Reflux in 1 year old?

[Mazzimaz2709]

Hello,

I had previously posted about possible reflux in my 7 week old (wow almost a year ago...!!), and so I'm back asking a similar question about my now 1 year old!

Quick history - my little girl was never actually diagnosed/medicated for reflux, but we did however find out she had a cows milk allergy and have gone through a long drawn out process weaning and trying to identify other intolerances/allergies. Verrrrry long story short and we are not really any further forward with what causes problems. She is still dairy, wheat and gluten free but we still have disrupted nights with trapped wind. Safe to say we don't get much sleep!

Anyway, she is still on neocate formula (8oz at bedtime, plus another few Oz to help settle when she wakes, using dr brown bottles) but when finished her bedtime bottle, she squirms and wriggles and won't let me burp her (eg she planks so I can't sit her up) Then, maybe 1 min after, she coughs, gags and is then sick (a good few oz). Usually she settles straight after this and goes down to bed no bother. About 3-4 hours later, she wakes rolling around and sticking her bum in the air (sleeps on her front or side). She coughs a lot and this usually wakes her. If we pick her up she then quickly burps again or farts. This then continues through the night, every few hours on a good night! Coughing continues throughout the night, and in the morning she is usually very snotty/mucus-y. We also notice she has very strong "morning breath".

We took her to the GP having got nowhere with the dietician (eliminating various things from her already restrictive diet) and he suggested either asthma or reflux. No test for asthma so suggested we try gaviscon to try and improve symptoms first. Almost a week on and we haven't seen any change. We have another appointment next Friday for follow up but I'm not confident anything will be different by then.

Has anyone had a situation with reflux in a 1 year old? Any suggestions? Should i dump the bottles and use a sippy cup instead? (Random one from a 4am Google search!) Is gaviscon a slow burner, and should I keep going?? Or does this sound like (another) red herring?

Help! I'm back to work full time, and bloody knackered

Mazzimaz2709....Just wondering if you've had any resolution to your daughter's trapped wind. I've only just come across your post but feel like I could've written it myself about my son.
He's 15 months and has a milk, egg & banana allergy. He was on Nutramigen but on the advice of a dietician was put on to Neocate which he's been on for about 2 months. We saw significant improvements in relation to wind/throwing himself around & even his sleep was better & could sleep through (not every night). However for the last 10 days his reflux/wind has come back and he is now sick once he does a burp after having his milk.
The dietician has asked if we can try him on the Soya growing up milk which we have done much to his disgust! I'm also concerned about the sugar content in it. He's due another appointment with the dietician in 3 weeks but not sure if we can carry on like this until then.
He's up more in the night with trapped wind. Once you can get his wind up he's fine but he's in so much pain and screaming it's starting to have a detrimental effect on all of us. He's been up since 3.30am and my husband and I are taking it in turns to comfort/wind him.
I'm getting desperate so if you can offer any advice it would be much appreciated.