Liz Martin's Page

"Hi I have an 8 month old reflux baby. We have had a lot of trouble at times with solids, I am told that reflux babies produce more mucus which makes them more likely to gag but he has always gagged terribly and been very sick. It's very hard…"

"Hi Yes our baby does this all the time, it really can be horrible. As far as tips go nothing to suggest really I'm afriad, our paed referred us to a speech and language therpaist to look at the way he swallows but the waiting list is 8 months…"

"Sorry I'm a bit rubbish with computers and it took me a while to find this message again to reply to. Paed said he needs to be seen by a speech therapist to look ath the swallowing to see if there's a problem there. She said not to wen but…"

"Hi there We often have days of 15oz in 24 hours with our 4 month old, it's very stressful especially when you see what seems like all other babies hoovering 7 oz bottles etc. Our baby is on Ranitidine and Domperidone. Liz M"

"Hi there Our 4 month old is on ranitidine and due to be reviewed tomorrow. I note your comments about weaning and am nervous about doing so early but his weight is dropping so I guess I might not have any choice. Do you know what the diff is…"

"Hi there We've had a shocking day here ! Sickness and very little milk and howling. The GP wanted to give me Gaviscon but the paed gave us ranitidine with no bother at all. We've got a check up tomorrow I'll post another message to…"

"Hi Same here, I'm really hoping that solids will help. We're also having a bad patch with a lot of crying and his weight has dropped and are also due to see the paed this week. I asked HV today about baby rice but they said the same, wait…"

"Hi there I agree with the other lady's response, there are definitely better days than others. I go from thinkiong it's gone away to wanting to take him to A & E as he is screaming so much and I can't console him. Liz M"

"Hello I've recently found this site and whilst it's not nice tyo hear of other people having similar problems it is very helpful to read what they have to say. Our 16 week old hjas been on ranitidine for weeks and weeks and it does seem…"