So on Monday 11 week old DS was diagnosed with reflux (GORD) at A & E after failing to gain weight for 2 weeks. He started eating less (FF) around 5 weeks and with a couple of exceptions this slowly got worse. Repeated trips to the GP but they weren't interested as he was still gaining, just slowly. Then around 10 weeks he started screaming at the bottle, only whilst feeding and this escallated to more screaming fits and completely refusing several bottles a day.
The doctor in A&E was very good and finally took us seriously - he put DS on to infact Gaviscon, ranitidine and domperidone and made an appointment for us to go back on Friday (this was Monday). The meds seemed to make an instant difference, the next day he finished all his bottles with no fuss, no screaming. The next day was even better and he demanded bigger bottles. The third day was less good with a reasonable amount of screaming and only finishing half his bottles. Took him in to the appt on Friday and he had gained 10 oz in 3 days!! The doctor said that the meds take a while to be fully effective and might need adjusting as he grows.
Fine, but how to cope in the meantime? So far I've heard about:
Keeping him upright after feeds
Rubbing not patting for burps
Dummy to keep sucking action going after feeds
Inclined cot and changing mat
Any more???? Also, he currently has a cold and I think this has made the reflux worse - is this common? He gets constant colds so I hope not!
Sorry for waffling, feeling a bit desperate tbh...
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11 week old diagnosed with (silent) reflux - tips?
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Nightfall1983 · 24/11/2012 14:52
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