Silent reflux?

[walters80]

Please can somebody help? I am at my wits end. My nearly seven week old has been fussing at the breast after a 5 minute feed and will take no more. Health visitor and NCT councillor suggested growth spurt but am wondering if silent reflux. Any ideas? Here are the symptoms:

only feeds when he can gulp
poor weight gain
hiccups frequently
arches back when fussing during a feed
fusses on breast
won't be put down anywhere
strains
hoarse breathing
foaming at mouth all of a sudden
sometimes wakes with very cross painful look on his face
sticks out tongue
always seems hungry

He is however sleeping well at night still

Can anyone help?

Wow, did you steal my ds? ;) Your list sounds very familiar apart from mine being permanently on the breast for comfort...

My GP said colic but we took him to a cranial osteopath yesterday who thought silent reflux. Too early to tell whether the treatment is going to work yet but he fell asleep while she was working on his head and diaphragm - unheard of so we are taking him back on Friday. I'm determined to speak to another GP next week too. Sympathies, and the reflux thread on this page is worth a look for ideas.

Poor you. My daughter had silent reflux for over 4 months, not as bad as some, but quite stressful. A lot of those symptoms do sound like silent reflux but you may have conflated other issues as well. Would suggest going to see GP and trying to get some infant Gaviscon. If that doesn't work there are stronger drugs you can get but you have to give it a couple of weeks on the Gaviscon. I tried a Cranial Osteopath and am sceptical, cannot logically see how cranial osteopath can help silent reflux although could help with other things. Hope it improves soon.

Thank you. My sympathies to you too! I forgot being constantly on the breast for comfort too. Good to know I am not the only one. Thanks