https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 24 May 2026 11:54:28 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-infant-had-reflux#post-2227724 Mon, 06 Jul 2015 12:33:41 +0000 dc yoga bee 2227724@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SeptMomma12: Got our reflux diagnosis today. And M has stopped gaining weight like she should :( . We are on maximum dose Zantac for her weight 2x a day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-infant-had-reflux#post-2205970 Thu, 11 Jun 2015 20:10:27 +0000 dc yoga bee 2205970@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SeptMomma12: So, what are we supposed to do?!? She gained 2lbs in 2 weeks, so she said she has absolutely no concerns, "she'll grow out of it." Okay, but in the meantime!?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-infant-had-reflux#post-2205939 Thu, 11 Jun 2015 19:54:45 +0000 SeptMomma12 2205939@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@dc yoga bee: Yeah, I got a similar answer when I asked the pediatrician yesterday. She said as long as they are gaining weight and not screaming all the time, they prefer not to medicate. It's hard to see them look so uncomfortable. And the wet burps/spit ups/vomits stress me out :sad: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-infant-had-reflux#post-2205879 Thu, 11 Jun 2015 19:25:54 +0000 dc yoga bee 2205879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are almost at 3 weeks, and today the pediatrician told us all babies have a bit of reflux, and continue watching M for a couple more weeks. She's stared doing the grunting, screaming, fussing, spitting up, burps that sound wet, etc.. :crying: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-infant-had-reflux#post-2205874 Thu, 11 Jun 2015 19:21:59 +0000 TheReelDeal 2205874@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@septmomma12: Gerber Soothing Drops. We saw an improvement after 3 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-infant-had-reflux#post-2204580 Wed, 10 Jun 2015 20:18:20 +0000 Rocker2014 2204580@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Starting around week 3, massive spit-ups, arching and screaming after feeds, miserable whenever she was flat on her back, which led to terrible sleep and lots of grumpiness. Tried eliminating dairy first, which did nothing. At 5 weeks we started Zantac, within a day she became the happiest baby ever! (Though the spit up was still pretty crazy but it didn't bother her at all) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-infant-had-reflux#post-2204578 Wed, 10 Jun 2015 20:16:15 +0000 anbanan15 2204578@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS had Sandifer's from uncontrolled reflux. Body would shake when nursing (remove the nipple it would stop, give it back it would start again), spit up all the time, colic, couldn't lay flat, arched his back during and after a feed, screamed in pain constant. Once the reflux was under control (he was on an adult dose of Prevacid for most of his first 2.5 years of life) the Sandifer's we away. Throughout the whole thing he actually gained great and nursed constantly, which can also be an indication of reflux. You don't just have to have poor weight gain and feeding, it can go the other way too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-infant-had-reflux#post-2204577 Wed, 10 Jun 2015 20:15:58 +0000 MrsKoala 2204577@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Projectile spit up and lots of it, low weight gain, screaming after eating until he fell asleep or ate again, arching back, hiccuping.<br /> ETA: started around 2 weeks but didn't get diagnosed until 4 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-infant-had-reflux#post-2204543 Wed, 10 Jun 2015 19:40:16 +0000 jape14 2204543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SeptMomma12: DS had silent reflux and his main symptoms were fussiness/discomfort during/after feedings; small, frequent feedings; bottle refusal (I was primarily BFing but he refused any bottle attempts); and major back arching. He rarely spit up, though. I think we started noticing around 7 weeks. We were on Zantac for weeks 8-11 (approx.) and it didn't help much, even with an increased dosage. We switched him to Prilosec and there was a significant improvement within a few days. We increased the dosage twice and overall, it was life-changing. We successfully weaned him off the Prilosec around 7-7.5 months and no issues since! If you're planning on using formula at all, we've had good luck with Gerber Soothe (they also make the popular probiotics, which we used before we started using formula). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-infant-had-reflux#post-2204542 Wed, 10 Jun 2015 19:40:12 +0000 SeptMomma12 2204542@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TheReelDeal: Which probiotic drops did you use? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-infant-had-reflux#post-2204518 Wed, 10 Jun 2015 19:15:17 +0000 blackbird 2204518@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SeptMomma12: with E. T has zero symptoms of it </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-infant-had-reflux#post-2204516 Wed, 10 Jun 2015 19:14:12 +0000 winniebee 2204516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SeptMomma12: at first I didn't. But the few times I have attempted dairy, Ryan's spit up went from copious to outrageous. The dairy takes a solid 2 wks to leave your System plus another 2 to leave baby's system so the timing is about right for when we saw an improvement. But that's also around the time the higher dosing of Zantac kicked in. We debated putting Ryan on a PPI drug like Prilosec but because he was gaining well and eating well we decided to ride it out (and bc recent research shows that PPIs aren't as benign as previously thought). Mostly reflux Meds don't help with spit up anyways just the discomfort. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-infant-had-reflux#post-2204483 Wed, 10 Jun 2015 18:59:27 +0000 gingerbebe 2204483@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son had silent reflux. Got diagnosed at 3 weeks. Hungry, but then wouldn't eat much, then would SCREAM. And then would cry because he was hungry. Repeat forever. He didn't spit up THAT often because he was always trying to keep it down. So it ended up burning him both ways - when it came up, and when he swallowed it back down. When he did puke, it was EPIC. </p> <p>Zantac worked for about a month, and then it stopped working. Pressed for Prevacid and it worked WAY BETTER. He was off meds by 5 months or so. If Zantac doesn't do it for you, press for the Prevacid and try to get a compounding pharmacy to suspend it in a sweet syrup instead of some parents who have to crush up the tablets and mix it with water and feed it through a syringe. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-infant-had-reflux#post-2204459 Wed, 10 Jun 2015 18:36:23 +0000 TheReelDeal 2204459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Baby girl had "silent reflux", she was always happy eating, would spit up some, cry a little, but her breath smelled awful, and that's when I knew. We used probiotic drops and they worked like a charm. I noticed the symptoms around 5 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-infant-had-reflux#post-2204361 Wed, 10 Jun 2015 16:41:17 +0000 SeptMomma12 2204361@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: Do you think the dairy had anything to do with it? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-infant-had-reflux#post-2204354 Wed, 10 Jun 2015 16:34:25 +0000 yellowbird 2204354@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Back arching, screaming, fussy at the breast, eating for only a short time, unable to sleep, lots of swallowing. He hardly ever spits up. It started around 8 weeks for us </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-infant-had-reflux#post-2204352 Wed, 10 Jun 2015 16:31:43 +0000 YouGotMe 2204352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wet burps, crying after feeding, hard time sleeping and the biggest one was vomiting what seemed like everything she had just eaten. All started at two weeks. She wasn't diagnosed until 5 or 6 weeks. </p> <p>She's on Zantac, it tastes gross and we had a big of an issue where she would spit it back out but now she takes it like a pro. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-infant-had-reflux#post-2204351 Wed, 10 Jun 2015 16:31:32 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 2204351@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Reflux can be "silent" too so there doesn't need to be a lot of spit up. The gurgling sounds like it could be. Arching and refusing the bottle were the biggest signs for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-infant-had-reflux#post-2204350 Wed, 10 Jun 2015 16:30:32 +0000 winniebee 2204350@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SeptMomma12: R started around 4w just as you described. big belches, wet belches, spit up, discomfort after feeds. eliminated overt dairy. by 6 weeks he would arch and fuss after feeds and would like crawl up my chest and claw and spit up became bad. started zantac at 6w and eliminated all dairy. saw pediatric GI speciliast at 8w and he upped zantac dosing and finally saw improvement in discomfort by 10 weeks - spit up is still raging at 6 months though.</p> <p>ETA - my first son had silent reflux. fussing and crying and refusing feeds, short feeds, taking small amounts of bottle. zantac didn't help him so we put him on prilosec at 5 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-infant-had-reflux#post-2204338 Wed, 10 Jun 2015 16:03:59 +0000 SeptMomma12 2204338@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: Does T have it, or was that with E? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-infant-had-reflux#post-2204330 Wed, 10 Jun 2015 15:49:39 +0000 blackbird 2204330@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Screaming, back arching, lots of barfing </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-infant-had-reflux#post-2204326 Wed, 10 Jun 2015 15:43:19 +0000 Mrs.Someone 2204326@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sounds just like it was for us! Omeprezole helped. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-infant-had-reflux#post-2204319 Wed, 10 Jun 2015 15:37:25 +0000 keepcalmcarrie 2204319@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh. Wet burps, screaming, back arching. So much spitup. I think the terrible burps and arching started around 1 week? The screaming and spitup were probably closer to 1 month. No fun :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-infant-had-reflux#post-2204313 Wed, 10 Jun 2015 15:32:19 +0000 SeptMomma12 2204313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What were the symptoms and what age did they start?</p> <p>DD is 4 weeks tomorrow and over the last day my normally very content baby is fussy after feedings and screams after she burps. Her burps also sound very wet, even when nothing comes up with them. Also, at some point after almost every feeding at least something is coming up. I'm wondering if this is the start of reflux. </p>