Reflux moms, when did they outgrow it?

DD is over 3 months now, we finally got her on prevacid which made a huge difference, but I was curious if she could be starting to outgrow it too? Obviously I wouldn't be able to tell unless I stop the meds (and I'm not doing that right now!), but I do feel like she seems better. She still spits up a lot, but isn't in pain when she does. Probably just wishful thinking on my part, but I'd love for her to be done with the reflux already!

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My SD had reflux too and was on nutramigen AA, she outgrew it at about 11 months. Good luck.

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I can't say when, as my DS still suffers, but...

He is 3.5 mos and I feel he has gotten significant;y better. He was on an apnea monitor from 3 wks until last week because he stopped breathing from the reflux (long story as to how/why/when/etc). They did a download and saw he was lo longer doing this. At his last GI appt this Wed the Dr. reduced his total medication as a trial - Axid 1.3 ml 2x to now 1.5 1x. So far, so good! He has also been getting rice cereal in his bottle, so we got the OK to start solids at 4 months with sweet potatoes. The Dr. said to start reducing the rice cereal at that point too. We're thinking he is in the process of outgrowing it right now and that by 6 months he'll be all better! But will he ever stop spitting up? Now THAT I can't wait for!

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I weaned DS off meds at 6 months and he was good

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DD is 9 mos, and there is no end in sight.

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DS is 5.5 months and it is definitely better but not gone. He's still in the meds because I noticed when I stopped for a few days the spit up started bothering him again.

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Weaned off Zantac around 7 months, still on Enfamil AR (at 11 months) but spitting up pretty much stopped around 9 months or so.

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DD was on Axid we started to ween her off it around 8 months and by 11 months she was completly done with it

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I would say around 11 mths or so.

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DS was around 6-7 months. I actually stopped the meds on my own around 5-6 months. I hated giving him medication while he was so young and I wanted to see how bad it would be without it. Once I stopped medication, he was actually doing fine. He still spit up till about a year old, but he was able to sleep flat again and was not uncomfortable or in pain.

What really made a difference was when I introduced baby food and when he was able to flip over and sleep on his stomach. He has never liked sleeping on his back.

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my DD was about 9 months when we cut out the morning dose - so I could monitor her during the day, and kept only the night one - to ensure everyone rested comfortably.... by 11 months it was totally done.... probably could have cut it out earlier, but I was afraid to....

I noticed that once we introduced foods, at about 5 months the reflux seemed to improve.


good luck.

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sorry I can't tell you when - but my DS def did...it was like one day he spit up and the next he didnt..

maybe when solids were more a part of his diet!?!?!

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Thanks everyone! I'm curious if I should start thinking about solids soon to see if it helps, I was originally going to wait till 5-6 months but I'd rather give her food then meds. We see the ped GI next week so I'll see what she says.

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