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[Anonymous]

I’m just wondering if mucus in the stools ALWAYS means there is a milk protein intolerance?? Are there any other reasons for it? I’m pretty sure my son has had some mucus in his stools since almost the beginning. He had it when I was breastfeeding, and it has only gotten worse since formula. I tried Similac (the regular stuff) for a day and he seemed to be in so much pain. Today we tried Isomil (soy) and it seemed to be a little better, but still he seems to be in a lot of pain when he goes. How long before I know that Soy is good/bad for him? BTW – little Dallin is 4 weeks old and we are trying to find a doctor that will prescribe something other than a small dose of Zantac!!!

[Anonymous]

Can I ask what he is eating? What formula and cereal, any other solids, or if he is BF are you on any type of elimination diet? My daughter would projectile vomit regularly until we switched her to Neocate. The other option would have been TED if I were breastfeeding. She literally couldn’t tolerate anything else. Also, how are his BMs?

[Anonymous]

I have posted here a few times regarding my son who is 3 months and has GERD He is currenttly taking prevacid reglan and carafate. I was told he also has milk protein allergy. He just started acting really cranky the past few days lots of crying and mucous in stools he shreaks and I know he is in pain. I put a call into the ped last night and let them know what is going on they told me to come today which I did. I brought my sons diapers with me and the Dr told me mucuos means nothing in the stool. But I have heard otherwise. She also told me that breastfeed babies have mucuos in the stools which I find weird because I have breastfeed 4 kids and never seen this. Then she mentioned he has colic and maybe he has colitis. I feel like these doctors just say whatever but never really address the issue. My poor son is in pain and I feel like its never going to end. His crying has gotten so bad my own mother refuses to watch him last time she did she was in tears. Is this normal for reflux babies to go thru this and for us parents to just be told deal with it. I am so confused. Also I asked about Neocate because when I am not breastfeeding he is on nutramigin with little change. And she told me that formula is for premmies. Is that true… Please any advice would be great

[Anonymous]

Hi and welcome!

I am sorry to hear about the reflux troubles. I have had 2 refluxers also and now still working through food intolerances and other issues with both kids, so I know how tough it can be!

My first suggestion if you want to keep up with Breastfeeding is to maybe try cutting out dairy/soy from your diet. It’s in everything. You can try the TED diet. There is a forum just for this. Many say the diet is really hard but it paid off in the end. If you want to try formula or supplementing, it has been my experience that refluxers are soo very sensitive to milk and soy that a lot of them end up on hypoallergenic formulas like Alimentum or Nutramigen. Landen ended up on an Elemental formula called Neocate. Regular hypo formulas still have milk protein in them, they are just broken down in a way to fool the body into thinking that they aren’t there. Neocate doesn’t have any milk or soy protein at all. There is another one called Elecare that you could try if it came down to it. My first refluxer Kaden (now 3) was also able to do soy (Isomil) as a baby. They are all different.

As for meds, I would def try getting your baby on a good PPI drug like Prevacid, Zegerid or Nexium. If your baby is in pain it is possible that it could be erosions on the esophogus. Zantac doesn’t heal erosions, it is just an acid reducer. You can check out dosages for PPI’s for your baby’s weight at http://www.marci-kids.com. That is the best resource with the most up-to-date info for babies/kids with reflux and how to treat it full force. You can print info and fax it or bring it in to your babies pedi. in the meantime there is always Mylanta Cherry Supreme!!!

Good luck, I know how trying all of this can be! Hang in there.

jilly782008-03-25 19:38:25

[Anonymous]

I Posted this same thing in the introduce yourself category, but I thought I should post it here as well. ……………….

Hi Everyone. I came across this forum by searching “acid reflux”. I have two children, Ashley (3years) and Dallin (almost 4 weeks.)

Our little girl had acid reflux very early on. I think she probably always had the “signs” by only started crying/screaming about it at about 4 weeks. The doctor tried putting her on prevacid, but I didn’t see a change in three days (I’m not sure how long I should have waited), and decided we needed something different. A friend of mine said she saw great success for her daughter with cimetidine. So I asked for that. It helped her immediately, and she was a happy baby on cimetidine for about one year. If I didn’t give her the meds, you could definitely tell.

I just gave birth to Dallin on Feb 28th. We were really hoping he wouldn’t have acid reflux. It seems to run in my husband’s family, actually. Anyway – right away he showed signs, and deep down I knew. Here are some of the things he has done from the very beginning…

Strong tongue thrust

Strong suck/starving all the time/wants to eat constantly

Hard time breastfeeding

Spit up in throat, and even had a scary choke/cough episode at only a day old

Lots of hiccups

Stiffens up a lot

Arches back A LOT!

LOTS of burps/gas/etc

Grunting

As of about 3 weeks old I saw these symptoms added to the list…

More spit up (not a TON, but after every burp and in between feedings. It is getting worse and worse.)

Breath and spit up smells very acidic, and stools smell different to me

A lot of choking/coughing episodes

STRONG hiccups with accompanying crying and pain

Lots more crying (especially at night)

Lots of grunting/”clearing” throat

Crying when laying down

Very stuffy nose!

