Does my daughter have reflux?

It is possible that she has what is known as “silent” reflux where they spit up and swallow it back down. usually this is worse b/c they get the acid 2x on the way up and then back on the way down. The coughing and choking make me think of this. The fact that your ped is already willing to do prevacid is great. Most docs start out with Zantac which many times is useless. Are you exclusively breastfeeding? Are you restricting your diet in anyway? I ask b/c many babies with reflux also have some food intolernances (usually milk/soy) and sometimes taking those offending foods out of your diet can make a huge difference. If you aren’t sure about medicine then I would probably adjust your diet for 2-3 wks and then make a decision based on how she is doing. I am sure some other bfing moms will chime in.. I wasn’t so good in that department. Glad you found us.

you need to also look at hidden dairy (caisen and whey) it is in a ton of things and you will need to do it for at least 2-3 wks before your system will clear of the proteins. I would look under the TED topic there is a ton of information their. We do have 1 mom right now how has gotten her diet right and hasn’t had to restart meds so there is hope. Cooper was on Zantac from 8wks-10 wks and then at 10wks old started on prevacid and we weaned him at 16 months. He probably could have stopped sooner but the meds are so safe, I didn’t try weaning until he was 14 months old and then took it very slowly to be safe. Our reflux was classified as severe he spit up constantly until he was almost 10 months old. I hope some other bfing moms will chime in as again I am not an expert with that stuff.

when I was most desperate, I did the dr. sears elimination diet. I write about it here- scroll down to the ‘breastfeeding’ section:

Groupie Intro: my intro: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=853&PN=1&TPN=1