Stephen answers:

Jessica.. my lil 8 year old had the same thing but then also had sleep apnea. were she would stop breathing. The best thing i can tell ya is to go to www.webmd.com and then type in pediatric acid reflux and it will lead you to where you need to be. i can only tell ya that my experience with it was horrible. my daughter threw up everything. I took her to a specialist out of town and they told me to put rice cereal in her formula. this causes it to thicken which helps the infant to hold it down. so istarted doing this since she was 3 weeks of age. when she turned 1 1/2 she started holding it down a lot better. but i do recommend putting in the rice cereal in her bottle. you will need to buy the cross cut nipples for her to suck it through or just cut a lil hole in the nipples that you are using now. if i can be of any future help let me know.

Stephen answers:

I know I’m going to get all kinds of flack for saying this but my sons had reflux and I put him on their stomachs to sleep. I know they tell you that is a big no no but my grandma had 5 kids and all of them slept on their bellies of course you could prop them up with a pillow but thats an even bigger suffocation hazard. My kids also spit up a lot in their sleep so chocking was also a worry of mine that seemed more likely than SIDS. But if that makes you nervous they do have the wedges for babies to sleep on now that give an incline.

Stephen answers:

There are a ton of meds out there that the dr can put your baby on, starting w/ the easy ones first like zantac and axid (they are weight based dosed so as your baby grows the dose has to go up) then the stronger meds like prevacid.

Honestly the best thing you can do for your baby is go to ta ped gi…
I am a respiratory therapist and a mother of a reflux baby… reflux is very dangerous for babies, it can cause numerous breathing problems for them, and eventually cause reccurent infections and pnemonias.

it is very important to get the proper testing and treatment for your child.
Another thing is 80-100 percent of children who are intollerent to cows milk are intollerent to soy so they cannot use any of the reg formulas and usually a formula like alimentum is best for reflux babies, the intollerence, allergies makes the reflux much much worse.

you can also thicken your babies feedings w/ rice cereal… up to 1 tablespoon per ounce of formula, dr browns bottles makes a cereal nipple (that is what we used w/ my baby it did great)

if the alimentium formula doesn’t work there are prescription formulas made out of amino acids called neocate and ellecare.. we used ellecare.. its 54 dollars a can, but very well worth it for your childs well being.

make sure your child is elevated for 30 min after every feeding also

there is an online support group for reflux parents

www.infantrefluxdisease.com

they offer alot of advice and info

Stephen answers:

awww poor thing. Yeah, it might be reflux. Explain all these symptoms to your doctor and he’ll give you Zantac or Prevacid, etc.
My daughter threw up all the time until we got prevacid. She also suffered from the hiccups lots.
He’ll eventually grow out of it, but for now, I would take him to the doctor as soon as you can.

Stephen answers:

She is still going to spit up, but not as much. With my daughter it took about 3 or so days for the Zantac to start working.
Are you doing other things to help with the reflux?
Like keeping her in a some what upright position for about 30 minutes after each feeding.
Try feeding him less more often.
Did your Dr said anything about thickening his formula? My Dr suggested doing that and it helped my daughter to not spit up as much. Although you should talk to your Dr before doing it.
Burp her more frequently.

Also, when my daughter had reflux, someone suggested using Mylanta. I asked the Dr about it and he said it was fine to use and would help. You can contact your Dr and ask him about it and he can give you the correct dosage.