Help for 3 month old with terrible reflux

My son has been struggling with reflux since a few weeks after he was born in October. The dr originally said it was colic and to give him mylanta for the discomfort. In december he started fighting the bottle- he is exclusively formula fed. The pediatrician put him on Alimentum from Similac Sensitive and Zantac. Didn't see a change with either. Went to one GI and he said he had an MPSI and put him on Neocate, then added prevacic. My son still needs the mylanta though ,but he seems to be building up a tolerance to it. Feeding him is an absolute nightmare, this past weekend he needed to be fed with a syringe. I don't know how to help him, but for those of you who used Mylanta, how much did you give your little ones? He is on 2.5 ml ever other feeding but was wondering anyone upped the dosage. Thanks for your help- we are meeting with our third gastro tomorrow and hoping they will be able to get to the bottom of this. Thank you all, any help is super appreciated!

Help for 3 month old with terrible reflux

My son had reflux bad when he was a baby. We went to alimentum was on the max dose of zantac. the only thing that helped him (under the supervision and advice from his doctor was giving him a "mud bottle") Adding cereal to his bottle. It was like night and day when we did that. But again this is a controversial subject because a baby can aspirate when taking cereal in the bottle but this was the advice of our doctor and it worked for us. Maybe see what your dr. feels about it

Help for 3 month old with terrible reflux

How long your baby to Prevacid? It takes 7 to 10 days to work.

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Have you considered a chiropractor?
I know a few people that have said those few sessions have been very helpful and there was, in turn, no need for Zantac or fancy formulas. Just massaging them, no machines etc
Theory is that babies are so bunched up in uterio and may become "misaligned" which causes these reflux symptoms

Help for 3 month old with terrible reflux

We were told to use Maalax in every bottle (don't know if it's the same thing) by a GI, along with oatmeal in each bottle. It was over 3 years ago so I forgot the dosage. But i know it was every single bottle. My DS was on Axid for the meds.

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I did not want to give my DD any medication so I took her to my chiropractor and with natural treatments her colic and reflux was gone after a few visits. My chiropractor happens to specialize in seeing pregnant women and babies & children. She also taught me some baby massage that I could do for my daughter at home that really helped! Good luck

Help for 3 month old with terrible reflux

so sorry you and the baby are going through this. both my kids had it pretty bad. my dd would still spit up and shes 10 m now if i didnt put cereal in the bottle. i know with my dd we tried axel and it seemed to work. everything will get better over time.

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My daughter has fairly bad reflux and she is on prilosec (1.5 ml 2x a day) and Mylanta (2 ml 2x a day).

She also drinks Enfamil AR which is the formlua for spit up. We hold her upright for 30 minutes after a feeding and she sleeps in a rock and play.

All of these things together seem to help her. It doesn't eliminate the reflux but makes it more manageable.

From my understanding, the Mylanta helps sooth the pain of the reflux by coating the esophagus. The medicine is what will help suppress the acid in their stomach I think. Has your dose of prevacid been increased as your baby gains weight. I know whenever I feel like my daughter is having a tougher time, its because her weight has increased and she needs a larger dose of prilosec.

Good luck!! I know how hard this is!

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My son was on Mylanta, Prevacid, Zantac and neonate for the milk protein allergy. The thinner the formula (Neocate is an extremely thin formula) the more difficulties. We did have to adjust the medicine frequently as his weight grew though.

Help for 3 month old with terrible reflux

Im not sure if this will help but my son slept in this from birth till about 8 months. According to the reviews, it has helped put babies to sleep with bad reflux.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/cr/B00DEI6MMU/ref=mw_dp_cr

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