hellbennt

I would FAX your dr. THANK the ped. then request a referral for a ped GI. say PLEASE.
then call the office to tell them to look for your fax.
then call the office back again & ask about your referral. Don’t ‘ask’ just
ask when/how you can pick up the referral, or will the office fax it for you and to whom are they faxing it? In fact, pick a…[Read more]

14lbs divded by 2.2 to get kilos
so he’s 6.4 kilos

zantac dose is from 5mg per kilo at the low end & 10mgs per kilo at the high end

so 6.4 x 5 = 32mgs a day total of zantc, at the low end
32 divided by 15 (zantac is 15mgs per ml) = 2.3mls total of zantac for an entire day (24hr period)
divided into 2 doses it would be 1.15mls…[Read more]

from groupie intro, the top/stickied post in the Introduce Yourself Forum, there are links to zantac dosing
bcse it’s weight sensitive, just keep it in mind as your baby gains weight

your friend might (probably is?) be misinformed
because there is not supposed to be any flavoring- you have to ask for flavoring on the side & if you get it, then you give it at each dose- you don’t mix flavoring into the compound…

there is a specific test for DGE that baby can have done- it is called a stomach emptying scan & perhaps there is another name for it, too…
carafate is a short term solution that did help jonah during his worst reflux; it’s a prescription and can be taken with other medications- just needs to be administered a certain amount of time away from…[Read more]

welcome! there’s a lot of info here to help you

groupie intro is in the introduce yourself forum it’s the 1st post there
and in the medicine forum, there are 2 top/stickied posts that also will help
glad you found us!
~laura

maybe he needs a higher dose of PPI? http://www.marci-kids.com
has doses by weight/age
also: if you have any zantac left, you can give that at night- just make sure it’s given 4hrs seperate from the PPI- there’s a link to zantac dosing from the Prevacid 101 that’s on the ‘treating GERD w/ PPIs’ page & also links from groupie intro
people also have…[Read more]

welcome!

well for one thing what form is the Prevacid? there’s ‘Prevacid 101’ that should help you- it can be accessed from 2 places- first of all it’s linked from Groupie Intro, which is stickied in the Introduce Yourself forum- groupie intro is my welcome/intro & please please bookmark it so you can refer back to it– there’s a lot of info…[Read more]

if your baby seems fine w/ what you’re doing, then keep doing it 🙂

good for you, your husband, your mom-
the BABY
Babywearing: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1044&a mp;PN=1

saline saline saline
no need for Little Noses brand
store brand is the same thing
squirt at every diaper cahnge
no suction
let gravity do it’s thing
the pressure of the squirt helps to clear out those ears and keep the next infection from coming
we swear by the stuff!

Groupie Intro: my intro: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=853&am p;PN=1&TPN=1

hang in there with the breastfeeding! it’s so hard bcse it may or may not be your diet. in our case it was not my diet. in others’ cases it is their diet.
Dr. Putnam at Cincinnati is supposed to be THE BEST!
Looking for GI: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=660

saline saline saline
I swear by the stuff
store brand is fine
just squirt at every diaper change (no suction, just let gravity do it’s thing)
I believe it helps clear out the ears…

thanks kathleen! I get to learn something new!
Jill: Reflux & ear infections: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2310

zegerid is not a pill so I dont know what the pharmacist is even talking aobut
prilosec is a pill/capsule and is used with caracream to make a stable compound, but from my understanding, zegerid is a packet that you mix with water to make your own (stable) compound
prevacid comes in capsules as does nexium…
prevacid OTC I think is a tablet?

you’re not the first to strain out the beads… so if it’s working for you, I would continue to do what works best…you’re also not the first to break open the capsules- but I THINK if you do this then you need to give it with some apple sauce or apple juice- there might be more info about this in Prevacid 101?
DR PPIs should taken with water…[Read more]

mylanta cherry supreme- it’s adult kind- just give a ml at a time- you cna’t overdose- if you see loose stools she’s had too much

you can also mix a little mylanta w/ the zantac
and you can also ask about zantac efferdose

wow. that’s great!