I’m a first time mum so please no judgment.
My baby was struggling with silent reflux symptoms and after speaking to the dr at our 6 week check she prescribed infant gaviscon and not a lot else (getting an appointment with our drs is near on impossible).
I used the gaviscon for a couple of days, and the screaming in pain in the evenings did stop - but I was worried and could see signs of constipation starting so stopped using it.
I saw online about using anti reflux formula or adding carobel to your own formula, and as we use the Aldi formula at £7 a tin - decided to order some carobel from an online pharmacy to add to this as seemed the cheaper option.
It wasn’t until after I started using it for the last 4 days that I really researched what it is and how after using it your baby will then become used to the thickened formula and would struggle to keep water down or even purée food when the time comes.
I’m now thinking maybe I should just stop using it before baby becomes completely dependent on it and deal with the reflux symptoms. (She would cry in pain for around an hour each evening and struggle with her evening bottle).
Please give me some advice on what I should do, I hate having to make these decisions by myself and the drs are pretty useless to be honest.
My partner also isn’t much help in making these decisions, and as he works away a lot doesn’t get to see how much pain baby was in with the reflux in the evenings.