Started sleeping WAY smaller stretches at night.

Gulps down food, swallows tons of air, cries, burps like an adult male!, cries, acts like he has a sore throat, etc…

It quickly became clear there was no denying he had acid reflux! I went to the doctors and he wouldn’t give me any meds!! He just told me to feed him every hour. I mean, come on!? He said you won’t find a single doctor around (I’m living in New York city) that will prescribe anything for a baby that young. Well, a day later he got so bad I was thinking of going to the emergency room because he would choke and stop breathing!! I called the after hours for my drs office, and went to a different doctor. She prescribed Zantac. 1/2 tsp two times per day. Dallin is now 10lbs 10oz. (He was 8lbs 10oz at birth.)

Anyway, it seemed like it really helped him have a better feeding right after the first dose… but I don’t think it’s working. It’s definitely not like when we started our daughter on meds and she was a happy baby in a day or two! He seems a little better, and it seems to help most right after he has been given the meds. I’m just not satisfied.

What do you all think? I feel like I am surrounded by doctors who will not prescribe medicine, or who will not prescribe the right dosage. I just don’t want him to be in pain anymore!!! Do you think I should push for something like Prevacid? How long would it take to start working, and what would be a correct dosage? What if my doctor won’t prescribe the correct dosage? Also, because of a billion reasons he won’t be getting breastmilk for much longer. I am currently pumping, and I’m trying to slowly find a formula that works well for him. How soon can you tell if a formula is good for your little one? I have tried the new Good Start with probiotics, regular similac with dha ara, and soy isomil. My daughter took Soy formula, and that really helped…but it almost seems like my son immediately reacts badly to the soy and the Good start. He’s ok on the milk based similac – but what I mean by ok is just not choking and spitting up any MORE than he has been. I still think there might be a better formula out there. If you’ve tried soy, is there a point in trying lactose free?

I don’t have many options….My husband is a student at Juilliard, and our income comes from piano students. He will have a much better job when we move to so california at the end of may. We are now on Medicaid, and I don’t have many doctors to choose from. It is SOOO frustrating to KNOW that something is wrong with your child, and have a doctor suggest he just possibly has colic, or is completely normal.

Sorry this is so long. I am just so sad about a lot of things. I fought so hard to breastfeed, and that isn’t happening. I wanted to pump, and that isn’t working out. And now my son is in a lot of pain, and I feel like I’m powerless to help him!! Oh, and did I mention that my daughter got the stomach flu today?!! I need sleep, and I need some advice. 🙂 I’d love to have your support and ideas.

Thanks so much!!!!!!

[Anonymous]

Hi, do you guys have this experience? Baby Dodo will for sure spit up the first feeding of everyday. Her routin is: in the morning given Losec at emply stomach, also with the Miltolium, after 30 minutes feed her, and she will spit up as soon as her lips touched the bottle or the breast (she’s on both breastmilk and bottle) without have a sip. Is this strange? Shall the Motilium given at least 3 hrs after Losec (capsule)?

Another questions, about (average) how many times your child spit up after taking Losec/Prilosec for about 14 days? Thanks!

Olivia

Olivia

[Anonymous]

WOW, Erica, I learn new things every DAY! My dd, after 6 months, is getting the proper care for her reflux, with the prevacid and the nutramigen. Luckily, she has no problems taking the nutramigen for us, but ever since she was BORN, she had HORRIFIC diaper rashes… to the point where her little hiney was peeling skin, and around her anus looked like little blood blisters. After I stopped breastfeeding her around 3 months, they started slowing down, became more manageable, and when I FORCED my dr. to try a reflux medication, and I switched to soy… the problem has ALMOST cleared itself up. But her butt became red here and there, and as long as I took every preemptive measure to stop it from getting out of hand, it would heal before any severe rash errupted. Everything I am reading on this board, is steering me towards things my Dr. should of seen! A milk intolerance, reflux, everything… I love how you ladies (and occassional dads!) get together and discuss this, you’ve all been such a help and pleasure to read.

[Anonymous]

Good GOD I know that answer from the Dr! My dd was EXTREMELY “colicky” for her first month, I couldn’t breastfeed, she would spit it all up, and on top of all that screaming/crying, she had inguinal hernias. So if she got too worked up crying, the hernias would pop out and I had to push the back in until surgery!! After surgery, a lot of the “colic” disappeared, but the spitting up and crying continued. I had to stop breastfeeding, all I heard from the Dr was “Are you putting rice in her bottles?” we tried that, didn’t work… I HATE THOSE RESPONSES. I can DEAL with a crying, thats not an issue, but when a baby screams like someone is beating it alive, then I tend to want to beat the DOCTOR alive.

[Anonymous]

Hmm… my first thought would be to check that the dose of Prevacid was appropriate for her age and weight. Was she getting the marci-kids recommended dosage? http://www.marci-kids.com And how were you giving the solutabs? If the compounded Prevacid was made properly, it wouldn’t matter when it is given, but the solutabs will work best on an empty stomach followed up with a feeding 30-60 minutes later. Prevacid will also work best for babies if dosed 2 or 3 times a day.

