It is so much more common than we realize

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I just felt the need to post this to help all the new mommies dealing with reflux as well as to help those of us who have dealt/are still dealing with it. I have come to realize just in the last week truely how common this is becoming, but how some people are just afraid to talk about it. Cooper is in a new Kindermusik class as most of the kids from the fall moved up in age and I was talking with 2 of the moms on Thursday (one has 8 month twins (boys) and the other has a 10 month (girl)). Well they all have/had reflux. The twins were silent and are bf (all night still per the mommy) and the girl is a big puker. They were all on prevacid… didn’t work for the twins they aren’t on any meds and the little girl still uses mylanta supreme for breakthrough. But is just comforting to know that you really aren’t alone, sometimes we just have to pry or tell our story to have other moms share. In a class with 12 kids 4 have reflux…. what is that 33% or something excuse my math, but still pretty good odds and 3 of the 4 are boys which goes with the trend that I have heard that boys are more prone…. It was just refreshing to know that these ladies who I see weekly know what I have gone through and what somedays I still go through. So I just wanted to let everyone know that we truely aren’t alone even when we aren’t on here… BIG HUGS to us ALL

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Just wanted to agree with you — infant GERD does seem to be much more common than most people realize. I know several babies who are/were called “colicky” (just like some doctors labeled my boys), when most likely they were suffering from reflux and/or protein intolerances.

Also, while I think infant GERD diagnoses are on the rise, I definitely know that babies have been suffering from it for a long time, probably since the beginning of time! My poor mother just about went insane with my younger brother 20 years ago — he projectile vomited all the time, cried inconsolably, and never slept. She never got a diagnosis and just suffered through it, but now she tells me that it had to be GERD and/or MSPI, after helping me SO much with my two refluxers right after they were born. It really makes me thankful for this forum (and Prevacid!) and just the fact that we can get relief these days for our lo’s.

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