Is the medicine making him worse?!

[Anonymous]

My son is 7 weeks old and was put on prilosec at 2 weeks. It seemed to work well for two weeks, but then he got bad again (constant spitting up, continuous acid coming up, crying for hours, poor eating). So they changed him to prevacid one week ago and he seems so much worse. Now he has all the other symptoms along with coughing and congestion from everything coming up. He is breastfed and I am wondering if I could make this a little easier on him. I already cut out dairy, raw vegetables, spicy foods, and eggs. Any ideas? I am so worried and stressed. I go back to work in a week and I cant imagine leaving him at this point.

[hellbennt]

welcome!

I have a lot to say…first of all:

the fact that you said the prilosec worked for 2 weeks makes me think that it was a liquid form- they are called compounds & are notorious for becoming unstable after 2 weeks. if the prevacid is the same type/form-a compound- then that’s most likely the culprit. well, that along with the dose. it’s most likely too low.

http://www.marci-kids.com will show you the proper dosing for weight & age for your baby.

as for your diet it may or not be your diet. how are his poops? normal yellow/mustardy seedy breastfed poops? or foamy & green like shaving vream? or stringy/mucousy? or green & mucousy? or watery & green? occasional green poops in breastfed babies are NORMAL- just not all the time…also does baby grunt and strain and seem like it’s hard to pass a stool? are poops & foul smelling? these things can indicate that it might be something in your diet. if stools are for the most part ‘normal,’ then I would just adress medicine for now- get that straightened out, and then see if it’s diet- that’s just my own experience- i did the TEd (total elimination diet) but it was out of complete desperation and I really didn’t think it was anything w/ my diet- I did find a few ‘offending’ foods, so I’m glad i did it, though…

also: the meds won’t stop the spitting up, just the pain…

I have more to say, if you go to the Introduce Yourself Forum, you’ll see ‘groupie intro’ stickied (top post) and I have a LOT of info there!

so glad you found us!

~laura

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