Decreased Medicine…Is reflux back?

[Anonymous]

Ok….

Marshall is 9 months old today and was on 22.5mg of Prevacid solutabs. 15mg in the morning and 7.5mg at night. The doctor wanted to decrease the meds by 7.5mg so now he is on 15mg per day. We have been doing this for one week tomorrow. He now gets 7.5mg am and 7.5mg pm.

This is where I am not sure if it is teething or reflux. I need you help in letting me know what you think.

He has started to sound congested, is refluxing while taking bottles and has started to get hiccups again. Now, he is not in any pain and he does not have any problems drinking or eating solids. Maybe he is refluxing but it is not hurting him?? Do you think it all started back when we decreased the meds?? He naps well during the day…but at night it is a different story. He wakes about 4 times and I have to go give him is paci. and then he goes right back to sleep. Do you think it is teething that is waking him because he is putting everything in his mouth and he has two gums that are swolling. They are about to come through.

Should I give it another week on the 15mg and wait for the teeth to come through and see how he does. Am I about to get the devil on my hands and the acid is just not bothering him right now since it has only been one week. Or, has he turned into a happy refluxer now that he is older.

Please give me some insight on if you think that the reflux is ok on the 15mg since he is not in any pain during the day?

Can a decrease in meds cause him to start being congested and refluxing during some bottles r is the teething causing this?

[Anonymous]

It’s all so confusing. If only they could tell us.

I think I’d go back to the full dose for a week, or until his teeth break through and see if he stops waking at night.

I think his doctor should have recommended not weaning him from his meds while he was teething because it just muddies the waters so much. I made sure Myles was not teething and had no other issues so when I started weaning him off of his meds it wouldn’t be so confusing.

The congestion would concern me. It may be the teething, but it could be reflux as well. And when you factor in the hiccups and refluxing while feeding…..

With Myles, I tried weaning him once and it was a no go. I was really disappointed. But when the time was right (only a month or two later) it went smoothly.

Good luck. I hope those teeth break through soon!

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