7 month old-no sleep

Have you checked marci-kids.com for the correct dosing of prevacid for your baby? It sounds like her reflux is not at all under control. I know 30 mg a day sounds like a lot, but my little guy was on 50 mg of zegerid at one point. Are you giving the prevaicd 2 or 3x a day? Are you giving it on an empty stomach and making her wait 30 mins to eat? Is she on the solutabs or powder? Last question what do you mean by the prevacid helped the colic, but not the reflux. Colic is just a behavior caused by pain, allergy, or basically something bothering baby. I know drs. make colic sound like a disease, but it’s not. I’m asking because I have a feeling that is what the dr told you. There is a book out by a dr called colic solved and he basically says colic is a waste basket term to mean we don’t know what’s wrong. Dr Sears also talks about if your dr says your baby has colic that you need to camp outside their door until they give you an answer. The last thing I will say is if your baby is on the highest dose of ppi maybe try an h-2 blocker along with the ppi. You can even buy pepcid complete over the counter. Now that I think of it though have you thought that maybe your baby has an allergy to dairy, soy, wheat, any of the above? My son has a dairy allergy and even at 19 months if he has it or if I eat it, (I’m still nursing) then he will be up all night long and a few nights after that. I know for me and I’m sure this sounds crazy, but if I have dairy or beef my reflux acts up. If I don’t have either I don’t even have reflux. I didn’t even know I was allergic to dairy or beef until I was trying to figure out what was going on with my little guy. Maybe some of the other moms can chime in too. I’m not sure of prevacid doseing so 30 mg might be max. We did zegeird so maybe the other moms can comment on that. I do know that with prevacid you do have to give it on an empty stomach and wait 30 mins to feed. I also know it should be given 2 to 3 x a day. I also know marci-kids recommends the solutabs. I would really think about it being an allergy. I know it’s expensive, but maybe try the neocate formula. Again, maybe some of the other moms will chime in.

I was also going to ask if you had her bed elevated? If she is able to sleep in your arms, perhaps elevating her bed would help keep the reflux down. We just used several books at one end of the crib. It may be difficult, as at her age, she probably moves around the crib alot, but I used a rolled up towel and duct-taped it directly to the crib matress in a U formation and then put the crib sheet over it. It helped to keep him from moving around and sliding down the matress at night.