Temperament, colic, reflux…

[Anonymous]

Hi everyone,

I’ve posted a few times about my daughter Lucy, who is now 10 weeks old. We’ve been on Prevacid now for 11 days, though I wasn’t giving her the full dose the first two days (my doc told us to split the 15mg solutab into 4ths, which I did until many of you suggested I visit marci-kids.com; now I’m giving her 7.5 in the morning and 7.5 in the late afternoon). So far, we haven’t seen any huge improvements in her crying, although her feeds are a bit easier (not as much screaming in the middle of the bottle, she can finish 3 or 4 ounces, although she does often start crying at the end of the feed, when we are trying to burp her).

Anyway, she has cried, screamed, and generally seemed unhappy since day 1 in the hospital. We’ve had quite a journey (an emergency c-section, unsuccessful latch-on/breastfeeding, her fussiness). She is also just a “strange” baby: she doesn’t like being held, so we have to walk/bounce her around if she’s in our arms, and frankly, she prefers the swing or the bouncer seat to my holding her. She is now at the point where she will occassionally have a good 10-15 minutes of being smiley and happy in her bouncer, but then she will start to cry. And once she starts crying… well, usually nothing soothes her except swaddling and putting her down for a nap. She hates the stroller, the carseat, the sling…it’s rreally frustrating!

I know I’m kind of rambling, but I’m just curious about other people’s experiences with difficult babies: do you think it was the reflux, the “4th trimester,” the baby’s personality? I know she’s very sensitive and alert, and perhaps that’s why the reflux bothers her, whereas other, more “typical” babies (like my friends all seems to have!) aren’t bothered by it. I’m just starting to worry that she’s still going to be like this at 5 or 6 months… and that I’m going to lose my mind!

Thanks for any advice, support, etc.!

Robin

Mom to Lucy, 5/11/08, 15 mg Prevacid

[Anonymous]

Evan (8wks old) was like this until he got on a higher dose of Prevacid. He’s been on 22.5mg since 4wks old & today got bumped up to 30mg. I would pursue trying to get a med increase & I think you will see a difference in her overall comfort, but especially during/after feeds.

[Anonymous]

I agree that she probably needs a higher dose of meds. Also, what is she eating? Are you breastfeeding? Have you tried cutting any foods out of your diet to see if she is bothered by them?? Or is she on formula? what kind?

[Anonymous]

She’s on formula — alimentum. I can’t tell that’s it makes a huge difference, but we tried to switch back to regular Similac and had a few really bad days, so we’re back on the Alimentum.

Thanks for comments!

Robin

[Anonymous]

I agree that you probably need a higher dose of meds. We were started at 7.5mg/day then worked our way up to 30mg/day for many many months until we recently weaned off meds. It seems from other moms on the site that 30mg/day seems to be the magic number.

[Anonymous]

My little guy definietly needs the high dose of Prevacid (30mg). Nutramigen (similar to Alimentum) also didn’t do the trick for him. He is on Elecare now and feeds great.

I do think that my little guy also has a high maintenance personality. He is bothered by lots of things (wiping his nose, noises, hugging). He’s very demanding and already set in his ways. I just think that its his temperment to be kinda fussy. When you add in the reflux, he is just super grouchy.

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