Silent reflux - weaning

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Permalink Reply by Victoria on October 14, 2009 at 13:55

OMG you poor thing hun - yes the gaviscon does not reduce the acid but it does thicken the milk and hold it down to stop ir being refluxed back up so I wouldn't stop it but I found the comfort milks more effective tbh - what might help you is some ranitidine from the docs and that does reduce the acid and some dompeidone as that moves milk and food through the guts quicker - also what are you feeding him solids wise? as that might also be bunging him up a bit if its rice or cereal - to get him moving some fresh OJ in water might help about 1oz to 4oz water and if you feed lots of sweet potato etc that should give the benefit of the solids without bunging him up

Hope this helps hun xx

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Permalink Reply by Victoria on October 20, 2009 at 21:19

Just another thing - could this be teething as that causes the urine to be very acidic and can cause grouchyness too??

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Permalink Reply by Claire Sanderson on October 19, 2009 at 22:29

Check what foods can be acidic as this might be causing the burning. WIlliam was given ranitidine but we had awful battles to get it into him so I gave up. Do you use warm water and cotton wool when cleaning him?

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Permalink Reply by Cecile R on October 25, 2009 at 20:00

yes i do and def. dry him properly before putting any cream. Found that bephanten cream is the best for him and just had it under prescription!! His bad bum was most likely due to teething as now 2 teeth have appeared and we seem to be back on track almost! Thanks for your advice though! Teethin was mainly the problem I reckon! phew!!

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