.

THANKS AGAIN! Sorry for so many questions, I am just not getting any guidance or direction.

Oh, the ped office called back and told me I could give Bo 15 mg 1x/day in the am, instead of splitting the dose, what do you think?

[hellbennt]

you do NOT have to give up breastfeeding…I gave a link about what/why the formulas do/aren’t necessarily the answer:

Misconceptions about how Neocate & Elecare work: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6013

if you quit breastfeeding and go to formula you might find yourself w/ continued frustration while you go about finding the right formula. it seems as though there is a ‘honeymoon’ period w/ formulas: you try it and everything is great for about 2 weeks and then all goes downhill again…(build up of the proteins in the system after 2 weeks)…so then you try another one and so on.

HOWEVER, if you truly want to give up breastfeeding after trying med changes (proper dosing, proper form, proper administration) and diet changes, then OF COURSE we will SUPPORT YOU

[Anonymous]

I posted about this on the Boo Hoo I need you board, but it seems to have much less traffic than this board.

My little boy Owen was born at 36 weeks. Around 3-4 weeks we started to figure out that he had a reflux problem. He has always grunted continuously while on his back and he started projectile vomitting. Shortly after, he started to refuse nursing and would arch his back in pain at the breast or bottle. His feedings went from 3.5 oz to an ounce at a time. He would still average the same amount through out the day, it was just constant feeding.

The doctor prescribed Zantac and thickening with rice cereal. We were using Dr. Brown’s bottles and could never find the right cereal amount with the right nipple so we gave that up. The Zantac worked great for two weeks and then things went back down hill. Doctor then prescribed Prevacid. Each night Owen would cry for two hours. I just assumed this was “witchery hour”. After a week of this, he cried all night. Then he cried off and on while I was at work the next day. We discovered that he had a horrible reaction to the Prevacid and it caused stomach pain and explosive bowel movements.

Within a day of stopping my little guy was back to normal. We started with the Zantac again and I discovered NUK bottles. The placement of the hole works wonders for reflux babies. It is also easy to add cereal to them. We found that adding 1 tsp per 4 oz is right for our little one. I thought we were finally on the right track doing all of this and inclining his bed.

Now, after a couple of weeks on the Zantac Owen is back to refusing the bottle and arching his back in pain during feedings. He looks uncomfortable when he eats all the time and now is showing signs of pain for awhile after he eats. He is extremely congested and wheezy. In the last two days he has projectile vommited 4 times. It is in the amounts that seem like a whole bottle. It takes him 5-10 heaves to get everything out.

I am at my wits end of what to do. The doctor makes it seem like our only options are Prevacid and Zantac. Neither of these are working for my little guy and I feel so bad for him. He is the happiest little baby despite all of these eating issues. I guess this big long story comes down to me needing some advice. What should I do next? Do I ask to see a specialist, or just wait it out. Should I try Mylanta two hours after the Zantac to maybe help with the burning?

[hellbennt]

there’s more where that came from, LOL!

Erin’s sticky-in-progress: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=12948&PID=105126#105126

I mean actual stinky gas (usually the actual stool is stinky too but I’m talking the gas). Yes, usually when db is reacting to something the gas is more frequent, can seem painful, etc. But most dbs pass gas fairly frequently until 9 mths or so – usually (if db isn’t reacting to something) then it’s odorless.

Yes, diapers shouldn’t be all liquid, but they might be. I wouldn’t worry so much about the consistency for now. More that there’s no stinky gas, no mucous, no visible blood. They should have a sweet smell (similar to butter popcorn). But, just so you know, w/ dbs w/ intolerances it’s fairly hard to get to the sweet smelling diapers consistently (at least in my experience).

I think it’s totally reasonable to ask daycare to track the diapers. I would make a chart though for them -something that has a place to note: color, smell, consistency (liquid vs. more seedy/pasty), mucous, & visible blood.

As far as doctors, I’ve learned a lot & got a lot of great info from all of them (ped GI, allergist, general ped., dietician) but honestly, not many of them were worth much (not trying to be rude, just honest) until after ds was 12mths old. I got a lot of guidance here, but learned a lot (a LOT) on my own through trial & error. Most ped aren’t that educated re: breastfeeding in general, add in dietary restrictions & most are clueless. My ped GI was a bit more help but again, not a ton (though they both- ped & Ped GI totally supported bf’ing, didn’t want me to stop, etc). In most cases, taking db to the allergist isn’t reliable before 15-18 mths old. We went for 1st time @ 16 mths old & got a lot of great confirmations. Our allergist offered to do some preliminary testing w/ Tate (my 3rd ds) @ 10 mths old but cautioned the accuracy… we decided to just wait till 15-16 mths old like we did w/ Evan. The dietician has probably been the most helpful overall but a) we only see him b/c Evan was labeled ‘failure to thrive’ & b) it’s helpful info for food directly to Evan, not w/ bf’ing.

Re: Baseline, I’m talking about waiting for visible blood & mucous to stop. Yes, when all stinky gas, mucous & visible blood is gone for 4-5 days you can declare ‘baseline’. Then, you can start trialing food one by one. Usually, I would eat it 2-3x/day for 4 days in a row to be sure before I declared it a success.

