https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:07:54 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/zantac-insomnia#post-616902 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 10:07:15 +0000 winniebee 616902@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: Our ped initially thought he didn't have reflux b/c he wasn't a huge spitter upper until 4 months (but from one month on, did a lot of arching/getting mad at feedings). We went on Zantac at 6 weeks and honestly I don't think it made a difference and then at 4 months when he had dairy problems, our ped sent us to a GI who immediately put him on prilosec and we saw a drastic improvmeent on the spitting up AND eating in general. By 9 months he had outgrown the dosage and was doing well otherwise so we weaned : ) How is your LO doing? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/zantac-insomnia#post-616882 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 10:01:47 +0000 MsLipGloss 616882@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: We're in the same boat. Zantax never made a dent in LO's reflux. We had to see a Ped GI specialist to get a prescription for Prilosec. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/zantac-insomnia#post-616760 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 09:29:26 +0000 winniebee 616760@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Could be teething? Either way, I'd follow up with the pediatriciation. FWIW, Zantac never worked for my son - we ended up seeing a pediatric GI speciliast. Prilosec did the trick (though we weaned at 9 months when he wasn't spitting up and had almost outgrown the dosage). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/zantac-insomnia#post-616753 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 09:26:34 +0000 anbanan15 616753@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Zantac does contain alcohol which may irritate your LO. It's also a weight dependent dosage so she might not be on the right dosage. Does she only get it at night? If she gets it during the day how does she seem after a dosage? Also Zantac alone may not be enough. It wears off and a few hours in if she is having bad reflux, which is usually worse at night, she may need something that is delayed released like a ppi.</p> <p>Zantac never worked at all when LO was smaller like that. He was only able to tolerate it after 18 months and he still had to take Zantac (pm) and prevacid (am...when he was just on prevacid it was an am/pm dose). Prevacid takes 2 weeks to fully kick in or get out of their systems when you stop, but it has helped greatly.</p> <p>I highly recommend looking into a pediatric GI if you don't already have one. They took my LO's reflex seriously and were able to finally help us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/zantac-insomnia#post-616708 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 09:13:20 +0000 Dandelion 616708@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Personally, Zantac helps me sleep, cause the reflux I get from pregnancy keeps me awake. I would think for your LO, it would be the same.</p> <p>Does sound like teething...the top teeth are a little bigger, and so is she, so she's gonna react a little differently to them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/zantac-insomnia#post-616633 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 08:44:05 +0000 babynumber1 616633@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 9 months old and was put on Zantac for reflux a few days ago. She is still spitting up A LOT, including solid food. And in 3 months she had dropped from 61% in weight to 40%. </p> <p>Last night she was up and down all night, which is highly unusual. She normally sleeps through the night. She was just standing in her crib screaming. I rocked her, changed her, brought her to bed with us. As long as I was holding her she was fine, but wide awake. I ended up just putting her in her crib after 2 hours with toys. She cried for 15 ish minutes until she feel asleep and kept waking up and repeating the cycle. </p> <p>Any clue what else it could be? Her top gums were a little swollen yesterday, but she didn't have this much trouble when her bottom teeth were coming in. No fever. </p> <p>Any ideas? </p>