GERDling #2

[Anonymous]

I am not sure if any of you remember me, but my son, Jackson, had GERD for 2 years. 6 mos ago, we weaned him from Prevacid. He is doing well.

Fastforward- I had a baby 10 days ago. She weighs around 7 lbs, 9 oz. She is showing signs of silent reflux (waking from peaceful sleep about 10 minutes in screaming, swallowing with grimace, lots of clearing throat sounds, sticking her tongue out of her mouth a lot, etc. I called the doctor and they prescribed zantac. She is taking 1 ml, 2 times per day. I am also giving her a ml here and there of mylanta cherry supreme. She responds very well to the mylanta. I have not noticed much with the zantac yet. She does not seem severe like Jackson (yet!). I am wondering- how many ml for an 7 lb 9 oz baby? I know that there are threads about this, but I am terrible at math! 🙂

This site was a lifesaver a couple of years ago! I just might become a regular on here again.

[Anonymous]

Okay I am sure Laura will correct me if I am wrong. But the max dose is 10mg/kg, she is ~3.4kg so that would be 34mg/day. And most Zantac is 15mg/ml (check your bottle to be sure) so that would mean that you could give just over 2ml/day so your dose sounds right to me, but I am sleep deprived so I may be off. Laura HELP!

[hellbennt]

hi there!
Beth is right!

7lbs 9 oz is 3.4 kilos, from here;
http://www.sfca.co.uk/match/kilolbs.htm

so maximum dose is 10mgs per kilo so that’s 10 x 3.4 = 34mgs total for the day
your bottle of zantac should read 15mgs/ml so
that means for every one (10 ml of zantac you give her, she’s getting 15mgs of zantac
she can get 34mgs a day of zantac, so divide that by 15 to figure out how many mls
34 divided by 15 = 2.3 mls total, of zantac for the day
you can give in two doses and the doses don’t have to be ‘egual’

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