should I find a GI specialist?

[Anonymous]

My five month old’s reflux is just getting worse, not better. He started zantac a couple of weeks ago, which initially seemed to be working miracles but less so now, and seems to be developing a tolerance to it. The inclined crib seems to help (asleep almost two hours now!!) but only helps if I can actually get him to sleep in there, he much prefers co-sleeping. Anyway, I have seen other posts highly recommending working with a specialist instead of the ped., since they know more about it. Do you agree? Baby’s reflux isn’t absolutely terrible, as he’s usually agreeable as long as he’s held and fed basically every hour (day and night)– but this is obviously not ideal for any of us, and I feel badly that he feels so unwell that he wants constant comfort.

If I do go the specialist route, any suggestions on how to go about finding one? (Richmond VA). I’ve also considered a chiropractor, but it seems logical to me to try the GI dr first. Any thoughts?

Thanks,

Juli

[Anonymous]

I would try a PPI instead of Zantac. Zantac is wt sensitive and if the baby is eating and wanting to be held day and night, must be in pain. We were on axid (same kind of drug as Zantac) and as baby grew pain came back. We were switched to Prevacid with good results. (solutabs) Keep on the Zantac until about 2 weeks into the new med and they must be given 4 hrs apart. PPI’s don’t kick in right away and seem to start giving relief after a couple of weeks.

[Anonymous]

I am sure ther are som egood GIs in that area. IF allelse fails call the Richmond Feeding Clinic. I have heard they are pretty good. They have an in house GI but he onluy will work with the kids in their in=patient feeding program.

[hellbennt]

there’s a link that is stickied in the Specialists Forum- also if you go to the Introduce Yorself you’ll see Groupie Intro & there’s a link right at the top of that post for finding a specialist

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