food aversion and reflux at 10 months?

[Anonymous]

Hi all, my little guy is not doing well at all. A few months ago I thought we were out of the woods. Not so. He has been much more fussy lately (last 1-2 months). I kept thinking it was teething, but no new teeth, and it shouldn’t be this bad.

He has a cold this week and can barely sleep (not that he ever has been a good sleeper). I called his ENT, and then did an xray of his adenoids. Did you know reflux can cause large adenoids? Well, it can. My little guys are big and that is adding to his sleep issues. The ENT wants GI to do a scope to look at how bad his esophagus is. They said that inhaled steroids can really calm theses little one’s throats down.

What do you think?

Also, now he has what I would describe as a food aversion going on. Not interested at all in eating. Turns and arches in the high chair, cries, etc. I know he is not getting enough food, but I can’t force it in him. I am at such a loss. I saw my internist today. She thinks I am so chronically sleep deprived (I am up any where from 5-12x/night – ever since he was born), and she wants me on some meds to boost serotonin due to lack of sleep.

My guy sees GI next week, I am so afraid they are going to just blow us off.

Please help. I know, his dose is low, but no one will increase it.

Thanks

[hellbennt]

I would look for a family doctor maybe? someone to help with the dose?

I would also ask about carafate to help calm down the esophogus…not sure how I feel about steroids? but there ARE mamas who have used them! I don’t know anything about them…but carafate can help a bit while you try & get to another dr…

as for going back to your ped GI and worrying about being blown off:

FAX him/her beforehand. make it short & sweet w/ FACTS and STATEMENTS and no rambling emotions, etc.

then STATE what you’re looking for (ie: scope, increased meds, etc.)

I feel for you…

[Anonymous]

a couple thoughts…

does he need a higher dosage.. ped put my 10 mos old on 30 mg a day.. but i give 22 right now… and 30 when its bad..

he might have allergies… my daughter always seemed to have a cold.. but we figured out its prob allergies.. and she too has it right now.. its been like 2 weeks of it.

she also takes an inhaled steroid 2x a day.. she is always congested.. and hopefully it too helps their irritation.

[Anonymous]

also.. she has become VERY picky on what SHE wants to eat.. she will turn her head and yell at me in the highchair if its not something she likes or wants..

how is he with the bottle?

[Anonymous]

Sorry, have to make this short, but a few things come to mind. Yes, try to find a doc who will prescribe a good dose of PPI. It’s very important for the reflux pain to be well controlled with a feeding aversion. We saw so many doctors I can’t even count anymore until we found someone who would up the dose. Actually the only way I got up to 30mg from 22.5 was by telling our final doc that she was on 30mg of prevacid when we had our first visit. He said, well that’s as high as I’ll go….. kind of dishonest, but we were desparate. But I remember the disappointment of being totally exhausted from a child who was up all night long and screamed all day long and wouldn’t eat, waiting months for these appointments, only to be dismissed by doctors who didn’t know much, or who were ignorant, or insulting. Do not let them treat you like this is happening because you’re exhausted or any other reason that has to do with you.

The other thing is that enlarged adenoids can cause feeding problems. It can be hard for the baby to eat properly because of the issue.

Hang in there.

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