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yes the prevacid should help, but you said you just started giving it? so that’s why I was saying to also give the zantac bcse it takes about 2 weeks to see the full effect of the prevacid. it was day 12 for my son, it was THAT noticeable…
I hope you can get help with your breastfeeding. I would guess that once your baby gets properly medicated then she will eat more thus increasing your supply…it’s so hard- the ‘ole supply & demand thing…have you tried nursing her in the bath tub? nice & warm & relaxing for both of you
…lots of skin to skin contact might help her nurse better…hang in there!it gets better with the right dose of meds… truly.
at 5mgs per kilo (being conservative with the dosing since she’s so little)she could havelet’s say she’s 12lbs (one more ounce till she’s there)that’s 5.5 kilos5.5 kilos x 5 = 27.5mgs total of zantac for the daythe liquid is 15mgs/ml (see your bottle)so that’s 1.8mls total for the day, divided up into 2 doses however you want (doesn’t have to be .9ml each dose, for example it can be 1.2mls & .6mls giving the higher dose in the a.m. because nights are ok)please don’t take my word for this, as I am not a dr! ask your pharmacist to check his/her ipharmacist, which is an electronic device w/ up to date dosing. this is what s/he should say the dosing is:oral pediatric dosing of zantac:Duodenal and gastric ulcer: children 1 month to 16 years: 2-4 mg/kg/day divided twice daily to a maximum dose of 300 mg/day
GERD and erosive esophagitis: children 1 month to 16 years: 5-10 mg/kg/day divided twice daily. GERD max dosage: 300 mg/day. erosive esophagitis max dosage: 600 mg/day
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~as far as your supply goes- I tend to think it’s the reflux bothering her & the more bottles you give, the less supply you’ll have- unfortunately it’s a downward spiral
…http://www.kellymom.com is an excellent resource, perhaps you can do a search about low supple or wrestling the breast or something…a International Board Certified Lactation Consultant as well as la leche league can help, too.The La Leche League Breastfeeding Helpline – US began on June 1, 2007. Everyone in the U.S.A. has access to toll free breastfeeding help 24 hours a day. Just call 1-877-4-LALECHE (1-877-452-5324).hellbennt2007-08-02 16:37:28
DO NOT STOP breastfeeding bcse the doctor tells you to!!!
(this face is meant for the %*#*# doctor!!!)ok deep breath.this is one of the reasons I cannot leave this board.sigh.First of all have you seen a Internationla board certified lactation consultant? la leche league? there are ways to boost your supply. again, please forgive me if this is all old hat I truly don’t mean to offend you, just help
So, if you want to know ways to boost your supply let us/me know…Next: please get to a ped GI bcse these pediatricians dont always know the best way to treat reflux (well not all the GIs do either unfortunately)Zantac: yes yes you can give this also- just make sure it’s given 4 hrs apart from the PPIwe can help you with a ‘proper’ dose- let us know your baby’s weight…neurological issue: please read about Sandifer’s symptoms- this can GO AWAY with the right dose of PPI so again, I so so so do not like your dr(s)! sorry to be so blunt…this is long but full of info to help you :https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=853&PN=1&TPN=1 scroll down to read about breastfeeding a reflux baby also about Sandifer syndrome and moreTopic: ATTN: Hellbennt (Laura)
Hi Laura-
As I wait to pop this little girl out anyday, I noticed your post about Cherry Mylanta Supreme and it working for refluxers and non alike. It never did anything for Ian but then again he was so severe with allergies/reflux. Just to remind myself, what is an ok dose for newborns? Or do you have to wait until 1-2 months? I want to be prepared for EVERYTHING! Even though I plan on breastfeeding in the beginning again, I’m still bringing a can of Elecare to the hospital just in case we have to supplement a little again! I read somewhere that even the smallest amount of milk formulas can trigger allergies in the beginning if used early enough. I’m also going to avoid all dairy in my diet for awhile too and then add back in.I do have hope for an ok digestive system (faith) BUT am preparing.Thank you!Sorry so long this is our story . Let me know what ya’ll think. Does she have reflux? What bottles do ya’ll use? Does she have DEG? I gave her the Relgan and she started jucking her head in her sleep has nrver did this before. Is this a reaction? What meds do ya’ll think she needs? What would just make her cry in her sleep then stop? Does any of ya’ll babys do this?
