I dont know what to do

[Anonymous]

I sometimes wish babies came with a printout of what is wrong and what they need to fix it. We finally got our ped. to prescribe Zegerid and I was so excited but I am beginning to think he is not reacting to it well. He is pulling up his knees and he didnt have a good night last night. I think maybe it could be the dose for the bad night but I think that he might be having cramps and not reacting well to the medication. Has anyone had a similar experience and did it go away after a few days. How about knowing what to do with the dose? I think he is constipated but I am nursing him and so they can go for several days and not be constipated so it really makes it hard to know. Any suggestions or ideas? Thanks!!

[Anonymous]

I forgot to say he was previously on 30mg of prevacid, and it seemed to work most of the time if I could get him to eat right after the 30 min. Now we are doing 8mg three times a day of zegerid. Also, how often do you space out the medication?
I love everyones pictures of their cute babies. I am so computer illiterate, we just got a computer when I found this website. Im assuming you need a digital camera which we dont have yet. But I just wanted to say how cute these kids are!!!

[Anonymous]

Constipation is one of the side effects of both Prevacid and Zegerid. Perhaps he has a tummy ache because he is constipated. Myles was constipated for a long time and I had to use a variety of remedies (prunes, pear juice, flax seed oil, etc) to help him go regularily.

How old is your baby?

[Anonymous]

my daughter didn’t react well to zegrid either. We ended up going back to the prevacid and just doing our best with the timing.

[Anonymous]

My little guy is four months old. How long did you try zegerid before you went back to the prevacid?

[Anonymous]

The reason I asked his age is because some of the remedies I used to help Myles with his constipation might be too hard on a newborn’s tummy but I was using them for Myles at 4-5 months and he tolerated them fine. If he continues to be constipated you can maybe try some of them.

[Anonymous]

Abby got looser poopie when she started the Zegerid. We give her her doses at 6/6:30 AM (or whenever she gets up), around 1:30, then again at 6:30 pm before bed.

Hope things improve for your little one very soon!!

Robin

[Anonymous]

Are you doing the 20 or 40 mg pkts. Because 8 mg for the 40 mg pkts sounds way to high. i don’t know anything about the 20 mg pkts though. Also if it is constipation. A chiropractor could do wonders. My first son was on 3 meds for constipation. We went to the chiropracotr and he started going again. It was amazing!

[Anonymous]

8mg 3x daily is only 24mg per day. I don’t think it’s too high.

[Anonymous]

I only tried Zegrid for a few days…I didn’t really do much better than the prevacid for her and the side effects were worse. 🙂

[Anonymous]

I am so sorry. I thought you said 8 ml 3 x a day. That would be a lot. 8 mg is not a lot. Sorry. Thank you Lori for catching me on that. I just looked back at the post and can’t even figure out where I saw that. I think I need to go get some sleep. No, I know I need to go get some sleep.

[Anonymous]

* if you have a picture phone you can get a pic on the computer that way as well..

[Anonymous]

My son had some gas issues when we started Zegerid too. It’s been 2 weeks now, and for the most part, that has subsided. We do use Mylicon an awful lot though. He was never constipated; however, he did stop going as many times during the day and just has one explosive diaper in the mornings now. They say, from what I’ve read and heard, that it takes a couple of weeks to really know how a medication will fully affect you. But if it gets really bad, I wouldn’t wait that long.

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