Who on here has/had a reflux baby?

[Hollyadmin]

Just curious how many of us have had their baby diagnosed with reflux? Are you convinced that your baby actually has it? (not saying he or she doesn't, just that it does tend to be overdiagnosed). Or, retrospectively, do you think your baby really had reflux?

Sammy was dx at 3 weeks old, but of course the dr. didn't do any real testing, just put him on Zantac. Looking back, I don't think he really had it. He spit up a lot, but many babies do, and don't scream about it.  I think it was Sammy overreacting to 'normal' baby reflux.

[Melanie]

Hi Holly,
My son was diagnosed with reflux, and the medication definitely helped.  It wasn't just the spitting up, he would gasp if he laid flat.  He spent the first 4 months sleeping in his vibrating chair, swaddled...

Did you read Carly Weeks' article in the Globe &Mail?  My friends all thought we were celebrities

[Hollyadmin]

I'm so glad the medication helped him. Gasping when laying down...that must have been so scary!

Yes, I read that article. Carly interviewed me for it - nice girl. Would have been nice if she'd have mentioned the website though!! (but I'm not bitter  )

[civano]

Both of my babies have been diagnosed with reflux and both definitely had it. Miles vomits more than any other baby I know. It's beyond spit up. Now that he's on prevacid solutabs for the most part he isn't too bothered by vomiting. Although later in the day, that varies.

[sunshinebaby]

I think my daughter was about 2.5 months when I took her to the pedi because she just wouldn't stop screaming, we hit a wall with breastfeeding, she would arch her back and scream...Her pedi was HORRIBLE, he "guessed" it was reflux, put her on meds for a month, they did nothing, then recommended I give her cereal.  All this for a condition that I am convinced she never had.  I couldn't believe there was actually a pedi out there who was so anti-breastfeeding.  He questioned me on everything related to that.  I had enough struggles dealing with a high-needs infant, but to have her pedi constantly telling me to do things that went against my instinct made me constantly question myself. I found ways to make things work myself.  For a month or more, most feedings I had to hand express some milk and then she wouldn't let me sit, I had to pace while she nursed.  Many times my dh would come home to me pacing with her in the kitchen, the faucet running just to keep her calm.  I didn't think I would survive that phase, but it got better.  Thankfully I found a pedi who is far more supportive.

[fbsurvivor]

My daughter had pretty mild reflux.  Some of it was simply caused by the doctors pushing us to to feed her so much and then she would toss it back up. We put her on Prevacid.  At first it seemed to help, but when we went to a gastroenterologist, he recommended taking her off of it and not stuffing her so much.  However, we did keep her upright a lot of the time.  She slept in her carseat for like 8 months or something. 

[fbsurvivor]

OT-Sunshine Baby-  From what I've experienced a lot of the pediatricians are anti-breastfeeding, particularly the older ones.  I had a lot of struggles with my daughter's weight gain, so I definitely learned about this.  You don't realize how hard it is to breastfeed until you have nurses offering formula in the first 24 hours and doctors pushing formula when your baby has any problems.  Frustration.  I think things are tough and confusing these days for moms.  On the one hand is the attachment parenting philosophy and on the other is the medical approach.  And that's a simplified version of it.  There are the psychologists and the educators as well and it goes on and on.  How are we supposed to decide which one of these approaches to take, especially when our babies start having problems?  I remember the nurses kept pushing me to use a pacifier in the hospital, but I'd heard a million times not to use a pacifier because it interfered with breastfeeding.  Then lo and behold, they gave a DVD to watch at the hospital and it said exactly that.  I pointed this out to one of the confused nurses.  I did finally give in on the pacifier thing, though, because one of the nurses said she thought the pacifier thing was hogwash and I think everyone was tired of listening to my daughter scream.  Anyway, I almost gave up on our pediatricians, but there was only one of them I really disliked.  In another example of blatant contradiction in the medical community.  In the hospital they would put my daughter to sleep on her side, so when I went to the pediatrician I asked him if that was OK, and he said "no, they don't care."  I guess the nurses at the hospital don't care.    Sometimes I just love the medical community.

[Mbrown602]

Nadia was diagnosed with reflux a week ago. She's 11 wks now. She was crying after every feeding, spit up a ton and sometimes had projectile vomit too. I can't tell you how many outfits of mine and hers we've washed plus the spit up stains on the carpet. The dr. prescribed zantac and I feel it helps. She cries less now and I think I'm finally starting to see the happy baby she really can be.