Prevacid causing restless sleep?

[Anonymous]

Hi, my little one is on prevaid solutabs 7.5 mg once a day. we started it on monday and voila i have a happy baby again.. Friday evening he started sleeping less.. up until this point he was waking one to two times a night and monday through thursday he was sleeping a 7.5hr stretch, wake to eat, than sleep for about another 2 to 3 hrs and waking for the day.. Friday and saturday night his first stretch of sleep was 3hrs than another 3hrs, followed by waking every 2hrs to eat. his naps during the day (in the swing) have been great 3 to 4 hrs long. Last night (sunday) he slept a 4.5hr stretch, than another 4hr stretch was a little restless getting down but we gave him another 2ounces in addition to his 4ounce bottle and he snuggled right down and slept for another hr.. at this point it was 6am so he was up for the day.. I haven’t seen anything on restless sleep as being a side effect but figured I’d ask.. anyone have this issue or know about it?

[Anonymous]

When Carson was 4 months they put him on Prevacid Solutabs. He took it for 2 days and things were great, The third through 6 days he did not sleep a wink. We were all miserable. Called the GI on day 4 and he said it was probably the aspertame they use as a sweetener in the solutabs. We took him off of it on day 4 and it took 2 days to clear his system. We changed to nexium and he is doing great with it!

[Anonymous]

thanks..I’m still torn because he’s napping FANTASTIC during the day.. he had another 3.5hr nap. I’m going to give it more time and see how he progresses/regresses. My first son never had this issue with prevacid. Hopefully it’ll work itself out considering he’s so happy now and eating well.

[Anonymous]

This could also be a dosing issue. When and how much is he on? Are you waiting the full 30 mins after meds for a meal? What are you giving it with? How old is he and how much does he weigh?

[hellbennt]

my guess is that he’s napping after his prevacid dose somehow? and at night he has no medication- they have fast metabolisms, so his body zips through the meds…

[Anonymous]

hi all.. sorry we’ve been dealing with an ear infection the last couple of days. He’s on 7.5mg once a day, 4mths old, 14.11pds. He is sleeping better..infact he slept from 8 to 6:30 this morning! I think he needed a few days to adjust to the new medicine.. so far so good.

[Anonymous]

it may have been the ear infection coming on and not even been an adjustment to the meds—–but regardless of what it was, i’m glad to hear he slept!!!!! hope it keeps up!

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