my DS was 3 months prem, and although has gained weight and fed well he is very, very sick. He is on Omeprazole and Domperidone to control it but is still sick between 10 and 60 times a day. I thought things would improve when we started to wean him onto solids and he started trying to sit up by himself (he still needs support) but nothing seems to be helping so far.
Luckily he doesn't seem too bothered by it but our whole house smells cheesy, the washing machine is always on and I am starting to get paranoid about taking him to other people's houses or letting people hold him as invariably he chucks up everywhere.
Please tell me it's going to get better 
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Reflux - meds, weaning and starting to sit, but still sick 30+ times a day. WHEN will it get better?
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Snowboarder · 16/10/2011 23:53
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Ozziegirly ·
17/10/2011 06:49
My DS wasn't nearly as bad, but he was sick around 20 times per day, normally after milk but it could be anytime. I also felt like I didn't want other people to hold him in case he threw up over them, and I remember my Mum being offered a hold and her saying "no, it's ok, I don't want to get changed"
Anyhoo, he slowly grew out of it, and is now 13 months, and this morning did a tiny dribble of milk vom and I thought "I cannot remember the last time you did that". I reckon it was around 7 or 8 months that it really tailed off. He is very occasionally sick now, but normally only after his morning milk if he really guzzles it. And even then I reckon it's something like once a month.
SecretSquirrels ·
18/10/2011 12:57
Yes like a tap. That describes it. It's a long time ago.
Both boys gained weight well, in fact were huge,
so no worries on that score.
I do remember propping up the head of the cot mattress in order to raise the babies head a little. Whether it had much effect I 'm not sure. I would have tried anything.
I remember that I found the crawling stage to be a new challenge because they would deposit blobs of sick all over the house - floor, furniture etc. There was a permanent whiff off upholstery cleaner in the house (which I still can't stand).
Both babies crawled at 7 months but DS1 walked at 11 months while DS2 was 14 months. They both stopped the sickness at the same time though - around 9 months so it may be nothing to do with being upright.
It's ironic but lots of kids throw up when they have a virus or get D&V at the drop of a hat but mine have literally never been sick since they were babies.
He's happy. He's healthy. It's just poor you cleaning up sick and washing mountains of sicky clothes and bedding. It won't be forever.
Snowboarder ·
18/10/2011 13:05
It sounds like I'm definitely in the same boat you were SS, thanks so much for the kind words - it means a lot to know I'm not the only one. Thing is, otherwise he is such a lovely baby. Just a shame that family and friends focus on the sickness and not on him. I'm not going to make the same mistake.
The constant scrubbing of carpets, furniture, baby gym and changing clothes not to mention the smell 
all get me down but in the grand scheme of things it could be a LOT worse!
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FoxyRevenger ·
18/10/2011 13:28
Hi Snowboarder, I see your question has been answered really, but I wanted to come and say hi because I remember your pain SO WELL Whenever I fed my daughter she always went through 11 bibs, not counting the ones she went through in-between feeds.
God, her first..say...8 months were essentially a constant round of vomit. I remember one day when she was about 10 weeks she opened her eyes in the morning and a huge shower of spew came about a foot up in the air and landed in her eyes, ears, hair...that was a low.
But...you can only wait it out. I would think 8 months was when it stopped and she hasn't been sick once since then. It was gradual though; I remember thinking oh today was a good day, then oh the last few days have been good, then oh...4 days and no puking!
So, sorry, you've just got to hold on, keep scrubbing...(we had to throw out our baby gym...) and keep doing 2 loads of washing every day....
beesknobblyknees ·
18/10/2011 13:58
My first DC had reflux quite badly - it was just like a tap. My DC also took Gaviscon powders with his milk - that seemed to help matters a bit.
The meds helped him be more settled and happy but didn't stop the vomiting. Weaning and sitting helped a little, but it was all very gradual. I think from weaning til around 12 months it was a manageable/nuisance level of vomiting. For my DS it didn't completely stop until 18months, but from 12-18 months it was mostly just sick when lying in his cot. The vast majority of people I've heard have it stop much earlier though.
Think you're probably at the peak level of stress with it though - because with weaning it gets more colourful vomit and soo much washing. It definitely used to get me down - looking at everyone else's babies that could be plonked down wherever without the obligatory muslin behind the head or just having to be kept upright for 30min after every drink/bit of food. And you don't get that much sympathy in general cos everyone just thinks 'its only a bit of vom' - but it does affect more than that.
Anyway....it WILL get better. 
SecretSquirrels ·
18/10/2011 15:15
Oh and the photos.
In order not to have bibs and muslins on every photo I would have camera ready, whip off bib, click, then bib back on 
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