Baby is 4 weeks old and has discomfort post feed, hiccups, lots of sicking up, being woken in sleep by sicking up and discomfort. He’s breastfed. We tried to manage with positioning alone eg keeping upright etc but after a particularly bad night, I cracked and went to the doctors who started us on infant gaviscon. Given mixed reviews I didn’t have great expectations but following first dosage I was really optimistic. He properly slept, without being woken by twitching and discomfort. He then basically slept and fed the rest of the following day, I assume playing catch up.
The doctor prescribed just one dose per day, which we give by syringe. However we ended up giving him his dose much later yesterday, and overnight I’m wondering if he sicked up the dose (I got a shoulder full of something that smelled more like water than vomit).
Can amount of feeding affect efficiency of gaviscon? He fed lots yesterday, and then overnight.
I’m very tempted to just give in his next feed and not wait. On the pack it does say up to 6 times a day? Obv doctors closed today so am just debating with myself whether to go for it or not. I was so optimistic after the first round, it was such a relief to not see him struggle with the discomfort. Am also wondering about reducing the amount of water - 15ml is a lot to get into a baby!
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Sicky baby and infant gaviscon dosage
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reetgood · 03/02/2018 13:20
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