- This topic has 9 replies, 1 voice, and was last updated 17 years, 11 months ago by
.
-
Almost overnight, Jackson’s reflux is gone. I give him 12mg Zegerid every 2-3 days now to try to wean him. I don’t want the dreaded rebound to happen. I know he probably doesn’t need to be weaned on it but it makes me feel better to do so. It helps to control his spitting up if I give it to him every 2-3 days.
My concern is that he is now not eating as much. He would normally take in 24-30oz a day. Now, he is taking in an average of 20oz a day. I breastfeed so it’s hard to know exactly how much he is taking in but I know that he took in 16 oz by bottle today while I was at work (5oz of it was with oatmeal for a thickened feeding): 5AM-4PM. He has plenty of soaked diapers (an average of 7 a day) and poops every other day. He’s a very happy baby. I’m just still concerned. (I should add that he’s more than doubled his birth weight — he is 12lbs, 12oz and was 6lbs, 1oz at birth).
Did his appetite decrease because of a decrease in his meds? Or was it just coincidence? Do babies plateau with weight for a little bit, once they’ve doubled their birth weight? He’s not quite as active these days and maybe since he’s not burning as many calories, he’s not quite as hungry but I still worry. I would have thought his appetite would have picked up since I’ve heard that being on such a high dose of a PPI delays gastric emptying (and now that he’s not getting that high dose, I’d think he would have an increase in gastric emptying).
Any BTDT Moms that can help? Any advice or words of wisdom? I’m just concerned!!
He is 3 months & 1 week.
He is a silent refluxer (though I can hear it when he does it) and I haven’t heard it in a week or so. That’s why I think it’s almost gone. I don’t think it’s 100% gone but it almost is. This child used to silently reflux non-stop. I had to keep increasing his meds to get it to stop happening. He never needed an extremely high dose; we got up to 24mg a day of Zegerid and that controlled his reflux. Not only that, when his meds needed to increase, he wouldn’t sleep well and he’d have the hiccups, wheezing, coughing, etc and he doesn’t do that anymore. He sleeps through the night and doesn’t make all those grunting sounds in his sleep (that initially happened that clued me in to thinking “reflux”). We can lay him on his back immediately after feedings and he doesn’t spit up. The only time he spits up is if we sit him up and I guess it puts too much pressure on his tummy. These are the things that lead me to believe that the reflux is almost gone.
His physical therapist thinks that the PT has helped him gain trunk control and that perhaps that’s helped the reflux. I think she’s dead on. Jackson had torticollis and with 2 sessions, we’ve noticed a HUGE improvement. Perhaps that has helped more than anything.
Maybe I’m just a first-time Mommy who is worrying too much!!!
Thanks for your help!Well, it appears that today he is finally catching up. I decided to pump instead of breastfeeding him this morning, while DH fed him a bottle. He took 7 ounces of breastmilk, without silently refluxing it and no spit up!! He hasn’t had any of his medicine since Monday morning. Oh, thank you God! After the 7 ounces, he has breastfed ALOT (no reflux, no hiccups, a dribble of spit up, no crying or drawing up of legs, no uncomfortability, etc.) and I know he’s drank alot of fluids today so maybe he is just making up for it. I really think the reflux is almost gone! I guess it is mother’s intuition…..maybe it was the physical therapy that made the biggest difference.
I thank you girls for your advice and for listening to me with my concerns. I guess I worry too much sometimes!!
Thanks again!
I agree Natalia! I wonder if the reflux wasn’t the normal reflux that the rest of us experience but perhaps triggered by something else that was corrected with the physical therapy?
Either way, that’s great for you and your family ali gal! No, I don’t think you worry too much at all… that’s our job and if we don’t pay attention to every little detail with our babies then who will? The doctors? I think not.
Congrats!
- You must be logged in to reply to this topic.
