Can introducing solids actually make reflux worse?

[Anonymous]

Help. My son will be 6 months on Feb. 10th. I started cereal but then stopped b/c he was super fussy and his sleep was awful. I then waited a few weeks and started carrots and the past two nights have been awful. We have increased his Prevacid to 45mg a day and have seen no change. Actually, in the middle of the night a dose of Axid seems to be the only way to give him reflief. I don’t feel like the Prevacid is doing much of anything. I bought organic cereals that I may try next. Has anyone experienced this hard of a transtion to solids – can the reflux get worse with solids versus better?

[Anonymous]

Yes, I’m afraid it can. At least that has been the case with my Paige (she’s 14 months and still not able to tolerate solids). Some babies aren’t able to tolerate solid foods as early as most. With Paige, whenever we have done a solids trial she gets very cranky, gassy, sometimes mucus in her stool and it ALWAYS disrupts her sleep. She’ll wake up screaming in the middle of the night as it she is in horrible pain and is usually very hard to settle. For us, orange colored vegetables were the worst – sweet potato and squash. We haven’t tried carrots.

You might want to wait a couple of months to let your little one’s digestive system mature a bit more, then try again. Usually with rice cereal (or oatmeal if constipation is an issue), pears or avocado. From my reading, these foods are the easiest on the system.

Good luck!

[Anonymous]

if your son is on 45 mgs. of prevacid and you are not seeing improvement—i think it is time for some testing. if your ped gi hasn’t already suggested it—beg!LOL!

[Anonymous]

Just another thought – does your little one have troubles with constipation? For us, that was the last piece of the puzzle. Paige was always so backed up, and nothing was moving, that she could hardly eat or sleep comfortably. Once we got her bowels moving again (and of course a good dose of Prevacid) she was a new girl!

Just another thought if you aren’t seeing enough improvement despite a good dose of Prevacid. And be sure to give the Prevacid on an empty stomach followed up with a feeding 30-60 minutes later.

[Anonymous]

We were ok with cereal but the reason the Dr finally took me seriously on reflux was because I started my guy on veggies at 6 months and by 9, he still could only take a couple spoonfulls of veggies. If he had, say, 1/3 of a jar, or even any fruit, or the wrong veggie (corn and carrots for him), he would be up an hour after being put to bed screaming in pain. So honestly, yes solid foods made reflux much worse for my guy. He’s almost a year old and still no table foods, meats, or even any Stage 2 or 3 baby foods.
EricaRain2008-02-06 20:39:24

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