:smt024 Question, I don't think that I dreamt this, but I thought that I read somewhere that someone's ped. told them to put a little jar food(fruit) in their baby's bottle (baby was 3 months old) to ease digestion (they had acid reflux) does anyone know anything about this???We have had a rough day, he seems to be refluxing alot today, he has hardly napped and he makes these horrible faces :smt087 in his sleep, then wakes up.

I'm moving this to the feeding forum, you might get more answers there! :)

thank you:smt023

Please don't do that. Solids can often make reflux worse especially in a baby that's too young for them, and especially if you're dealing w/ food allergies. If the meds aren't working, you need to change something. What formula are you using?

He is on Nutramigen, Zantac 1ml twice a day.
I just thought that I read it somewhere. :)
Thanks for the input

I'd probably frown upon that as well.

You might've been thinking of our recent discussion about adding a little something (juice, yobaby, etc.) to the bottle of a baby who's refusing the bottle just to change the taste. It was something our feeding spec once recommended, but my son was much older at the time.

So you probably weren't dreaming. :-D

Yeah, I think maggie was doing that as well for a bit..but Noah is much older, aswell.

My guess is you need a much higher dose of zantac. 3ml a day is the max dose for a 10# baby and you're only at 2ml, plus probably have a heavier baby than that. Also, if things don't get better on the right dose of meds, I would look into Neocate as an option.

Jennifer where did you come up with the information on the dosage? Also she didn't say anything about her child having allergies. Neocate is for children who can't tolerate milk or soy based formula's.

If you look at the dosing info on the zantac site, it gives you the dosing formula, I think it's 5-10ml/kg. I just know the 'formula' for it off the top of my head. Her baby is already on hypo formula, if reflux is still an issue despite meds and being on hypo formula, the next logical step IMO is completely eliminating the dairy to see if it helps. It made a huge difference in Evan. I strongly believe most babies w/ uncontrolled reflux have milk/soy issues as does our old GI.

I strongly believe most babies w/ uncontrolled reflux have milk/soy issues as does our old GI.

Where do you get this information from? Do you have a medical degree? Just because it worked for you son doesn't mean it will work for everyone elses. The problem is that you are pushing a formula on someone one and the formula you are pushing is a fomula that must be used under the supervision of a medical professional.

I've never pushed anything on anyone. If you didn't read my post, I suggested looking into Neocate. I didn't mail her some and force her to feed it to her baby! Obviously you have issues w/ me so maybe you should just stop reading my posts as your responses are not helping anyone unlike me who is at least trying to help by bringing MY personal experiences for the past 2.5 yrs to the discussion.

I am just making sure that the information that is given out is correct. So far you have done nothing but question the formula. Don't forget you are not a medical professional. It just is amazing how your child has a little of everything that anyone post about. WOW truly amazing.

I am just making sure that the information that is given out is correct. So far you have done nothing but question the formula. Don't forget you are not a medical professional. It just is amazing how your child has a little of everything that anyone post about. WOW truly amazing.

Excuse me?! Who are you to come and question me and my child and what is wrong w/ him? You should feel lucky your child can even eat baby food and that they get the chance to gag on it! Evan can't even do that. Also, who made you the info police? No one on here has ever claimed to be a DR and everyone knows that when people give them 'advice' or tells them what worked for them? Why are we here if not to share what we've been through and what has worked for us and our kids? Like I said before, if you don't like my posts, ignore them and move on. I pray your 2nd child doesn't throw you for all the loops Evan has thrown us for.

Oh, and she has mentioned food allergies in other posts before, even if she didn't mention it in this one. Just a FYI.

The problem with posting on a board is that it is somewhat impersonal. You do not have the benefit of having the person in front of you to see their facial expressions nor hear the intonation of their voice. I bet that if this conversation happened in person, neither one of you would have such issues with the posting.

The point of this board is to hear from people who have dealt with and are dealing with reflux and its related complications, to hear their experiences and to HELP others who are going down the same path. If people are new to reflux they will learn in short order that what works for one child does not necessarily work for another, but the information they gather is invaluable. The most wonderful part about this board is the many people who post and their variety of opinions, popular or not. This is not a medical site nor is it intended to be a substitute for a ped or GI. It is simply a BTDT board of parents offering what worked for their child(ren).

I have read the posts and think that if you re-read them you will see where things got off track. It is best to start with a clean slate and realize that people will have different opinions and that is fine. We are not part of the Stepford wives here. Everyone brings a new experience with GERD here.

Both of you are a benefit to the board, so please realize that. And let us not forget that the purpose of this thread was to help the original poster. I do not see anything wrong with any of the information that has been given. With everything here, we deal with suggestions.

If anyone does have a problem with another poster, there is an "ignore" option available on your preferences.

To Chrisemo

As far as adding fruit to the formula goes, I would not either. It can make reflux worse and is unnecessary. You may be asking for a trigger for allergies by adding foods in too early for an immature digestive system. Usually, a ped or GI will reccommend thickened bottles by adding rice or another cereal into the bottle. Forgive me if I am wrong, but I do believe I saw you post about Beechnut? I am not great at thickening as we did it short term when my son was 14 months old and it made things worse for him. I do recall a post as you mentioned, but I am unable to recall where presently. It mentioned the fruit addition, correct? There are several threads dealing with flavouring formulas for older children with fruit, yobaby, etc. at the moment.

Nutramigen is very inoffensive to digestion (not for taste!) for the vast majority of children. However, if meds do not ease up the reflux, then I would suggest looking into neocate as well. It is something to broach with your GI. One thing GIs and peds do is change formulas to see if that makes a difference and neocate was on our list to try next.

Do you prop his bed? I am sorry he has a flare right now, but sometimes little changes make the biggest difference.