Any reflux survivor parents out there?

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Top tips to share apart from the hold upright after feeds and raise the mattress please. Was a swing or bouncy chair helpful?

Like a pp I was so busy coping with the vomiting that it affected everything, particularly when my dc was in pain and so unhappy. Once we got ranitidine and the pain eased I was able to bond.

The turning point was at about 9 months and we were able to stop the medicine at about 1.
It's an awfully hard thing to get through.

Gaviscon gets a bad rap but it really really helped for dc2.

I completely forgot about the muslin under the head - we did this too! We have always done nappy changes on a change mat on the floor and for the longest time had the change mat propped up on a cushion so that DS wasn't laid flat. Cleaning sick out of his ears was never easy!

I also used to securely wrap a musin around the Moses basket mattress and pram mattress- I got so sick of stripping them!

We had it bad with DS1, quite often he spent the night in his car seat , much better for him. He's now 15 and 6 foot !

Baby Bjorn Babysitter - bouncy chair. Would not have survived without it. £££ as far as bouncy chairs go but totally worth it. Also easy to wash and quick to dry.

I found ranitidine really good. Make sure it is increased as they gain weight, so regular trips to gp. I'm sure this is frowned upon now but my DCs are older and I "slept" holding mine upright on my front. It was the only way anyone got any sleep. Mine hated being on their backs. DD1 was rolling onto her front from a couple of weeks. They grew out of it by 1 and things were definitely better by 6 months. Sorry you are going through it OP. It's a difficult time (one of mine was hospitalized with it) but you get through it and so do they.

My dd has silent reflux which was being made worse by a cows milk protein intolerance. She's now on nutramigen aa milk and omeprazole for the reflux.

In terms or dealing with the reflux, muslin under their head in the cot so you can just whip it away when they're sick and put a fresh one there, a sling, try to keep them out of the car seat, dd used to go crazy screaming in hers, it's not advised but my dd sleeps on her front as it's the only way she could sleep comfortably, don't over feed them and don't jiggle them to try to stop them crying, try gently rocking instead.

It's a cliche but they do grow out of it, dd1 is now aged 10 and she had it til she was around 6 months old then it got better.

I'm currently going through it again with dd3 who is 4 months but hers is coupled with cmpi. It's controlled by the formula and omeprazole though so thankfully the screaming (oh, the screaming) has practically stopped. Good luck

I used towels for her to sleep in rather than sheets.....meant I only had to change them a couple of times a night rather than 20! I also went wheat and dairy free. It made a massive difference. I've heard since that I probably only needed to go dairy free, but I was so sleep deprived and worried, I'd have done anything. I obviously wasn't listening properly to the paediatrician....or dreamt that bit. Kept it up for about 9 months even after I'd heard the no-wheat diet wasn't necessary just because I didn't want to risk the full reflux horror again. G'luck!

I had cot wedges and used to cover them in muslins so when the inevitable night sick happened I could just whip the top one off and no need to change the bed properly.

Remember the amount of medication needs to be adjusted as they put on weight.

DTs were on Gaviscon, Ranitidine and Domperidone until they were one and spent a lot of time sleeping in their bouncy chairs. We did wean slightly early on advice of the peads, around five months I think.

Dummy. Lots of holding them upright. Being on their side was good for mine, non of them liked tummy time at all.

It's a hard time but does get better.

DD was on Lanzoprasole until about 10 months. Might be worth asking for if no joy with ranitidine. Somehow we got through it and as previous posters have said it seems a long time ago now.

DS had pyloric stenosis and reflux. He's now nearly nine, so it does pass! All I wanted to say was, when he was tiny I was constantly worrying about the fact that he was never flat. I couldn't use the pram like I did with DD and always had him in the car seat attached to buggy. I was terrified it would damage his spine. It didn't. Lovely big strong boy now! We did need a new living room carpet though!!