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Hi, Meg’s GI appt is on monday, but in the me time I am worried that her reflux is getting worse. She had 3oz of formula at 3:30am and hasn’t had anything till 11:15am. I kept trying….she cried a lot and finally started to sleep, so I decided to feed her while she was sleeping, she actively drank a little more than an ounce and started screaming and crying real bad. She stopped, burped, passed gas and movement. She is fine and playing now. But I look at her stomach, it so down, there is nothing in there 🙁
She is just soothing herself with her fingers in the mouth all the time. I am so worried and scared that I might end up taking her to the hosp.Feeding is becoming a nightmare. And when I see her crying in pain I break down into tears too…I dont know what to do…Mylanta is making her go more often 🙁 so I dont want to give her anymore.She is playing and smiling and normal otherwise….It pains me to see her smile now 🙁 knowing what she is going thru….missing my husband and family…feeling so alone today.Do babies just look at nothing and talk and smile…she does that sometimes…..She is such a sweet baby and it is so unfair that she suffering so much…wish I could help her….my poor little one
Thanks for letting me get it out….I keep praying for her to get better…..Oh, I am SO sorry this is so hard for you right now and your sweet baby.
My heart is breaking from you. I know exactly how you feel as do many other mommies here you have gone through or are going through the same thing. I don’t really remember your story but is she on any meds right now? Does mylanta help her feeds at all? Is there a way you could get a script for Carafate in the meantime? It’s like super-strength mylanta and though it didn’t work for my baby, it has helped a lot of other kiddos here. It is a prescription though and is just a short-term fix but maybe that would help you both get through the weekend?Gosh I really understand your feeling of helplessness and feeling so alone. We live in Indiana and my husband works ALOT. I really didn’t have anybody here that I could really turn to or who could come watch the baby while I take a walk or something just to take a breath. This is so much harder then I could’ve ever imagined but I can give you hope in telling you that with the right meds,formula,doses etc… it does get better!!! Hopefully your G.I will have something really great to suggest to relieve Meg.
In the meantime, we’re here for you and you can totally do this!! I know you’ll find some answers and I will pray my hardest they come fast. Meg knows you love her and are doing everything humanly possible even though she’s struggling. You guys are going to be okay!!!
I know it.Oh, my. I do remember those horrible days when they just won’t eat and you know they just have to be hungry. Is she still wetting some diapers? You have to really watch for dehydration when they get to the point where they are eating so little. Monday may as well be an eternity away when things are so bad. I really feel for you.
If you did end up in the hospital before Monday it might turn out to be a good thing. The doctors will see that something is most certainly wrong and that something must be done. Babies don’t refuse food unless something is wrong.You could try spoon feeding her if she just won’t take a bottle. I know it sounds weird, but I had to spoon feed my son breast milk for a long time. It’s time consuming and messy but it works for some babies.Yes, babies do just smile and talk at nothing or no one. They are having happy thoughts and feeligns. My daugher used to coo and coo and smile like crazy at our ceiling light fixtures. We used to joke that she was seeing angels up there, but who knows, maybe she was. 
I will say a prayer for your little sweetie.oh my that sounds so familiar
I am so sorry your little one is hurting like that . i don’t know if this make you feel any better, but kendra was never happy at that age. she just cried a lot and slept very little. If you have to take her to the hospital, do so. Dehydration is pretty bad and sometimes like Christine said, doctors will do more testing and take things more serious when the baby is in the hospital. Iam sorry i wasn’t of more hlep. i can tell you that it has gotten better with time for us. hang in there and pm me if you just need to vent or talk about it. iam a good lsitenerMeg is so cute!
Sorry I am late in responding to this. We went through the same thing with Brian last week and I was crying my eyes out. Brian is 2 months old and weighs about 12 lbs. He started taking only an ounce or two at a feeding and then he would just cry and cry and not take anymore from the bottle. I was at my wits end. We had to wait a few days to see the GI and she put him on Carafate and it has worked wonders for us!! Definitely ask about Carafate! It is a prescription med and works better than Mylanta (fyi, if you are using Mylanta, try to get Mylanta Supreme not regular Mylanta). Carafate coats and soothes the esophagus so that it is not painful for the baby to eat or burp. We saw improvement the next day. It has been several days now and Brian is finishing every bottle
. He still cries when I burp him during a feeding but he will go right back on the bottle after he has burped. I am now a huge fan of Carafate! Brian gets 0.5 ml 3 times a day a 1/2 hour before a feeding. The Carafate has to be given at least 90 minutes apart from a PPI like Prevacid and at least 60 minutes apart from Mylanta. We will be using it for a month and then we have a follow-up with the GI and she plans to take him off it at that point and just keep him on the Prevacid.Hang in there! I know it is really frightening and overwhelming but it will get better!Hello All,
So I took Meg to the GI today. She prescribed Prevacid 15mg per day (Solutabs – but looks like the prescription did not say that clearly so the pharmacy gave me capsules. I amtrying to return it and get the solutabs…hope they take the capsules back.) GI was open to increasing the dose if the current dose does not help. Also, she asked to me try Alimentum or Nutramigen (sp?). I have decided to try the Prevacid for a couple of weeks before giving the formula switch a chance. Dont want to do both the changes at once. IU was told to give Prevacid 30 min before the morning bottle and axid 20 min before the last bottle for the day. (I might have been giving the axid incorrectly a few times, coz I used to give it right before the bottle. GI said that usually dilutes the medicine.) I also asked her about Carafate, but she said no. She wants me to try Maalox instead. I will give that a shot too…hope Meggy starts feeling better. I have also scheduled a Barium swallow UGI for Aug 2 to check for any aspiration.Thats the update…hope Meggy starts feeling better…I feel like a load had been lifted from my shoulders just by seeing the GI even though I havent started the meds…Guess it is very easy to make me happy…..or sad *sigh*)(even if you guys roll your eyes…Meggy got a lot of compliments today, esp her hair…it IS a lot and dark and silky
)Thanks once again you guys…will keep you updated.She is a little doll and that hair is amazing!
I’m glad you are feeling encouraged by your gi visit. It sounds like she’s up on the current research because she said he’d increase the dose if it doesn’t work. That’s great.
That’s too bad that the pharmacy gave you capsules instead of solutabs. I hope they don’t give you a hard time returnig them. It was their error. If worse comes to worse you can use the capsules by opening them and sprinkling them over applesauce.Well, I sure hope she’s feeling better soon. Keep us posted!
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