9 week old reflux

[Lizg1991]

Hi. I don’t know what I need tbh 😂. My DD is nearly 10 weeks old born at 37weeks and was 5lb 7 no 10lb 5oz dr prescribed gaviscon at 4 weeks as she was suffering from silent reflux, however she’s a lot happier than she was however I think my diagnosed anxiety is just playing havoc, I have an 8 year old and she never was sick never had colic nothing and I feel this time round I’m getting it all, DD is not sick often however the last week or 2 she has started sicking quite up a bit after her feeds but like an hour or two after and the last 2 days randomly after about an hour or 2 from her bottle she just brings ip a lot of clear liquid, she seems squirmy and upset beforehand but during and afterwards she’s all smiles, I just worry constantly about her I’m on medication to help my mood however I just can’t help but wish these weeks away as I just worry I’m doing something wrong or she is going to get poorly and I’m missing something, can you just have a normal sicky baby? dr is happy with her and sees her as thriving and content she has 5/6oz every 4-6 hours wet nappies and at least one dirty nappy a day reading some of the threads I feel I’m lucky as I don’t get projectile vomit however I do get constant screaming from 5pm till around 8.30pm every single evening for the last 6 weeks. I don’t really know what I’m after from this thread I don’t have any friends with babies that can relate to anything I’m going through either, I’m just sat here tearful as I’m just tired and constantly in a state of worry and I know I’m missing the best times with my little one

Have a look at CMPA and see if any of the other symptoms fit? Could be just normal reflux but if there are any issues with weight gain or colic goes on for more than 12 weeks it might be worth looking at this

Thank you for this, it had been mentioned to the dr as my partners two children had this issue and had special milk but I’ve been told that because she doesn’t have any skin issues however she does seem quite snotty but there isn’t snot if you know what I mean? So they’ve said it’s probably not that, I am deffo getting more smiles now but she wakes up crying like she’s starving as soon as her eyes open there’s no like adjustment to being awake it’s as if something wakes her up upset and then she’ll have her bottle and sometimes she’s fine with it sometimes shes upset during it, then it’s the lottery of is she going to be sick, then we have a happyish half hour then it’s upset again today she hasn’t napped more than 20 mins and I’m just so tired.

YukoandHiro Thank you for this I phoned the docs this morning had a really good chat with her and she has agreed to do the milk challenge with us as her apparent colic has been there for basically her whole life, and her weight gain in the last weigh window has deffo decreased, she’s also snotty but not full of snot there’s just so many things the doctor mentioned that I was like yes that’s my daughter. So I’m hoping that the new milk will change things for us

Brilliant, good luck - I hope it helps work out what's going on.
Remember there are other allergens. My DD improved when I cut out milk (I was breastfeeding) but it wasn't til she weaned that we discovered she had egg allergy too.
Let us know how you get on!

Well I’m a week down the line and yes I still get colic evenings however I have a different baby, I can wake her up in the morning and have smiles and some cuddles before I need to feed her she’s having 2 poos a day that are more like when I breast feed her and they don’t cause her to scream for hours to do one the reflux has calmed down more than it ever has and her skin is not dry already and this is just a week. Thank you for the egg advice I will keep an eye on that when it does come to weaning xx