Now if the dosage and timing was all right and she didn’t benefit from the Prevacid after giving it at least a 2 week trial, then I would think trying a different PPI like Zegerid would be a good idea. Since her testing shows she has reflux, and her symptoms are consistant with silent reflux, she should hopefully find relief with some form of a PPI.

Just another thought, do you know if she has milk/soy protein intolerance (MSPI)? This can often be a cause of reflux and removing milk and soy from your diet if you are breastfeeding, or switching to a hypoallergenic formula is she is formula-fed could help as well.

[Anonymous]

Wow your daughter sounds like my son.I have a two month old who has reflux and he two throws a fit when it comes to eating. I am currently breastfeeding but he fights and fights me but i just keeping on offering. I am shocked that the doctor says she does not have reflux because it happens in the middle of her feeds. My son also is fine in the begining but screams halfway through. And he was diagnoised at two weeks old. Reflux can happen at anytime. So i would for sure get her checked. Also, I just took my son to the G I and they told me colic is gone by three months of age. So i would really try to see another doctor and If you suspect she may have reflux insist on testing her. Hope she feels better soon.

[Anonymous]

My son also had mucous and blood in his stool. I was breastfeeding at the time and my doctor suggested I go on a non-dairy diet. Believe it or not, there is dairy in almost everything besides fruits and veggies. My son is now solely on Nutramigen because I could not maintain the diet. He has been much happier ever since. I was very sad to stop breatfeeding because I did it with my daughter until she was 10 months old. But my son’s stools immediately cleared up and he isn’t cranky anymore.

[Anonymous]

I agree with Tracy and Leo, and suspect something in his diet (whether from formula or breast feeding) is causing some problems. My daughter Paige had (and still has) a TERRIBLE time processing anything with milk proteins, or even partial milk proteins. There were times that she would have BMs that were almost entirely mucus. This stopped when we got all forms of milk protein out of her diet.

As the above moms mentioned, it would be worthwhile to cut all sources of dairy out of your diet if you are breastfeeding or switch to a “hypoallergenic” formula if formula feeding, to see if he improves (like Nutramigen or Alimentum).

Good luck, I hope you find the answers for your little guy soon!

[Anonymous]

are you breastfeeding? the moucous conecrns me. He might be reacting to something you are eating. If he is on fomrula,; he might be reacting to the whole milk protein and might need a more break down formula.

i hope he feels better soon.

Leo

[Anonymous]

Hello everyone! It’s been a while since I’ve posted, but wanted to catch up with everyone again. Lucas is 3 1/2, still on Zegerid, still on a restricted diet with no beef and gluten. We’re starting cheese and some cheeses are great, some not so great. It’s nice to think one day dairy might be completely open to him. He’s thriving, loves preschool and is a true joy.

In fact, with a few months of better sleep (waking once a night mostly) and a year of no breastfeeding or restricted diet for me….we decided to take the plunge and have another one!! I’m due in mid-September. I’ve just finished a pretty yucky first trimester, but am looking foward to feeling better. I honestly have to thank everyone on this forum for your words about children, because I really wasn’t sure I could ever have another one after what we went through. I know that might sound dramatic, but I wasn’t sure I was cut out to do this again. Now, I feel cautiously optimistic about a new baby….I feel like if it’s normal and healthy it might seem like a piece of cake in comparison to Lucas’ first two years…..and if there are health issues– well, at least we’ve been there once and somehow survived and I’m sure we’ll survive again.

In general, I’m very excited and am obviously hoping that all will go much smoother the second time around. Lucas will be turning four around the time the baby is born, so I feel like that age difference will also help me out a bit. He’ll be in preschool four mornings a week. He’s very excited to be a big brother.

Again, I have to say that I thought of several of you many many times over the last years and also more recently when i was posting less and considering having another one. This forum saved my sanity and probably my marriage and several other things….. and also played a role in helping me realize that I shouldn’t let fear keep me from having another child if that is what we wanted. So, I have to again say thank you to everyone and let you know what a special role you’ve played in my life.

I hope everyone’s kiddos are feeling better, getting off meds, sleeping better or sleeping GREAT, and that all is well. Please let me know how you and your families are doing.

love and hugs!

[Anonymous]

The mucous in his stool is what I would be concerned with now. There is probably something in his diet (or yours if you are breastfeeding) that is bothering him. If you are breastfeeding, I would eliminate all dairy (even hidden dairy…read labels because dairy seems to be hidden everywhere!). And, if he is on a milk or soy based formula, I would consider switching him to Nutramigen or something similiar. But be aware that it can take several week for the offending protein to leave the body causing symptoms long after it is removed from his diet. If you have any questions, please feel free to message me. I was on a very strict diet while breastfeeding my daughter. Oh, also, I would stop eating out for awhile…dairy is in almost every fast food or restaurant menu item…french fries, chicken, burgers, etc.