interesting that the prevacid is helping w/ the vomitting, because the meds don’t necessarily do this- they are supposed to help with the pain of the acid going up & down the esophogus.
The dose sounds good- a total of 22.5mgs a day. are you giving it on an empty stomach, followed by a meal 30 min. later? this is how to have them be the most effective. You might wind up at 30mgs, as this seems to really do the ‘trick’ with a lot of babies. do you have any zantac (or axid or tagament or pepcid)? you can give this, too, just give 4hrs seperate from the prevacid.
as for your diet. if baby reacts to milk, it’s milk PROTEIN and it ‘builds up’ so if you’re milk free, you cannot have ANY milk- you can’t have ‘some’ here & there, not even ‘hidden’ in ingredients like whey, casin, rennet, etc.
This is not to say that milk proteins are the issue! You’d have to FULLY eliminate all milk proteins for a good 2 weeks before you’d notice the effects- this is bcse it takes time to clear out of your system(s).
What makes you think it might be milk protiens? how is baby’s poop? Chances are if it’s consistantly ‘normal’ mustardy/seedy breastfed baby poop then it might not be your diet. Green poop is ‘normal’ as is mucousy poop. However, if green poop is very frequent or, if you see mucous a LOT (looks like snot, can be stringy or can be curdy), then most likely there’s something in your diet that is affecting baby…If it’s green & watery or green & foamy then maybe you have OAL (overactive letdown)? this can exacerbate reflux as well.
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