Gerd

This happened to us, too. It was because at that age he was growing quickly, and when his weight changed his dosage needed to change. We also has to play around with the number of times per day he took the Zantac. For example, they took his dosage and instead of giving it 2x/day recalculated it to 3x/day, so he got a lower dose each time but a got it more often. That made a huge difference, too. It didn't get better until about 15 months, but then it seemed to disappear overnight! There is a light at the end of the tunnel. Hang in there.

K.

Boy, do I know the frustration!!! I went through the same thing with my daughter. It started the day we came home from the hospital and lasted up until about 8-9 months of age. Our physician put my daughter on Prevacid. It helped alot with the fussiness and sleeplessness, but not so much the spitting up. All I can suggest that helped A LITTLE was smaller more frequent feedings. If you are breastfeeding, such as I, this can be extremely difficult. Feed alittle and pump the rest. It was hard to store breast milk b/c of the frequent feedings. But the good news is 99.9% of babies do outgrow it and soon you and your baby will not have to change clothes so often(less laundry, hurray)!!!

Hi~

Yes GERD can peak at 6 months. My daughter is 29 months and we still have issues with GERD and some other health issues.

Come visit us at www.infantrefluxdisease.com for more info.

J.

My son has GERD, he is now 11 mths old, so I totally understand what you are going through. You probably need to increase her medicine, b/c it is dosed by their weight, ask your Ped. We have had to increase our son's dosage 4 times. If that doesn't work you can ask to try Prevacid. Prevacid did not work for my son and also caused him to have insomnia, but I know it works well for others. Has she started any solids yet? I always had to thicken everything that I gave to him b/c he spit up at least a couple times a day.

Good Luck!

L.,
First let me say that I can totally relate to what you are going through. My son was about 1 1/2 months old when he was diagnosed with GERD. This after 6 formulas and repeatedly being told he had colic. Once he became dehydrated from vomiting so much he was finally admitted into the hospital and we had the first of several upper GIs. First they started my son on zantac and reglan to speed up the process of foods moving through his system. His vomiting subsided a little but around 6 months I was still very concerned. We were using receiving blankets for spit towels!! We got a referal to Riley were they told us he had an intolerance to protiens and changed his formula to Alamentim (I am pretty sure that is the name of it he is 6 now!) This helped tremendously. He started to gain weight and we were able to take him off the reglan. He stayed on antacid medication until just after his 2nd birthday. I think he adapted to the GERD. it has not completely went away. He just knows what he can and cannot eat and I always keep a bottle of OTC antacids on hand. The biggest after affects have been 2 year molars growing in already BLACK from all the acid in his mouth. About a year and a half ago we had a test done to determine if there was significant damage done to his esouphagus (SP?) They inserted a tube through his nose into his esouphagus and hooked it to a monitor for 24 hours. It showed that 36 times a day acid comes up into his throat!! He doesn't throw up that often anymore so the doctors said he must just swallow it! At this point we just monitor him. The worst is not knowing when he throws up if it is GERD or the flu. My suggestion is that if you think more needs to be done ask for it. or demand it if you have to! Good luck! It does get better!!
PS If she stops gaining weight or starts losing make yourself a nusaince!!!! This is when our son got dehydrated and I was on the phone with the Doc everyday for a week before they finally would see him!!!
K.

You poor thing...I went through this with my second and it is so frustrating...they are in pain you are so tired!! Well, partly it is because of the solids that it is getting worse again. Lots of fruits have natural acids in them and so add to the problem. Try being careful of which fruits you give her and try ones without absorbic acid. Also try veggies..my daughter handled these much better at that age. Now that she has outgrown the reflux she obviously loves her fruit better, but I think they know what makes them hurt you know. Anyhow, also stay away from juices that are acidic as well. Try to keep her upright in an exersaucer of johnny jumper or something for at least 10 minutes after eating. I think all the activity at that age also makes it come up more. It will get better. Mine started walking at 10 months and it was almost instantly better following this! Good luck and let me know if you need to vent! ____@____.com

My son had that too. It was AWFUL! The dr finally prescribed zantac for him when I told her that if he was laying down or reclined, he'd scream and cry. But if I propped him back up to be sitting upright, he'd stop...it was like flipping a switch! I did it a few times in a row just to be sure and he did the same thing each time. He'd also scream and cry just from a little spitting up. The zantac is supposed to stop the pain and the damage the acid can do the the esophagus...it's not meant to stop the spitting up. I think most docs don't worry about it becoming a problem unless the child isn't growing properly due to spitting up so much. It does get better around the time you mentioned. It's a good thing too...that zantac tastes HORRIBLE! In the mean time, try burping (hold her as upright as possible) her a few times during each feeding to make sure she doesn't have one giant burp at the end (when she'd be more likely to spit up)...and keep a lot of burp cloths close by, just in case!

My daughter also had GERD. It was horrible for the first 8 weeks trying to get a correct diagnosis, she didn't sleep and cried all the time. Our pediatrician finally prescribed Zantac which helped a lot, and also suggested we mix a small amount of rice cereal in her bottles. That seemed to help with her sleeping, but she still spit up all the time. It was around 7 months when she stopped, it was amazing. It did get so much better for us, so hang in there! And keep a towel handy...........

I do not know if this will help or not but when my son was little they thought that he had gerd only to find out several months later that he had acid reflux maybe you should have them check for that.

Poor poor you... I went through the same thing w/ my baby boy. We gave him the Zantac & things seemed to get better & then worse around 6 months. Things did seem to get better around 8-9 months. He's 2 now & has no probs what so ever. I know it's frustrating, but hang in there. It'll be over soon & you'll have many stories of who your angel spit up on or where! We certainly do! Good Luck!