Gaviscon

[Minnie24]

Can anyone offer advice as to how to give a bf baby gaviscon please? My lo is 13 weeks old and is being a total nightmare with feeding. She is so erratic has good weeks wehere she will feed lovely and put on 10oz the she will have a week where she barely feeds, fights me at the feeds she will take and only put on 2oz. The hv is now suggesting silent reflux which I am a bit sceptical about as its so intermittent & my other 2 who had reflux had symptoms all the time. I am feeling so low & am desperately worried about my milk supply as she is feeding so poorly. Our house is a miserable place at the minute, I am short with my 4 & 2 year olds and am rowing with husband all the time :(

I give the gaviscon using an oral syringe. Mix the powder with 5ml of boiled water and squirt in cheeks before feed. Not what the packet says but doctor said it was fine. I started giving a single sachet and as she spaced out and took more started giving a double one, but still same amount of water.

Other things I found: didn't bother giving at night and still seemed to improve nightime sterilising the syringes means they don't last as long so I stopped; and shop around for syringes (we paid from 70p up to £1.50! Even different Boots / Asda stores charge different, asda pharmacy generally cheaper)

Hope the gaviscon helps, seemed to make a big difference for our DD.

Thanks for that. Just to check I am understanding,just mix one sachet with 5ml water(not 5 then another 10) & when using 2 sachets, still just mix with 5 mls water?

Minnie - yep, that's what I do although not what the packet says! 5 mls means it fits in one syringe so much less stress getting into the LOs mouth and I've had no problems mixing and giving both a single or double in this.

The doctor also put my mind at rest about given first, as DD once wouldnt feed after having it, and said it really doesn't matter if she doesn't take a feed right away.