Pediatric Acid Reflux

Q.I Want to avoid Pediatric Gastroenterology. How can I help by baby w/Acid Reflux besides switching formula? We are gonna try Enfamil AR starting today. Dr visit is in 2 weeks for follow up. So can anyone in the group help me please?

A.There are a ton of meds out there that the dr can put your baby on, starting w/ the easy ones first like zantac and axid (they are weight based dosed so as your baby grows the dose has to go up) then the stronger meds like prevacid. Honestly the best thing you can do for your baby is go to ta ped gi... I am a respiratory therapist and a mother of a reflux baby... reflux is very dangerous for babies, it can cause numerous breathing problems for them, and eventually cause reccurent infections and pnemonias. it is very important to get the proper testing and treatment for your child. Another thing is 80-100 percent of children who are intollerent to cows milk are intollerent to soy so they cannot use any of the reg formulas and usually a formula like alimentum is best for reflux babies, the intollerence, allergies makes the reflux much much worse. you can also thicken your babies feedings w/ rice cereal... up to 1 tablespoon per ounce of formula, dr browns bottles makes a cereal nipple (that is what we used w/ my baby it did great)

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