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Kierra-
I’m sorry that your going through the teething and reflux roller coaster too- and so young! I remember everyone telling me I was nuts for thinking it was teething. Now when I tell people that he already has two teeth they don’t believe and I have to show them
.I’ve tried the combo of Zantac and previcid- but my son hates the taste of the zantac, spitting out almost all of it every time- mylanta seems more effective (sometimes I put it in his bottle).
I give the previcid to him by holding the solutab in his cheek until it dissolves and then giving him a little water to wash it down. He seems to like the taste and process as it only takes about a minute.
Hi there,
We’ve also been tortured by teething…our ped gi and ped have confirmed over and over (my dh keeps asking me to make sure they think it’s “just teething”) –that teething is the root cause, but it makes their reflux 10 times worse. They feel the main source of pain in the end is the increased reflux. I have taken my son to the ped several times wondering if it’s really an ear infection, some other infection, and once while on vacation ended up in the ER cause he seemed so inconsolable that we were sure there was something terribly wrong. EVERY time it’s been….well, his ears are fine, his lungs are fine, the blood tests are fine….it must be something viral….(OR TEETHING). My ped and ped gi have okay’d the use of: Children’s Motrin or Children’s Motrin Cold (which has decongestant, thinking we’ll dry things up a bit), along with Children’s Benadryl, along with Hyland’s teething tablets, and then I also use Hyland’s teething gel which is great. LIke the other mom, I also use 10-12 hyland’s tablets at once, but my guy is 18 mos old. When he was 12 mos I was using 6 tablets, but Laura (hellbennt) mentioned she was using 10 tablets by the time her son was 12 mos. We do this ROUND THE CLOCK when things are bad. Lucas once quit eating for 8 days STRAIGHT….only bfed and was miserable with teething. He was 15 mos old at the time and on a mostly solids diet. Night wakings are from he** during this time and he wants to bfeed night and day. Just want to let you know you aren’t alone. Do whatever you can to get some rest and keep them comfortable.
Thanks! The nurse at the GI spec. ended up calling tonight to apologize and explain what her asst. was saying (I know what she was saying- I just didn’t agree with it). We agreed to keep him on the 22.5 mg a day for now, even though she said this was a really high dose. She still wanted to do Zantac and then increase the Zantac if needed… I told her that I didn’t want that- we haven’t had good luck with that and frankly he shouldn’t have to go back to being in pain when this is working! I did say that after teething was done I would consider lowering his dose… then she said that this dose was probably right for him even after teething.
..anyway- glad that we got this resolved for now! Joel had mentioned the three doses a day too. I’ve been trying to sort out when I could do a mid-day dose with the timing of naps and feedings (I’m still getting used to bottles and solids and timing with naps). I’ll try it tomorrow though because his afternoons have degraded a bit and I was wondering if it was dosing or maybe motrin, although the motrin doesn’t bother him at night.
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