Outgrowing Reflux

[Anonymous]

My DS is 3.5 months old and was recently prescribed Zantac for discomfort. He’d been arching for a long time, but as long as he gained weight, the doctors had said it was fine. But I was concerned about acid coming back up and hurting him and making him uncomfortable. He is formula fed (please don’t judge-I have tubular breasts and tried to breast feed).

Anyway, the doctor made it sound like she thinks DS will outgrow this as soon as he can sit up.

Does this sound reasonable, or is this something doctors just tell parents to placate them? I ask because I read about kids having reflux up until age 2.

On a side note, DS sleeps pretty well at night (once he falls asleep), and naps well if kept on a strict schedule. His worst feeds are in the afternoon, when he is most active. His best feeds are at night when he’s sleepy.

[hellbennt]

sorry!!! the board has been taken over by spammers!

I’m still here!!

no judgement here!

if your baby is in PAIN, then YES, by all means medicate him!!!

[hellbennt]

Hihi

[Anonymous]

It is true that some babies don’t outgrown reflux until they are older but a lot of them do outgrow it around 6 months old. often times this is due to 2 things. Babies do not have their probiotic (good live bacteria that coats and protects the entire digestive system) fully built up until they are around 6 months old.

Our pancreas is what produces digestive enzymes and puts them into the digestive system to break down/digest our food. Some babies pancreases are immature and don’t produce a lot of digestive enzymes until they are around 6 months old.

So, if you can’t get your doctor to prescribe you meds or if you prefer to not if meds unless you have to…. then you could try giving a supplement of probitics and digestive enzymes and see if that would help.

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