I breastfeed for the first two weeks she did fine. Then I could not breastfeed and had to stop. We put her on Similac Advance with iron ready to feed. She did fine for a little while then she started to spitting up. The Dr said that some baby’s can not handle the ready to feed to try the powder. Well again she did ok for a little while. This is the symptoms she started with spitting up alot. Coughing and gagging all the time and hiccups alot. She has a rattle on her chest. Wanting to eat all the time. So I brought her in to the Dr. She said to thicken her formula with one to two teaspoons of cereal per oz. So that did fine for a few weeks. Then she started crying for no reason. The only way to make her stop crying was to feed her. I could hear her stomach making sounds and stuff coming up but nothing would come out. She would make funny faces. Like in pain. I called the Dr and she said I had a fussy baby. So we changed Dr’s. The other one did not want to do anything. That was about 5 weeks old (3-16-07). Then they put her on liquid Zantac 0.5 ml three times a day. With the same formula and putting 1 tablespoon of cereal per oz. That worked for about a month. Then she started throwing up again and screaming once in the middle of eating. So they upped her Zantac to 0.8ml three times a day and soy formula. As long as she was on the ready to feed she was ok. They gave me ready to feed samples at the Dr’s office. I tried her on the concentrated and powder. That made it worst. I brought her back in. (4-18-07) She had a rash. It was like dry spots. I asked the Dr what it was he said eczema . Well then they put her on Prevacid 1/2 a pack and Similac Alimentum which was going really good as long as she was on the ready to feed. Again the Dr’s office give me that as samples. Well after putting her on this formula the rash / eczema went away. Then I did not know you were suppose to give her the Prevacid 30 mins to a hr before eating and that you have to get all the white beads. So I started doing that. So (5-1-07) Then I went to get my WIC and found out they would not pay for the ready to feed and they do not make concentrate and they only get the powder in the Similac Alimentum. So they put her on the concentrated Nutramigen and added a tablespoon of rice per oz. of formula. Now this formula she is having a hard time with gas. She now pulls her little legs up all night. She is still throwing up like CRAZY. So I went back in. (5-7-07) He said he does not think she was getting her meds right. Here is what he wants to do. He did put her on the Prevacid SoluTabs 15 mg in am dissolve by month. I ask if I can try Oatmeal cereal and he said yes. Also I found a new formula that just came out called Similac Advance Sensitive R.S. He said I could try it if I wanted to. I did for a day or so and she still spit up so I went back to the concentrated Nutramigen. I have been going back and forth with the rice and oatmeal cereal. Her gas is getting better with the gas drops now. It seems like she can only handle the ready to feed in any formula. She does worst on the powder and concentrated. On the ready to feed it so thick. It is like honey or something it is so thick. I hold her up after eating for 15 to 30 mins. She is always in her swing. She sleeps on her back. Loves to play on her back all day. She hates to be on her stomach. She does not cry or scream when she is on her back. Never has. She sleeps all night without waking up. She just coughs and chokes sometimes in her sleep. Now she will be taking a nap during the day and just cry out for no reason. She is drools a lot. She likes to be held. She has stopped crying in the middle of eating. Now she cries when you try to burp her and gets stiff like a board and that is not every feeding. I give her the bottle cold now that I am giving her concentrated. When she was on powder it was room temp. The concentrated is really thick sometime and thinner other time. I donor know what is up with that. I make it like it says. She was on nursery water . I took her off of it because they said the fluoride can cause gas and spitting up. I put her on regular Kentwood water. Maybe there is a little different and maybe not. I tried to give her the formula without the cereal and she did ok. Over this week she did really good only spit up with a few burps and one bottle she spit up a lot but I did not have cereal in it and I had tried a new bottle and I think it was to fast. Because she finished it in no time. This was the best she had did on anything but ready to fed. Sometime around May 14th or 16th I called her Dr and told them thing are not getting better and that I feel that something is wrong so that sent me to Dr Kchoo and to call him after I seen Dr K. I seen Dr K on (5-22-07) He said she was a happy spitter. That I had a laundry problem. If I did not want to see it to put sunglass on. To stop putting the cereal in her bottle and come back in a wk and see how she is doing. I called her ( Pedi) Dr on (5-25-07) to let him know what Dr K said. They could not believe he did not order any test. Also I was upset and tried on seeing her throwing up all the time. So the Dr ordered a upper G.I. On (5-28-07) they did the upper G.I. On (5-29-07) they called with her results. They said she his a hiatal hernia. (5-29-07) Went to Dr K for her 1 wk check up. Her took her off of the Previcid. Said it was poison and she did not need it. To start her on Jar food in 2 wks 3 times a day. And see her again in 1 month. I Started her with in a wk because she is not a big eater and 3 times a day was a lot for her. So I did one a day a few days then 2 times and so on. Tell she was 3 times a day in the 2 wks. Well everything was still the same if not worse. I called him on (6-29-07) because it seem to be worse . He put her on Reglan 1 ml 3 times a day. I took her off I did not like the side affects. We seen him for her check up on (7-3-07) . He still said she was a happy spitter. I told him I took her off the Reglan and he said good it was poison. He said to feed her 3 oz and 2 jars of food. If I wanted. She has started crying in her sleep at night and naps. You give her her pacifier and she stops and goes back to sleep. I started warming her bottles a little. On (7-24-07) we went to the ER with her she passed out on me for a min. The ER Dr put her on Zantac 2ml. 1 time a day and at night if needed. He said she is passing out because of her reflux. Brought her to her reg Dr on (7-22-07) He put her on Similac Lactose free. He was going to put her back on Previcid but said since she just started the Zantac to leave her on that but 2 ml 2 times a day. (7-26-07) Seen Dr Lao Pedi G.I. Elecare formula. Only 2 bottles a day. Zantac 2 ml 2 times aday and Reglan .6 3 times aday. More jar food and juice.
It is getting so frustrated. I hate to see her like this. She throws up all over the place. I really do not understand she is a VERY happy baby. She laughs and smiles all the time even when she throws up or spits up. You can not put on pressure on her stomach. We have a few goods day then back to bad then good and so on. Cries out during naps and at night.It can be 5 mins after she eats or it can be hrs after she eats. She will throw up. She can’t play on her tummy.
Topic: Choaking girl…what do I do?!
Hello everyone!
My baby is almost 2 months old and we recently found out she has
reflux. At her two week check up I brought up to her pediatrian that
she had been, what sounded like, wheezing for air and sometimes
(usually when feeding on the breast, bottle, or using a pacifier) it
sounds like she was aspirating and then has a “not breathing” episode in
which she wheezes deeply, and coughs. Sometimes she turns red, her eyes
water…and when she finally gets that air though, she cries. It breaks
my heart. Anyway, at that point, my pediatrian said that she just had weak throat
muscles….right.So her not breathing spells happen…probably
once a day, so I decided to take her back to the ped. She perscribed
zantac…but it seems to just make things worse and she refused to eat.
Her doctor really is ignoring the whole…choaking..thing, and the only
thing I learned was that she has “reflux”. It wasn’t until I got online
and began researching that I found some ideas that help allivate her
yuckiness. (burping frequently, elevating her bassinet..etc).Anyway,
she is gaining weight just fine and happy when I don’t give her the medication, but the choaking thing has got to
stop. Does any one else deal with this? What is it? Should I keep giving her meds
even though they are obviously making her tummy hurt? Any and all
advice related to reflux is welcomed!!!!Topic: Anxiety Medication for Mom?
Hi-
I’m not sure if this is the right forum to post this but it is a medication question. Ever since Brian was born and we’ve been dealing with different issues (birth trauma, severe jaundice, lots of breastfeeding problems…gave up at 6 weeks, and of course the reflux), I feel like I’ve had this overwhelming sense of anxiety that I can’t shake. Every day I have a knot in my stomach and I’m not eating well, not sleeping well, crying frequently. It’s not really depression as much as it is anxiety. I feel like I’m constantly in stress mode even when things are okay and every time Brian has a crying jag or doesn’t sleep well, I get really panicky and start to feel overwhelmed. Brian is 11 weeks old and I know it will get better as he gets older and we get his meds worked out but I feel like I need help until then. My husband thinks I should ask the dr about going on a medication for the short-term but I don’t know anything about medications to treat anxiety. I have always been a worrywart but nothing to this extreme. I know there are moms dealing with much tougher situations than mine and I tell myself all the time that I need to toughen up but I can’t shake these feelings and sometimes I feel like such a failure as a mom. Has anyone else dealt with feelings like this and did anyone find some relief with medication? Thanks for any advice.Topic: Chronic yeast infection
Has anyone had problems with chronic yeast infection in the breasts? Man, I have treated it for the 4th time now and nothing is working
. If I have to quit breastfeeding because of this (after all I have been through with MSPI and TED) I am going to be so mad .
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