Medication to make 11 month old sleep?

[NoCapes]

I don't even know if there is such a medication to help a baby sleep?
If there is, exactly how bad does it have to be before a doctor would prescribe it?

No alternative to Gaviscon? There is, and you've been fobbed off. Ranitidine was what really helped for us (we also had problems with constipation with the Gaviscon, also nearly impossible to administer as I was BF). Our GP was quite dismissive but got a follow-up appointment with a different one who had had a baby with reflux themselves and immediately prescribed the Ranitidine. After a couple of weeks on it DS was genuinely like a different baby - so much happier.

You need to make a GP appointment and absolutely demand help. Cry if you need to. What you're going through is unsustainable and I really feel for you. and , though I guess would be more helpful.

What?!
Why on earth would they just let my baby go on suffering when there's alternatives!??
Wtf
I'll be straight back to the doctors in the morning, thank you all

nocapes children who are allergic to cows milk are sometimes (quite commonly I think) also allergic to soy. You need to see a nutritionist, it may be that he needs nutramigen or similar formula.

OP, I was you but at 2 years old my GP did prescribe something that we used for 2 nights that gave us 4 hours of sleep and then the resolve to do the Ferber method.

When you say cc didn't work are you able to give omis a rundown of what actually happened? I would say this only after reflux all ruled out.

In my case it was because at 12 months ds was feeding hourly (I was bfing) as due to a bowel condition he wasn't allowed solids. As he got better he had got the hourly feeding so entrenched we went another year with living with ds4, dd3 and ds1 whilst working full time and still waking hourly.

I went to GP asking to be treated for PND and when hearing about DS deduced I and DS were just knavjered do prescribed him drugs and me the book. I will be eternally grateful to him for that, within a week DS was sleeping on his own throughout the night, I stopped getting so ill and the formal warning I'd had at work for misconduct due to mistakes made whilst on my knees rescinded.

Very best of luck, you will get it sorted however unlikely it may seem now

Ditto the above about soy being a common allergen for babies with cmpi.

If you can afford it you can buy some trial tubs of something like aptamil pepti over the couter from boots. More palatable than nutramigen AA but less modified. Still, made all the difference to our son. [Flowers]

Ah I didn't know that about soy, I'm amp retry confused with all the cows milk/lactose/dairy business tbh
I think I do need to see a nutritionist, but can't even get referred for allergy tests atm so think my chances of a nutritionist are pretty much zero

Pretty confused*

I can send you an unopened tub of nutramigen. My dd doesn't need it

Dieticians are regulated professionals. Nutritionists aren't you can buy the degrees online. Jeez, why do we have to try so hard to get minor adaptions for our kids.... and why aren't docs more knowledgeable about CMPI??

It's probably the proteins in milk not agreeing with your baby. Lactose intolerance is quite rare in young babes. Problem is soy proteins are sometimes treated similarly to milk proteins by bodies. That's why they aren't recommended for CMPI (among other reasons).

It might help to take this to the docs and tell them you suspect non IgE mediated allergy.

There isn't actually much point in allergy testing if it's a non-IgE allergy but there ARE other things the GP should be doing.

It is really annoying. My Ds had water for 2 months from 10 months til 1 while I waited for a dietician appt (sorry for gething the wrong one shurely)
It could be worth not giving him milk or giving him oat milk or something for a few days to see if it helps? It's more ammo when you see the GP. I'm not a doctorrent though, but that's what I had to do to get a referral with DS

Ranitidine is fabulous stuff!

And soya is the work of the devil. Made my ds's poo green and gave him a rash.

Only really at aged 5/6 did he grow out of his intolerance to cows milk - he suffered dreadfully with silent.

Ds also was very sensitive to other foods as well which would completely fuck up his sleep. Anything acidic (pineapples, onions, oranges, tomatoes) - we'd see a reaction at night. He got dreadful wind from green veg (broccoli and peas).

It
Was
Hell

Second other posters re: soya being allergenic and re: gaviscon not being only reflux med. other thoughts: can you afford a sleep consultant?

Please be a bit careful with Ritadine unless you are sure his/your B12 levels are healthy. It is a PPI drug & will therefore deplete B12 further - it made my own DD worse, thankfully she was at an age where she could communicate that, your DS isnt.

It took 13 yrs before we finally got a correct diagnosis for DD, her health got worse & worse over the years until she was very ill with a list of other diagnosis such as SPD, IBS, Colitis, Chronic Insomnia & a list of allergies & intollerances, she eventually ended up in a wheelchair.

Treatment with B12 injections has almost cured it all, including her soy allergy & she is walking again.

At this age we managed to treat the symptoms, reflux, poor sleep etc naturally, layered foods such as lettuce, onion etc caused colic, food additives, especially azo dyes, benzoate preservatives, MSG & artificial sweeteners all caused stomach trouble, including reflux as did lactose, soy & Cochinael - avoiding these & giving her "Golden Milk" which is a pleasant warm drink made from Turmeric, Almond or coconut milk, honey etc (google for a recipe) helped reduce symptoms too - the tips above with epsom salts etc helped her sleep

When she was 1, I accidentally gave DD2 the Piriton dose for a 6 year old and she slept really bloody well she had chicken pox and I had been measuring out 5ml Calpol for the last couple of days and was on autopilot.

Obviously not recommending!

Hope you manage to get answers/help from your doctor, op.

Wow thankyou for all of the information, I'm clearly a little bit clueless here

Hippy gosh your DD has been through a lot, so glad she's on the mend! I will definitely ask about B12

They might not want test him as he's so young, but babies get their B12 stores from their DMs, so see if you can get them to test your B12 or see if they checked it when he was born & get your results. The NHS normal levels are pretty low, so if your level is 500 ish or under, then its very possible he didn't get enough, so push for testing him too, a good gastro doctor might help.

Just another thought, would anyone know if they would prescribe Melatonin at this age ?? Its natural & the body produces it for sleep, but it can be prescribed for adults & kids, I'm just not sure about babies, but worth asking

Good luck