Easy routine for reflux bub

[shanjakson]

Hi my son is nearly 6 months old and has been diagnosed withreflux.  Just wondering any other mums out there with reflux bubs and how you implement Easy?  Would Jakson cope better with smaller meals?  He is now on motilium and losec with much improvement but still spilling occasionally.  do you give solids before a milk feed to help the millk stay down?
he also has cut 2 teeth through in the last week.  can this make reflux worse?
really in need of some support.  we have been in and out of hospital for a few weeks and the doctors didn't take us seriosuly.  Jakson was vomitting up his meals more than 30times a day!!  He was only having 2 wet nappies a day and was losing weight.  It took for this for the doctors to finally do something about it.  so now the meds and soids. 
any advice on how to imrpove it further would be great
thanks
shannon and jakson

[donna_issabella]

Hi Shannon,

regarding teething making reflux worse, yes yes yes  they have so much extra saliva, and they swallow it, making for more fluid in the tummy. also, that is the cause of their avo green nappies. i found with henry on motilium and losec, we didn't need to make the feeds smaller, and it fit in easily with his routine.

i posted my routine on the reflux forum for you, i hope you get great ideas here too.


DI

[shanjakson]

thanks heaps.  yep poo is definately green.  our doctor said teething doesn't make reflux worse.  typical hey.
when do you give the motilium and losec?

[shanjakson]

sorry another question.  did henry stop spilling with the meds?  or will they always just be spewy bubs?

[donna_issabella]

thanks heaps.  yep poo is definately green.  our doctor said teething doesn't make reflux worse.  typical hey.
when do you give the motilium and losec?

Not commenting on your doctor, but you will find that from experience, most, if not all moms here, will tell you their LO's reflux flared during teething and many had the meds bumped up for a while.

When we give the meds:
700 Wake and meds - Motilium 2.5ml and Losec 10mg
730 Milk
830 Solids
900 Sleep
1100 Awake and Feed
1200 Solids
1300 Sleep
1500 Wake and meds - Motilium 2.5 ml
1530 Feed
1645 Catnap
1730 Wake and solids
1800 Meds - Motilium 2.5ml
1820 Bath and bedtime routine and bottle
1900 Bed

sorry another question.  did henry stop spilling with the meds?  or will they always just be spewy bubs?

The antacids alone won't improved the possetting or spilling. The motilium helped, but to be honest, it took some time to work. What I noticed was that his hiccuping was addressed quickly and has virtually gone, and after that improved, the spillage got less. It does get more when he drinks too fast and swallows alot of air. He also brings alot up when he seems to be teething. More fluid- more tummy content, easier to mess.

At about 6 months, the reflux in its own right should start settling and by a year most babies would have outgrown it, as their anatomy sorted itself out, if that makes sense. You however, do get cases where it takes longer, so this is only a rough guide. Also I find that now that Henry can sit up for long periods of time independently, his possetting/spillage has also decreased.

HTH
DI