Hi Everybody, Happy Thanksgiving!
I haven’t posted before, but have gotten some help, and now I have a question…
I am mommy to 5.5 month old, exclusively breastfed, Melina. She has “silent reflux” which, as you likely know, means she doesn’t constantly vomit/spit up, only sometimes, but she has constantly refluxed – gags, gulps, coughs, etc. She has been on Zantac since she was 2.5 months old, after trying multiple natural/herbal/homeopathic remedies that only worked slightly for her. In the last month, her symptoms have subsided.
When asking our ped & GI docs about how and when to wean from the med, they’ve both just said that one day you decide to try it. They suggested once she was sitting up/getting close to 6 months old.
Yesterday, we skipped her morning dose because her sleep got a little mixed up the night before and we wanted to get her back to sleep on schedule as quickly as possible without the interruption of getting up
for medicine and waiting a half hour for her milk. It worked and she did ok. I gave her her evening dose on cue and she had a good night. My husband will be home from work all this weekend so I’m feeling like this might be a good time to try weaning because I’ll have in-house support if needed.
So…I’m wondering if this is a good/common way/time to attempt weaning and what your experiences have been with going off Zantac?
?? We don’t really know what we’re doing, so help/insight is appreciated!
Thank you!! Maggie
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