How will I know that he is all better?

Sarah, it’s great when the good weeks start coming, and then they come in succession and it’s the best thing ever.

I don’t really have a good answer to your question. Every time we have a run of good weeks and I think, hmm, maybe we can start weaning off the meds, things get rough again. I wonder if it’s more of a back and forth process than a clear cut end.

It was tough for us to know for sure too. I would allow several months of the improved behavior before reducing or weaning the medicine. We saw Hailey’s first improvements at 9-10 months when she completely stopped spitting up. I didn’t wean her from Prevacid until she was over a year and we’d had several good months in a row.

I second Laura’s comment about baby just getting happier. Nathan’s reflux was well controlled with Zantac until he was 6 months old. Then he got very grumpy, even after adding the PPI (I think he dose was never high enough). Overall he’s been getting so much better lately (though teething has made it worse again in recent days). I was looking at a picture of him smiling ear-to-ear at 5 months old, and I just told my family that I feel like I have my happy baby back!!!!!