Mary Edel's Page

Hi Ladies, We have had an eventfull couple of days with my little refluxer being in hospital with bronchiolitis. Thankfully he is home now on inhalers. My consultant came to see us today as we were due to see him on weds. He has told me to stop the zantac and has put Ryan on 5mg  omezaparole. the nurse showed me how to dissolve the tablets etc but when i collected the script it is the liquid form and was told not to drop the bag as it is very expensive! Is this liquid stuff and better? As much…See More

Hi Ladies, Another question!  We are almost 4 weeks on neocate. Ryan is 16 weeks almost 17. The first 8 days were difficult with poor feeding and screaming. Same as before we went onto neocate. Excema cleared up initially but is back worse than ever. The screaming stopped and he was happily taking 4oz bottles for me.  However for this past 5/6 days he has gradually went back to square one. Refusing to feed and screaming. I am in tears at every attempted feed. He has had a cold and is now…See More

Hi Ladies. Firstly can I say this forum is a lifesaver for those like myself starting out on a reflux/intolerance journey so thanks for that.  We have been on neocate 3 weeks now. The screaming at the bottle has stopped and the excema did settle initially. He only takes 4 oz max of neocate but is getting over 20oz most days so I am not too concerned about that. The screaming at the bottle has stopped but he still fusses alot and feeding is still hard work taking an hour for 4 oz .  He has in…See More