Forum: Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

My son is 3.5 months old and was put on zantac for acid reflux. He did pretty well on it, but after about a month I called to get an increased dose because it didn't seem to be working as well. The first day I used the increased dose it worked great, but didn't seem to do the job after the first...

Here is our story. If you have any experience, suggestions or advice, I would really appreciate it. My DD (4 wks old) has had a cough for about a week. A few days ago while feeding she began to cough, then choke. She turned blue and stopped breathing for a few seconds. I had to pat her on...

Hi everyone! I have a 4 month old with reflux. Our pedi put her on 3/4ml of Axid but lately she has been waking frequently at night, not napping in the daytime, arching her head way back when sleeping and coughing. I'm thinking the Axid isn't working well. Pedi said I could increase to 1ml if...

I don't know if this has been posted but I'm putting it out there before I search (bad etiquette I know - sorry!). Does anyone know of a reputable infant osteopath in NYC? I think I need to try this as I have had a friend or two that it has helped. Admittedly, they live in other countries but...

Hi there - I was surprised (though I don't know why) to see a GERD board on Fertilethougths and figured I'd introduce myself. I've mostly posted on the High FSH board in the past. I was able to get pregnant and now have a wonderful little Seedling. However, I think we have been plagued from...

My 16 month old has had reflux since he was just a few weeks old. I thought he had out grown it but it seems to be back at full force. He is waking up all night long, gaging himself, throwing up, wet burps and i am starting to notice that his breath smells. His doctor has started him on prevacid...

I have twin girls born at 30 weeks. They both developed Acid Reflux. One is on Zantac and seems to be doing fine the other we switched to prevacid. We had her on it for 6 days and it didn't seem to be helping actually seemed to be worse than when on Zantac. Did we give it enough time to work? ...

Anyone who had a good experince with a GI Dr in the chicagoland area. We live in the western suburbs.

How do you administer zantac. We squirt the Zantac into my twin girls mouths one takes it the other spits it out. Any suggestions to stop dd from spitting it out? We followed it by breast milk but I know that these meds are better without food.

My dd has the "projectile" reflux. She is what I call a "happy spitter"!! We go through atleast 5 outfits a day and I change my clothes just as often. When I burp her I sit her on my leg and lean her forward where I always have a bath towel covering the floor. She will projectil 2-4 times per burp!...

My 10 week old baby is having feeding issues all the sudden.. she went from taking her bottle (formula) of 4-5 oz. every 4 hrs. to taking 2-3 oz. less often. She eats fine in the AM, but as the day progresses she drinks less and starts crying/screaming as we try to feed her... She's been taking...

Hi ladies (and possibly other gentlemen), Our 4 month old has been having issues with feeding for a while. She's been on formula/bottle fed since birth. She doesn't seem to have most of the GERD symptoms...unless they're silent. However, it takes a LONG time to feed ... since she's our...

I am giving Prevacid to my son who is 5 weeks. I have read a number of post and articles so I can determine if the Prevacid is working but still haven't found an answer. For those of you who are giving Prevacid to your children - how did you know it was working? What symptoms disappeared? He has...

Ok we have decided to hold off on surgery for now and see what and if we can maintain him. His PH Probe showed 193 relflux occurances in 24 hours making him in our dr's eye a severe case. We have now adjusted him to 100mgs of losec a day. He's also getting his third set of tubes put in this May

Well zantac is no longer cutting it and the battle to get him to take the whole dose is a hellacious way to begin and end the day so our dr gave us a script for prevacid.... so this morning i pop up to target to fill it and our insurance denies it, no big deal thinks I. After all the grownup...

Comfy Lift Baby and Toddler Bed http://www.pollywogbaby.com/item--comfy-lift-bed--ComfyLiftBed.html My mother started chatting with another mom at BRU when she noticed the mom was holding a Dr Brown's bottle (our's leak so my mom was asking everyone who had one if their's leaked). Found out...

I don't even know where start with this question. My sweet dd is 4 weeks old today and the last 24 hours have been miserable. Last evening she threw up every thing she'd eaten and it came out her nose and mouth again. I had just layed her down to change her diaper. Since then she has acted like...

At what age did you try to ween your lo off Prevacid or another AR medication???

My DS is six weeks today and suffers from reflux. I BF'd and supplemented for the first month and then due to gaining issues we started formula feeding full time. He is on Enfamil AR. He is not on any medication. He is still very gassy and very spitty. I have been using Born Free bottles...

My baby is 4 weeks old and has reflux, apparently horrible reflux. He was started on zantac thursday and so far its done nothing. I know we need prevacid but him being so young, the dr is hesitant and wanted this first. Tonight he had a feed around 10:30 pm and over an hr later he started spitting...

I found a great new book at our local library. It is by a pediatric gastroenterologist. He believes that many babies who are diagnosed with 'colic' really have reflux. It is very concise and an easy read. It also has a chapter on milk/formula allergies causing symptoms similar to GERD. "Colic...

*** Update - I went ahead and ordered a nap nanny. It should be here within 10 days. I don't know if anyone is interested, but I will post and let you know if we have success in getting our LO to sleep. I am looking forward to a night without vomiting through her little nose!!!*** I just...

Does anyone have any recommendations for sleep positioners that keep the baby on their side? My baby has reflux and I'm scared to death to put her in her crib on her back even though she has a wedge under the mattress. I'm scared to death she will choke when she spits up. I know that I can't put...

Well we have seen the surgeons and they have told us that he is defintely a canidate for surgery. They say he can also be maintained on drugs(60-80 mgs of losec a day) or we can choose to do the surgery. It apparently has a90% success rate and will take under a week to recover. I am leaning towards...

Just curious if anyone tried it and what your results were.