hellbennt

don’t be sorry to keep posting! I enjoy it (when people actually listen to me, LOL)!

ok zantac dose: 12.5 lbs = 5.7 kilos
5.7 x 10 = 57mgs a day total
bottle should say 15mgs/ml
so 57 divided by 15 = 3.8mls total for the day (you could make it 4mls, I would imagine)
divide this into 2 doses, however you want- maybe more at…[Read more]

first of all: hang in there!

1) what I would do is look at your diet. The constipation is a BIG RED FLAG!
I would either start with milk and soy or just go full force and do the Total Elimination Diet (TED). It sounds like you’re ‘desperate’ enough to try it. I did it. It’s not too hard and it was SO WORTH IT for me to do it. It was worth…[Read more]

motrin is good for teething, but it can be harsh on some of these sensitive tummies- but anyway
http://www.askdrsears.com
is amazing! look for the button ‘Medicine Cabinet’ and you can look up the dosing for tylenol, benedryl and other medications.
if you have a moment after finding what you’re looking for, browse around the site because it has…[Read more]

I personally would not put a pillow near my baby’s face…that’s just me. I did however turn to tummy sleeping very early on.

You might want to try tummy sleeping?
This is from the American Academy of Pediatrics & how they recommend that tummy sleeping is best for GERD babies. http://www.aap.org/new/sids/question.htm (thanks Sherry &…[Read more]

that’s what I did. I used a little medicine cup or even shot glass and mixed them up. I liked to use the 1ml syringe bcse I’d slide it in far along inside of cheek and squirt a little, run syringe over back of tongue and squirt some more- back & forth.

if you go to Groupie Intro you will find info about this.
Reglan: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/search.asp?KW=reglan&SM=1&SI=TC&FM=0&OB=2

also, if you do a search (go to upper right hand corner of this screen and click on ‘search’ then when you are searching you can search ‘all forums’ and you can choose, on the right, to search from…[Read more]

aspiration is when liquid gets into the lungs- there is a test for this called the Swallow Study. It looks at the mechanics of baby swallowing and watches to see if liquid is getting into lungs when drinking a bottle. This is different than an Upper GI. Upper GI is not to determine reflux bcse it’s a snap shot in time- so if baby is not actually…[Read more]

can you hire your own well water tester? then you’d know what’s in it, etc…

the egg smaell is sulfur.
get your well tested…not that sulfur is bad!
just to get your well tested, LOL.
as for well water, I grew up where you live and bcse well
water has no flouride I had cavities. dh grew up down here on city (tap) water and has no cavities at all!
if only our kids could get my orthadonture (no braces) and his…[Read more]

big tap water fan here, too!

the range for zantac is 5-10mgs per kilo
don’t just take my word for it, read here:
oops don’t have the direct link handy- computer is a mess (thanks dh for not fixing it right away LOL!)
ok here’s what you do:
go to the Introduce Yourself Forum
then look at a top post (stickied) called
GROUPIE INTRO
this will help you a…[Read more]

they helped my boys, but I tend to be heavy handed on dosing. not to tell anyone else that is what s/he should do, that’s what I did.

Going to the Top: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2607&a mp;KW=going

it might be corn…the Alimentum RTF kind doesn’t have corn…
you can google for the ingredients

right at the top, after you click on the link, https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2697&PN=1&TPN=1
you’ll see another link (that will take you to page 2) where there’s an excellent article that is the best to explain the differences b/t allergies and intolerances. included in the article is the very list you are looking for.…[Read more]

I don’t have the answer to your question about the timing of the meds, but I do have this…

reglan and zantac seem to be the first meds prescribed by peds, “Just Because.” It’s probably just what they were taught and that’s that. Jonah was even prescribed reglan in the nicu and they had DONE testing and they pretty much knew he didn’t…[Read more]

Probiotics, brands used: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8970&PN=1

I did the TED. Not as bad as you’d think!
more links:
https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11256

https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11407
https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11229

From here:
Mspi/allergy info(‘main page’): https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2697&PN=1&TPN=1
look for link called ‘Mosconceptions about Elemental Formulas’ (don’t let the name confuse you- it’s a great explanation!)

Also:
formula choices: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=32& ;PN…[Read more]

welcome!
Zantac dosing- my/other’s question (has axid dose too): https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9539&PID=82914#82914

Prevacid 101(last post on the page): https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1936&PN=0&TPN=1