Hi D.,
My son has been on Zantac for about 6 months now. He started it when he was about 4 months old. He is adopted and it took us a while for us to figure out what was wrong with him (Infant reflux). It has helped him SO much!
Of course I did not like the fact of having to put him on a medication at such a young age and then keeping him on it for and length of time. But it was so bad back then! He would just scream and could not eat anything. He also could not sleep but for only a few minutes at a time and then wake up screaming.
We are in the process of weaning him off of it (He's gotten the skill of sitting up now). So far he's doing good, just a little spitting up but no pain. I was giving it twice a day but now I have decrease it to once a day at night. I have never noticed any problems with him taking Zantac. It did take a while for him to get used to of the strong mint favor that comes with getting the liquid form! But shortly he loved taking it. I think he figured out that it was making him feel better.
What was you daughter diagnosed with? If it is reflux, I would also look into getting what is called a Tucker sling for her to sleep in inside of her crib. It helped our son a lot too.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email me.
I remember feeling quite overwhelmed when my son was sick and I didn't know what to do.
Congratulations on your new addition!
C.