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January 16, 2007 at 12:42 pm #22466hellbenntKeymaster
in groupie intro I advise to give another med (zantac/pepsid/tagament/axid) while you wait for the PPI to build up in the system and start to allow the esophogus to heal…just give 2-5 hrs seperate from PPI
January 16, 2007 at 1:12 pm #22468AnonymousInactivehi emily,
i have been wondering the same sort of thing with shane. he isnt on any meds, and is doing pretty well. but my question comes with the formula. i have been trying to figure out what formula. and i ask my self is he cranky sometimes because of the forumula or is it his personality. i have paid close attention to it, and i think it is his temperment. my mom swears my brother was the same way and he wasnt a reflux baby. he doesnt cry all day or anything like that he actually is a happy baby!! but, at times.. he will whine or just want to be held. i have noticed that it happens when he is bored of playing with his toys, or is tired, or hungry or something.
maybe you can try seeing when it happens and if it is related to something.? i know he is a lot younger than shane sooo it might be hard…
January 16, 2007 at 1:58 pm #22470AnonymousInactiveEmily,
Regarding the Prevacid, I noticed slight improvement after 3 or 4 days, but it took 10 days for Myles to be pain free. Many moms here have seen it take a full two weeks. I hope it’s sooner than later for you!
Lauren,
Shane’s getting close to the age where separation anxiety is common and baby’s become very clingy, so that’s a possibilty. Also boredom is a very big factor!!! Even my angelic first born who was the easiest baby on earth would get bored with her toys and whine for some entertainment or distraction. I learned as a nanny and with my own kids that the best way to limit boredom is to keep the majority of baby’s toys put away on a shelf or in a closet and take a few out at at time. Every few days (for an infant) or every week or two (for a toddler) put them away and take out some “new” toys. The toys you take out will almost seem brand new to them because they forget about them when you put them away. I still rotate toys like this for all three of my children and it’s amazing how happily they play with their “new” toys after I rotate. It’s like Chirstmas around around here all the time.
Also giving them nontoy items to play with is a big treat. One of Myles’ favorite toys right now is an empty powdered formula can which I filled with tops to his baby food jars. He thinks this is the coolest thing on earth! He also loves my measuring spoons and rubbermaid containers. All three of mine love when I put a laundry basket full of socks or towels down. The girls will “fold” and Myles just has a ball playing pulling all of the socks out and throwing them back in, or playing peek a boo with the towels.
I’m glad to hear he’s doing well off meds!
January 16, 2007 at 3:55 pm #22488AnonymousInactiveGood luck with the 30mg. That dose helped Hailey a lot. She screamed literally nonstop for the first 6 months of her life. We couldn’t take her anywhere, she screamed and puked in the car. She wouldn’t let anyone hold her without vomitting all over them. We had to walk around the house with a portable white noise machine night and day. This got a bit better for her at 6 months, but didn’t really turn around until we got her on a decent dose of meds at 9/10 months. Then she got MUCH MUCH happier. I believe that she had a high needs personality, with colic/tummy cramps and gas issues, on top of a bad case of reflux. The meds helped with a big piece of it. The colic/tummy part passed at around 4-6 months, and the high needs was just part of her personality. She’s so much better that way now and is just a hilarious little girl! Hang in there. I know it seems hard to piece everything together, but once everything is in place it’s much better.
January 16, 2007 at 4:26 pm #22492AnonymousInactiveThanks everybody
November 12, 2007 at 9:46 pm #45385AnonymousInactiveMy baby is a busy body at 2 months…she loves going and seeing new things. The fact she can’t do what she wants makes her mad…for ex…I’ll be saying oh to her and I can see her studying my mouth and trying to do it, but due to lack of control, she won;t always be able to….and that makes her uber mad and she starts screaming. So a lot of her colic has been that….and the fact she won’t sleep because she doesnt want to miss anything
That beng said her dad and i have horrible stomaches so it didnt surprise me when she had reflux and STRONG PAIN with gas. she has calmed down because of the prevacid and nutramegin…but now i think because she screamed so much for 7 weeks…she just knows nothing else.November 13, 2007 at 11:28 am #45407hellbenntKeymasterfrom my own experience, jonah ‘fought’ sleep also-
it was refluxit got better as time went along and as the medicine(s) & doses got ‘tweaked’jonah shrieked/howled but the meds helped trememdously, as did wearing him in a sling…It’s my opinion to meet all needs of an infant, whether that mean I hold him 24 hrs a day (ok that’s extrememe, but not far off!) or rock him for hours…(all the time trying to figure out meds, combination of meds, etc)November 13, 2007 at 6:54 pm #45423AnonymousInactiveHey Everybody,
I thought I’d follow up on my original post since I see a couple of people recently responded…Caden IS VERY high needs aside from the reflux he had as an infant. So, it is true that some babies are fussy and high needs from the beginning and turn out to have somewhat high needs personalities as toddlers.At the same time, he is a loving, sweet, sensitive little angel that we all just adore, and he has a hilarious personality – SO dramatic and cute on good days. He also is quite impatient when it comes to things not going his way.My point is just that some of their personalities can be seen very early on – at least from our experience.I hope all of your little refluxers are doing better -
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