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Hi all! I will try to keep this short, but you know how I am.
My sister-in-law just called me with some questions about her new little guy, 7 weeks old. She was initially concerned about his bowel movements but wanted to ask me about Sarah’s reflux as well. The more I got to talking to her, light bulbs started going off in my head…it all sounded familiar from symptoms I had read on here. The symptoms weren’t identical to Sarah’s at that age, but they sounded pretty common to reflux…he is spitting up, inconsolible several times a day, “growls”, gurgles, acts like he’s clearing his throat, several other things like that…these symptoms started around 4-6 weeks old (isn’t that typical? I swear Sarah came out spitting fire and we never even had those first few weeks of bliss 
, but I think I’ve read the 4-6 weeks thing on here)I told her to check out marci-kids and to try mylanta. I didn’t know that I could use mylanta with Sarah back in the “mystery diagnosis” days and I thought it might be a good starting point to see if it offers him any comfort/relief. How much mylanta can she give a 7 week old 10 pound baby and how many times per day? I told her to start with 1ml no more than 2-3 times a day. I hope I’m not WAY off on that. I suggested she give it to him at his worst when nothing else seems to be working.
I also asked about his stools and if they appeared mucousy (he started formula 3 weeks ago). She said they are like Play-doh. I think that is a good consistency…doesn’t sound like any mucous so I wasn’t too worried about that…
Anyway, just wanted to make sure I’m steering her in the right direction! Any other insight? THANKS!!!!!
Sounds like you gave her good advice. I would have suggested that dose with the mylanta as well. The symptoms do sound familiar and Alana was one of those who we had 4-6 weeks of bliss with (kind of sucked when I reaslised it was over
). Whats his feeding like?I actually thought of you and Alana when my SIL mentioned “growling”. I remember you describing Alana doing that!
Oh yea, she said he pulls off the bottle during feedings and cries for a while and then when he settles down he’ll finish the rest. She thought that might just “be how he eats” and “all babies do that”………………
Yes, young Alana sure was a growler!
Funny because he new lastest thing is barking like a dog. Our beagle barks and she mimics her.
Perhaps she’s been thinking she was a dog all along
Just got a call…mylanta didn’t do anything for him this morning. She said 5 minutes later he was crying again. I told her to keep trying…maybe it wasn’t reflux that particular time he was upset.
They took him to the ER because he had some scary projectile spit up. They are military so their medical care is very limited. The doctor they saw suggested cutting back on his feedings. I guess he is taking 6 ounces at a time (comfort eater???!!!) and he wants them to try to cut it back to 3oz and see what happens. The doctor said “if he’s still spitting up and he doesn’t gain weight, we’ll look into meds”. I was SO furious!! I kept saying “I don’t spit up when I have heartburn!!!” I also told her that gaining weight does NOT mean he doesn’t have reflux! Sarah was a chunky monkey pre meds b/c she wanted to eat all the time. Anyway….you can sense my frustration…the same run around so many of us get from doctors. I’m TRYING to get my point across to her. The doc also wanted them to switch to soy formula and see how that’s going at his 2 month check up on the 27th. I told her if it looks like they’re going to do the med route to CALL ME so I can tell her what to ask for, etc…
I feel so helpless!!!!
July 1st they are moving to TN to live with my in-laws. Her husband is going to Iraq so at least she’ll have some help from them and hopefully a better doctor too!
yeah sounds like she got one of “those” doctors.
weight means NOTHING.
and to be honest, mylanta never helped Trace either. he needed more powerful meds i guess.
poor baby
tell her to come here and read up and also marci-kids.com.
i think if i were her, i would start by switching to alimentum. that is the first step to treating “colicky” babies. (we all know colicky mostly means some sort of intolerance or reflux or both, too bad so many doctors dont
) who knows, his major issue could just be milk protein/soy protein? and the projectile sounds suspicious, sounds like he is not tolerating milk based, and if thats true prob wont do too well with soy either
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