Hey so I posted a few weeks ago about my baby having bad reflux and how HV advised me to stop BF. We have clung onto some BF and finally saw a doctor who was willing to help (the one we saw a few weeks ago was awful and HV went on sick around same time-- arrgh).
So he's got infant Gaviscon, which he won't swallow, carobel, which is not working as a paste, and cow & gate anti-reflux milk which is his favourite thing. I am pumping out breastmilk and mixing with the carobel which goes down well. He isn't used to more than 3 cow milk bottles a day and is still mostly on breastmilk.
I've got a big conference coming up, I can't miss it, the baby is welcome, but it's a 10 hour drive as I'm in NI and it's in London. On the drive, what is the best plan for feeding since you can't make reflux bottles in advance (they turn into gelatinous gloop)?
Is it easier to put carobel into expressed breastmilk or to make up anti-reflux bottles? How would you heat them? I can theoretically feed from the breast but he won't take more than a couple of ml of carobel paste before he just pushes it out of his mouth with his tongue so we still have lots of reflux when he's not bottlefed! Can carobel be used in those ready-made bottles if mixed/served cold or does it have to go in warm liquid? Also are any hand pumps better than others? I'll need to empty my breasts at least twice on the way down and back up again.
Sorry for 1000 questions!
Any tips appreciated! He's 12 weeks old now.