I had lots of stinky gas myself w/ the turkey as well. Consequently, my ds was intolerant to turkey (took me a while on TED to figure this out). BUT, even now when I eat ground turkey (ie: I made turkey meatloaf last week) I have stinky gas after so maybe it’s just a difficult protein for some ppl (you & me lol).

Multivitamin:
The multivitamin is this: http://wholesalesupplementstore.com/daily-total-oneaday.html
They are vegetarian capsules & free of the ‘biggies’ (milk, soy, gluten, etc). I haven’t had any issues w/ them.

Calcium supplement:
The calcium I used to take is just the generic “calciumcitrate+” from my grocery store (or Target). The only thing about these is that one of the inactive ingredients is starch. SO, I didn’t start these until Evan started tolerating more foods (although I’m sure many babies could tolerate them fine).

Here’s what I take now:
http://www.country-life.com/moreinfo.cfm?Category=25&Product_ID=393&CFID=1794275&CFTOKEN=43446469

Hope that helps! Hang in there!

hellbennt2011-01-23 15:25:07

[Anonymous]

My name is Christina and I have been browsing this site for a few weeks now. With all the ups and downs that reflux brings on, I thought it was time that I introduce myself and become an active poster.

My little boy Owen was born at 36 weeks. Around 3-4 weeks we started to figure out that he had a reflux problem. He has always grunted continuously while on his back and he started projectile vomitting. Shortly after, he started to refuse nursing and would arch his back in pain at the breast or bottle. His feedings went from 3.5 oz to an ounce at a time. He would still average the same amount through out the day, it was just constant feeding.

The doctor prescribed Zantac and thickening with rice cereal. We were using Dr. Brown’s bottles and could never find the right cereal amount with the right nipple so we gave that up. The Zantac worked great for two weeks and then things went back down hill. Doctor then prescribed Prevacid. Each night Owen would cry for two hours. I just assumed this was “witchery hour”. After a week of this, he cried all night. Then he cried off and on while I was at work the next day. We discovered that he had a horrible reaction to the Prevacid and it caused stomach pain and explosive bowel movements.

Within a day of stopping my little guy was back to normal. We started with the Zantac again and I discovered NUK bottles. The placement of the hole works wonders for reflux babies. It is also easy to add cereal to them. We found that adding 1 tsp per 4 oz is right for our little one. I thought we were finally on the right track doing all of this and inclining his bed.

Now, after a couple of weeks on the Zantac Owen is back to refusing the bottle and arching his back in pain during some feedings. He looks uncomfortable when he eats all the time. In the last two days he has projectile vommited 4 times. It is in the amounts that seem like a whole bottle. It takes him 5-10 heaves to get everything out.

I am at my wits end of what to do. The doctor makes it seem like our only options are Prevacid and Zantac. Neither of these are working for my little guy and I feel so bad for him. He is the happiest little baby despite all of these eating issues. I guess this big long story comes down to me needing some advice. What should I do next? Do I ask to see a specialist, or just wait it out.

[Anonymous]

there was a time (actually if i’m honest MANY TIMES), when i thought i would be skipping down the street with glee at the thought of weaning madelyn and getting off this crazy-train-diet. i had always planned on extended breastfeeding, but this was before this diet. when she was 5 weeks, i began this leg of our journey and now, with her basically 13 mos old, i think we’re almost at the end. one part of me is ready; the other is impossibly sad. i feel incredibly blessed to have been able to nurse her this long. riley wouldn’t nurse after 4-5 mos b/c he was in so much pain while eating and associated the pain with nursing. madelyn has only ever been in that much pain a handful of times, praise God.

it seems that she’s the one who is leading this wean. she nurses for shorter periods of time, and sometimes not at all, opting for solids. i thought i’d be happy…i am not. i am getting to a place of acceptance, but every step is acutely felt. how fitting it is to me that BF is an acronym not only for ‘breastfeeding’ but for ‘best friend’. my sweet sweet girl, my little buddy…

oh my little love, what a priviledge it has been to nourish your little body. every roll and crease has been caressed and admired, smooched and nibbled. in you and your brother, i have become what i was meant to be….a mommy, whose body was perfectly designed to love you and feed you. Thank you for allowing me this time, my maddie moo. until the end of this journey, until we start the next chapter…xoxo

[hellbennt]

also you could call la leche league for free w/ your questions: The La Leche League Breastfeeding Helpline w/access to toll free breastfeeding help 24 hours a day. Just call 1-877-4-LALECHE (1-877-452-5324)

maybe ask about seedy vs. non-seedy, etc?

worth a shot?

[Anonymous]

Okay, here I go again. So Ds is breastfed and 2 mo. old. I’ve been on TED for going on 5 weeks. Tried a trial of green beans and screaming followed with terrible gas and sleeplessness. Stopped green beans obviously but 4 days later he still has BAD gas and poop is yellow,runny, no seeds, and STINKY. I know I posted in another area kinda about this but I’m so confused. I stopped eating squash thinking maybe the prolonged irritated tummy was from that but how long should I give between switching things out of my diet?? So now all I’m eating is turkey,rice products,sweet potatoes and pears. How long should I stick with this untill changing something if the gas continues? I’m not concerned about consistency of poop but just wondering if another breastfeeding mama has had a baby with poop that’s not seedy?Help,help. I’m on the brink of tears all the time. Any suggestions?