https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:36:04 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experiences-with-reflux#post-865870 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:20:32 +0000 MrsF 865870@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>M would burp or spit up and then start screaming. The timing didn't really seem to matter - it could be five minutes after a feed or five minutes before the next. Zantac didn't help her so we were referred to a pedi GI specialist who put her on Prilosec which really helped. After that she was a "happy spitter" (still spitting up, but it didn't bother her) for a few months and now she's grown out of the spit up and is off the meds. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experiences-with-reflux#post-865866 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:18:08 +0000 brownie 865866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were diagnosed at 1 week. We did have the x-ray done where he swallowed the liquid, but he didn't have mechanical reflux so it didn't show anything. We did zantac which worked for 3 weeks and then prevacid until he was 6 months old. Ultimately removing dairy and soy were our best options. My son never spit up he was always swallowing it down and you could hear him do it.</p> <p>@Grizz, @MSLipGLoss: We are still fighting a negative sleep association at 2 years old. It has been horrible for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experiences-with-reflux#post-865822 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:58:04 +0000 MamaMoose 865822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO had reflux due to some food intolerances. My doc was against putting her on medicine though because she was what they call a "happy spitter" and didn't fuss when she spit up, and she was still gaining weight really well. What helped for us was, frequent burping during meals, keeping her upright for 30 minutes after each feeding (a PAIN in the middle of the night but makes a big difference), and having her sleep in the rock n play where she stayed at an angle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experiences-with-reflux#post-865805 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:52:57 +0000 blackbird 865805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Good luck!!! Meds have made a huge difference for us :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experiences-with-reflux#post-865782 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:46:24 +0000 Boheme 865782@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: He will only sleep on an incline or while being held, which was our first clue! It took me a minute to put it all together because his least-occurring symptom is spitting up. I put in a call to the pedi to try to get squeezed in today or tomorrow! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experiences-with-reflux#post-865746 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:34:34 +0000 blackbird 865746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Grizz, I would push then. Pain at night is common and not okay!!! </p> <p>Mine also would sleep long stretches at night without pain so I didn't put the symptoms together. I made a post here and was convinced it was gas, too. Ha. </p> <p>The meds can't hurt your baby but can help a lot!</p> <p>Is yours sleeping on an incline? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experiences-with-reflux#post-865721 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:26:29 +0000 pl0508 865721@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started Zantac around 5 weeks ! It helped him tremendously and he still takes it but is 5 months now and we are about to work on weaning ! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experiences-with-reflux#post-865713 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:23:29 +0000 LuLu Mom 865713@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlebug: Same thing we went through for sure, had to keep her upright after all feedings! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experiences-with-reflux#post-865707 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:20:33 +0000 littlebug 865707@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@grizz: I would definitely talk to your ped again. Seeing him spit up blood was really scary, even though I knew what it was. He was doing much better within a couple of days of starting the Zantac, and has been a happy little guy ever since. </p> <p>He still spits up almost every single morning, but I think that has more to do with my letdown and him eating too quickly (gulping a lot of air) than it does with reflux, because it happens with or without the Zantac. And he's not screaming after spitting up - he spits up all over me and then giggles (punk). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experiences-with-reflux#post-865682 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:09:32 +0000 Boheme 865682@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlebug: Those symptoms are identical to C's! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experiences-with-reflux#post-865672 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:05:52 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 865672@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>D was on Prilosec first then switched to Prevacid which was better. We fed him held upright, kept him upright after and he slept at an incline.</p> <p>He developed quite an oral aversion, but it's gotten tons better.</p> <p>He needed thickened feeds to keep then down. What worked best was 50% Enfamil AR, 50% BM. We use Dr. Brown's with a level 2 nipple. He still refluxes from time to time but hasn't thrown up on ages, yay! Burping is key in keeping him comfortable.</p> <p>His reflux is/was severe but he has ways sttn (first 4 hrs between feeds but we dream fed, now one 10-11 he stretch). He's 5 months adjusted now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experiences-with-reflux#post-865632 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:49:43 +0000 littlebug 865632@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LuLu Mom: Yup, D also STTN at 5 weeks, even with the reflux. But ONLY if I kept him upright for at least 30 minutes after that final feeding, during which he would cry/scream/fuss/choke, and then finally I think just pass out from exhaustion. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experiences-with-reflux#post-865621 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:47:20 +0000 LuLu Mom 865621@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@grizz: E was diagnosed around 6 weeks, she was an extremely spitting/fussy baby. We tried medicine, we tried diet, we switched to formula, and finally at 4 months old we did an Upper GI and they officially were able to see the reflux on the x-ray. </p> <p>I'm one in the few I've talked too that actually had a baby who slept through the night with extreme reflux. My reasoning is she was so tired from being so worked up during the day that she would sleep 7+ hours a night from 5 weeks on. </p> <p>We did jsut found out at 8 months that in addition to relfux (she still has it, and has never outgrown it) that she has EE, which is damage to her esophogas due to allergies. Listen to your mommy instincts, I did this when she hit 6 months &amp; it was worse and not better. She spit up NON STOP &amp; then it turned to vomitting. We went and saw a pediatric GI because of low weight and the vomitting. