Prevacid and EASY (reflux meds mess up timing)

[Kwasind]

Hi all,

My 5 month old daughter followed a loose EASY routine for most of her life. Recently, however, she has begun taking Prevacid for reflux. This medication is supposed to be given on an empty stomach 20-30 minutes before eating. So we pretty much need to give it to her first thing in the morning. The problem is that this messes up our EASY routine... We end up doing AES all day instead.

So my question is... Do you think this is ok? Just stick with AES? Or should I feed a tiny snack after her first nap, then hold out the next full feed until after she wakes up from her second nap? I should note that I'm not nervous about her falling asleep while nursing. The whole reflux thing means that she eats for nourishment only. I should also note that it's REALLY recent that I've been able to extend her first two naps.

Yesterday looked like this:
A 7:00
E 8:15
S 8:30
A 10:00
E 11:45
S 12:10
A 1:45
E 3:30
S 4:00
A 4:50
E 6:20
S 7:00

Thanks!

[Ima shel Alon]

That looks perfectly fine to me. With Reflux you just do what you gotta do and if you are not concerned with feeding to sleep then I'd say go for it. We were feeding to sleep for months and it was never an issue. When DS was a bit older I knew that he is ready for me to wean it slowly and it went smooth. If at some point you do get concerned you can always have a little bit of A time before sleeping, even a nappy change or a very short quiet A time.

[Kwasind]

Ok, great! Thanks!