Sleep position/swaddle for 3 wk old wtih acid reflux?

[Mom2LukeandAudrey]

Hello -

My 3 week old dd has acid reflux and spends most of the evening miserable.  We are slowly getting her on a schedule during the day (2.5 - 3 hour EASY) but she wakes up every 2 hours at night showing signs of hunger.  I feed her and put her back to bed but she is often awake and miserable during these hours.  I think this is due to her acid reflux and want to raise her crib up; however, how do you do this when they are swaddled?  I envision my dd squirming enough that she will roll down the elevated portion of the mattress.

Thanks for any help you can provid.

Jen

[Jaime]

you can try rolling up some receiving blankets and wedging them around her (1 one each side & one at the bottom); that should help her stay in place if you elevate the mattress.

chances are that lying flat after she eats is very uncomfortable cause of the reflux & that's why she's awake so much in the night - as you pointed out.

HTH 

[Mia & Scarlett's Mummy]

Hello

You could also try putting a telephone directory or another big book under the mattress of her cot to elevate it.  That works a treat, I do it when dd is teething or has a cold.

HTH

[numberonenole]

Can you please explain about using the blanket keep him from sliding down the crib? Doesn't that turn into a hazard?

[Mom2LukeandAudrey]

Thanks for the help.  We didn't elevate her mattress last night and she had a really horrible night.  I thought we were down to waking up every 2 hours (instead of screaming throughout the night), but she was up from 2 to 5 last night and now having problems with her morning nap.  She was gagging on the milk and wanted to nurse constantly but I know the constant eating will make it hard on her stomach and acid reflux.

Does anyone know if there a place to post questions specifically for babies with acid reflux?  I'm wondering if I should adjust her schedule differently from a typical 3 hour EASY or do anything else differently because of her acid reflux. I'm starting to feel like we're going backwards as we just turned her nights/days around and now she's back to being up so much at night.

Thanks,

Jen

[Jaime]

hi everyone,

guess i wasn't specific enough.    you elevate the mattress from underneath with a blanket or book, like Louise said.

numberonenole - about the blankets - you use receiving blankets, so they are thin.  you can use 2, if they are bigger (like carters brand), 3 if they are smaller (gerber).  lay the blankets down end to end so the ends overlap a bit.  then you can roll them up, making one really long roll that won't come apart.  you can then use it as a wedge from shoulder/armpit, down around the feet (or under the bum & have the feet go over the top), to the other armpit.

safety - the blanket shouldn't really be around their face, but if they squirm towards it, receiving blankets are usually thin enough to breathe through.  [obviously, though, don't do any of this if you are not comfortable with it. ]

you can also use that trick to keep them from sliding around in their bouncy seats when they are very little.

we do have a reflux board - check it out here:
https://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?board=13.0

HTH