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experiences-with-reflux#post-865609 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:42:40 +0000 Boheme 865609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Espion: I'm going to try keeping him upright for 30 minutes after each feed like you are doing with E and see if it helps! His symptoms are notably worse at night when I nurse lying down, so I'm going to see if making the switch helps! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experiences-with-reflux#post-865591 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:36:22 +0000 littlebug 865591@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>D was diagnosed around 7 weeks and started on Zantac. I had been suspicious that he'd had it for a couple weeks before that - he absolutely screamed during/after feeds (especially when burping him), he got hiccups constantly, he gagged/choked/coughed after eating (sometimes up to an hour later). I brought it up in the support group I was going to, but the LC who ran the group basically said "All babies have reflux" and kind of blew me off. My gut said this was more than normal baby reflux, but I let it go. A few days after that meeting, though, D spit up blood, and that was it. I called the ped and she called in a Zantac script. He is now 5 months and we are starting to wean him off. He was getting 1.25mL 3x a day, and now he only gets it at daycare at noon. He seems to be doing fine, and if he continues to handle that for another week or so, we will stop that dose, as well. </p> <p>Good luck, mama! It's so hard and heartbreaking, but hopefully you find some relief soon! Keep pushing your ped if you feel like it's more than "normal" reflux. You know your baby! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experiences-with-reflux#post-865572 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:30:40 +0000 Boheme 865572@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: Yep, we are totally having the sleep/pain association. He screams bloody murder the second I touch his body to his co-sleeper... So DH and I take turns all night walking/bouncing him upright. Makes me so sad for him! I wasn't happy when the NP blew it off because he's definitely experiencing pain. He just wails after he spits up :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experiences-with-reflux#post-865555 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:26:19 +0000 MsLipGloss 865555@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: My Ped just kept telling me that LO was an "active" baby and just wasn't a good sleeper . . . it wasn't until after speaking to another mom who had a reflux baby that things started to make sense and I sought out a Ped GI Specialist. I know nothing is a perfect system, but it makes me angry when I think about how many times I brought LO in . . . *sigh* </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experiences-with-reflux#post-865549 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:25:06 +0000 GrapeCrush 865549@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my son was diagnosed at 7 weeks after being on antibiotics for possible whopping cough. before that it was like he screamed and cried during feeding. we tried upright feeding, staying upright after 30 mins. he would barely eat anything(maybe an ounce) and 30 mins to an hour later he'd be screaming, starving again. once he was on the Zantac and we got the dose right, it was like a new child! he was off it by 5 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experiences-with-reflux#post-865544 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:24:16 +0000 blackbird 865544@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mslipgloss, oh man that's bad!!! I can imagine its hard to break that association! My ped was telling me she's had babies need IV food because their parents wait to long to bring them in. I felt like I should've brought it up a month before! Eep </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experiences-with-reflux#post-865521 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:19:36 +0000 MsLipGloss 865521@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: For us, LO didn't associate feeding with pain, but she did associate SLEEP with pain. It took a loooong time (9 months) to overcome that hurdle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experiences-with-reflux#post-865503 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:13:54 +0000 blackbird 865503@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>E was diagnosed last week. She would scream hysterically during some feedings. Sometimes feeding her sitting up helped but not always. She was put on Zantac a week ago and we haven't had a single solitary crying fest related to her meals.</p> <p>I wouldn't do anything if it doesn't cause pain-most babies have reflux. But if there's pain, I wouldn't let that slide. Babies can associate their food source with pain and stop eating completely </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experiences-with-reflux#post-865493 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:11:35 +0000 MsLipGloss 865493@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In the beginning, we tried everything from upright feedings, sleeping at an incline (including on my chest), eliminating dairy, and Zantac. What it took to control our LO's reflux was a trip to the Ped GI Specialist for a prescription for Prevacid (it was basically an adult dose) and, ultimately, surgery. It is highly unlikely that your LO will need anything close to surgery, but getting the Prevacid (the stupid Zantac is too weight dependent and just wasn't cutting it!) made a huuuuuge difference! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experiences-with-reflux#post-865481 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:08:16 +0000 Espion 865481@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@grizz: We got back from the speech therapist today and she thinks that E might also have reflux. So we're going to feed him in the "highline" position, if he needs to be bottle fed. (Hopefully not too much longer!). We're also keeping him upright for 30 minutes after every feed. </p> <p>My sister's youngest had reflux (think screaming baby x 6 weeks), and after they figured out a good medication regimen for him, he was like a different baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-experiences-with-reflux#post-865450 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:03:28 +0000 Boheme 865450@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's becoming evident that C is struggling with reflux. When I talked to the nurse practitioner/LC at our pedi practice, she shrugged and told me almost all babies have reflux at some point. She agreed that he likely has it but said to just let him grow out of it.. I'd love to hear from others about what you did and what worked for you. Last night was brutal for all three of us! </p>