Long road ahead?

I agree with what paula says!!!

Hi there. Sorry that things are so rough. I agree with the others. I’d stick it out with the PPI, and if that doesn’t work, then I’d ask for a higher dose. Also, I don’t know much about the elimination diet, but maybe others who do can chime in on that one. About switching to formula, you have to do what’s right for you. But I did want to say that we eventually stwitched from BF to soy thinking that it would be our answer, and it wasn’t. In fact, it was worse b/c breast milk is supposed to be easier to diegest. In the end, you do what’s right for you, but I just wanted to let you know that formula wasn’t our saviour. There are special formulas out there if you do decide to go that route in the end, but as I said, I know that there are some moms on this site who have done the elimination diet and figured things out that way. In the meantime, can you try some mylanta supreme before feedings and see if that helps. About getting a GI, I’ve really learned through this whole experience with Hailey, that you need to fight for what you believe in. Reflux might be “common”, as in GER is common, but GERD is not, and it’s not normal for babies to suffer like that despite what any doctor says. I hated when doctors used to tell me that, and if they said any such thing, or told us that we just had to wait for her to outgrow it then I never went back. I know this sounds harsh, but I figured that if this was a problem that Hailey was dealing with then we needed a doc who was going to be on our side, and who didn’t belittle the situation, and who would try to help us. We went through tons of different doctors until we got Hailey on the right dose of meds and got the testing done that we needed. I’m writing this late at night, so I don’t know what the tone sounds like. If it sounds anything other than supportive, I apologize. I know how hard it can be. I just think that it’s important to do what you think it right. So even if your doc doesn’t think that you need to see a ped GI, if your doc isn’t taking you seriously, then push for whatever help you want. If you let us know where you’re located, then maybe someone here can recommend someone for you. Good luck.

Andrea,

I didn’t get to read all the responses, but can say I was as many of the women on here in your shoes. It does get better as both of my boys are now reflux free. As for the gi, with us I decided to try a gi and got nowhere. Actually the gi told me to stop bfing and boy am I glad I didn’t listen to him. I ended up going back to my ped and giving them all the marci-kids info which at first was given back to me. I then had Dr. Phillips from Marci-kids call and finally got results. So, in my experience it was better to stick with the ped. As for the bfing, I was in the same boat, but I had already had another refluxer that I didn’t bf and saw that the formula didn’t help. As a matter of fact bfing my second was soooooooooooooo much better than the formula. There are enzymes in it that help the reflux. I know it may not seem that way, but it’s true. I also heard recently that it is better for bm to come back up than formula. Which I can say that my formula feed babies teeth are horribly yellow and my bf refluxers teeth are beautiful white. Not sure if there is a connection there, but it’s possible. Bm is always best, but especially for refluxers. Trust me when I say my bf baby did so much better than my formula feed baby. It became such a comfort for my second. Last formula is so expensive and well bm is free. For some reason older generations think formula is better and I guess that is because that is what they were taught, but we now know better. All that to say, keep up the good work. You are most likely going to have to deal with many more comments like those and you will have to nod your head and go about what you were doing. Everyone wants to help, but they just don’t see that they are making a mother that already feels guilt for something she has not done feel worse. I think we all feel that we have in some way done this to our babies wheather it be something we ate in pregnancy, our milk, whatever, but be assured you did nothing wrong. You are an amazing momma and any time you feel other wise you get on here and let us know about it and we will send you hugs.