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Excessive dribbling 3 Replies
Started by Laura in General Baby Reflux. Last reply by Laura 25 minutes ago.
Omeprazole.... Baby in pain!! 8 Replies
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Changed from breast to bottle & struggling with night feeds, routines etc 1 Reply
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Started by M Mason in General Baby Reflux. Last reply by Jenny Rawling 12 hours ago.
Silent reflux & Sandifer syndrome - anyone else have this? 18 Replies
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Snoozzz sleep wraps - free to a good home :) 6 Replies
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New Here and after some support/advice. 8 Replies
Started by Hollie O'Reilly in General Baby Reflux. Last reply by Hollie O'Reilly yesterday.
Reflux and postnatal depression? 12 Replies
Started by Carine in General Baby Reflux. Last reply by Galina Mosers yesterday.
advice back to square one. 11 Replies
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12 week old choking/coughing and dribbling! 6 Replies
Started by Carine in General Baby Reflux. Last reply by Sarah Simpson yesterday.
Rant - 'why dont you try gaviscone' and 'babies need to lie on their backs' 20 Replies
Started by Carine in General Baby Reflux. Last reply by Carine yesterday.
Ranitidine and domperidone for silent reflux....advice needed! 12 Replies
Started by Lisa Cumberbatch in General Baby Reflux. Last reply by Jenny Rawling on Friday.
Repeated chest infections / rattly breathing 7 Replies
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Advice upset tummy 3 Replies
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The UK's first database of recommended reflux health professionals - help us build it!
We are starting to put together a database of great reflux health professionals.
This is not going to be a comprehensive list of every doctor, health visitor or paediatrician...but a list of ONLY THE BEST! We get requests daily of where they best reflux health professionals are so we thought it would be great to have a definitive list.
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This is not going to be a comprehensive list of every doctor, health visitor or paediatrician...but a list of ONLY THE BEST! We get requests daily of where they best reflux health professionals are so we thought it would be great to have a definitive list.
If you have had a good experience with a… Continue
What is reflux in babies?
Reflux is the word used to describe what happens when the stomach contents come back up into the gullet or into the mouth. The medical name for gullet is oesophagus (spelt esophagus in the US) So the long name for reflux is gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, shortened to GORD in the UK and GERD in the US.
The diaphragm is the muscle which separates the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity. As the oesophagus passes through the…
Posted by Admin on September 30, 2007 at 11:00
What are the symptoms of reflux in babies?
Your baby may regurgitate a little milk after a feed or have hiccups. He/She may occasionally cough a little after regurgitating the milk if a little has gone “down the wrong way”. This is normal and as long as your baby is otherwise well, you don’t need to worry. Just make sure you always have a bib or muslin cloth to hand. Both formula-fed and breastfed babies may be affected.
More common symptoms of reflux:
Crying in pain
Discomfort when feeding…
Posted by Admin on September 29, 2007 at 11:00
Why a wedge? Why not just prop up the cot with some books?
Would you be surprised to know that lifting the cot legs 6 inches (3 house bricks/about 9 books) only gives you 6 degrees of incline.
A standard 15 degree babyREFLUX cot wedge will provide nearly three times the incline of using 6 inches worth of books or bricks!!!
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Helen Solomon replied to Laura's discussion Excessive dribbling"Yes I'm pretty sure lots of dribble is normal at this age! Mine is just 5 mo & gets through bib after bib each day. My friend's baby is reflux free & is the same."
Galina Mosers replied to Laura's discussion Excessive dribbling"Laura,
My guess is the teething has started already and causing the drooling. Yes, they drool like crazy, and 4 months is about the right time to start (in fact many start a lot earlier, and some already have first teeth at 4 months). It also seems…"
Laura posted a discussionExcessive dribbling
Lo has bin suffering from reflux from 2 weeks old she is now almost four months. She is on lf Sma and doctor has encouraged me to try and cut out carobel and stop the Zantac. She still spews up now and again but she isn't wincing in pain and it doesn't seem to annoy her. The only bothersome symptom is this excess drools. I must go through at least 20 to 25 they be saturated in about 15 to 20mins and her tops and vest also be soaked. Its hard trying to keep her dry and rash free. Is this normal…See More
Jo Fitzgerald replied to Jo Fitzgerald's discussion Omeprazole.... Baby in pain!!"Thanks everyone. Feeling a little more optimistic today.
Ava is still in pain with the reflux flare up but she doesn't seen to be having any reaction to the Omp today so maybe it's starting to get into her system.
We stopped the…"
Mannismummy left a comment for Jenny Rawling"Heey.
I'm not too bad thanks you?
Hows your lo?
Well an update:
Community dietician doesn't think there isn't
Enough evidence to say lo has cmpi.
Even though when he was started on the
Pediasure milk he…"
Jenny Rawling replied to Helen Solomon's discussion Changed from breast to bottle & struggling with night feeds, routines etc"Can't help you with the bottle feeding other than to say that things initially getting worse on Neocate seems to be common and it takes time for their tummy to get used to it.
Matthew was an awful sleeper - he never had anywhere near the amount…"
Carine replied to Jo Fitzgerald's discussion Omeprazole.... Baby in pain!!"Yep us too! I wish i had known about this as would have kept up the ranitadine.
Hoping ur lil one gets better soon! It took us ateast three weeks with both neocate and omeprazole to see an improvement.
C x"
Jenny Rawling replied to M Mason's discussion New to Forum - Help!!"A PPI (either omeprazole or lansoprazole) tends to be the most effective form of acid suppression. Some doctors also use domperidone to speed up stomach emptying and this is supposed to reduce the actual amount of reflux, but it's a bit…"
Beverley replied to Jo Fitzgerald's discussion Omeprazole.... Baby in pain!!"I would echo Jen. When we stopped ranitdine and switched to omeperazole the pain was unbearable. I kept him on both for 2 weeks and have never had a problem with the omeperazole. X"
Jo Fitzgerald replied to Jo Fitzgerald's discussion Omeprazole.... Baby in pain!!"Thanks everyone for your replies.
I emailed the pead and she said she hadn't heard of a reaction before but to take her off and see what happens if felt it was linked.
I've decided to keep trying for a few more days as you have all…"
Alison C replied to Jo Fitzgerald's discussion Omeprazole.... Baby in pain!!"Hi Jo,
Like Jen said below, it could well be the acid rebound. My LO was put on Omp at 8 weeks, and we had to take her off it as it caused her so much pain and she just oculdnt tolerate it, so we stayed on Ranitidine and domperidone until she was 11…"
M Mason replied to M Mason's discussion New to Forum - Help!!"Many thanks Jen,
At our last appointment the doc suggested that we take her off all meds until the barium swallow had been conducted and we had a better idea of what we were dealing with!! As you can imagine we were not happy with that and he agreed…"
Jenny Rawling replied to M Mason's discussion New to Forum - Help!!"Hi and welcome. My comments would be
1. Your omeprazole dose sounds low (1mg/ml solution => a 5mg dose). Dose range is 0.7-3mg/kg so I would guess you are towards the bottom end and if she is still in pain then it probably needs increasing.
2.…"
Jenny Rawling replied to claire burrows's discussion Happy update"That's great news, Claire - thanks for updating us! Jen xx"
Jenny Rawling replied to Jo Fitzgerald's discussion Omeprazole.... Baby in pain!!"The other thing to consider is that the PPIs take some time to kick in. If you've suddenly stopped ranitidine then you'll be in the middle of acid rebound until the omeprazole works - so it may not be a side effect of the PPI, but a…"
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