Help! I don't think it's reflux

[Anonymous]

Grant is on previcid solutabs but I don’t think it’s reflux! He has trouble swallowing and he chews rather than suck his bottle. It takes him awhile to get a good suck and when he does he chokes if I have a DR. Brown number 2 nipple on or he gets mad if the number 1 nipple is on cuz he can’t get enough. He does pretty good with thickend formula but it’s sucjh a pain to get the right size hole and thickness!

WHat could I be dealing with here? I’m at a loss cuz he is a really happy baby it’s just feeding times are a nightmare!

Thank you ladies

BTW he is 3 months old

[hellbennt]

I would get a Swallow Study done. Tell your dr of your request, don’t ask.

This is where your baby is watched swallowing- how he uses or doesn’t use various muscles and whether any liquid is getting into his lungs (aspiration). The test is done by a SLP, Speech Language Pathologist- this sounds funny, because your baby isn’t talking yet, but that is the title of the person who performs this test. The results of this test will help you a lot.

[Anonymous]

The way you describe feedings does sound like reflux. My dd had difficulty feeding, it was awful. Feeding aversions are often signs of reflux that has caused pain and causes the baby to not want to eat out of not wanting to hurt. My dd did not have aspiration, but still chocked/coughed/gagged during feeding. She was refluxing during the feed while trying to eat and it caused this. Thickening did help, but getting the thickness with the nipple flow under control was a challenge that made me feel like a mad scientist. Sometimes the thickend formula clogs the nipple and they can’t get anything out which is frustrating to an already frustrated baby who doesn’t like to eat. I agree with Laura that a swallow study (a modified barium swallow not an upper GI) is a good idea. The therapist can often give ideas to help with the feeding as well. The other thing is how much prevacid is he on? It may not be enough. Also make sure that you’re giving it on an empty stomach and following up with a feed 30-45 minutes later. My daughter’s main symptoms were feeding trouble. Prior to feeding refusal, we thought it was colic, didn’t know that you could have reflux and not visibly vomit. The only time she vomitted was if she cried at all, coughed, or gagged, or had the slightest illness.. then it was scary. Sometimes with reflux, the only sign is a feeding problem.

[Anonymous]

Thanks. He is on 7.5 mgs 3 times a day. He is just such a happy baby until it feeding time.

[Anonymous]

I would request both a swallow study and an upper gi.. though the upper gi doesn’t always show reflux in many cases it does. But the swallow study may as well. The dose is a good one so I think you either have aspiration problems or reflux or even both!

[Anonymous]

i have pretty bad reflux and i sometimes have trouble swallowing. i realize reflux in a baby is different than it is in an adult, but i think it is the inflamation that gives me trouble. sometimes food gets stuck and is really painful until it passes (i realize your little one is not on solids yet), but sometimes it just feels like the food is dragging its way down my throat—makes me wonder if inflamation can cause i little bit of motility trouble.

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