OT GERDlings

Our poor Damian has been having a time of it.
22 days old and he is on his fourth type of formula.
He was projectile vomiting, having a lot of gas, and seemed to be in
considerable distress every time he had a BM though he was definitely
_not_ constipated. So he had to have a gastric series to see if they
could figure it all out. The diagnosis is gastroesophageal reflux
disease (GERD).
Mama only has milk on one side, so supplementing with formula is
necessary. So he is now getting pharmacy formula instead of grocery
store formula (thank heavens for WIC!)
He also has two prescriptions prilosec (omeprazole) and regulan
(metoclopramide), and all told the new formula and the two
prescriptions seem to have made him vastly more comfortable and he is
keeping his food down.

Now we enter into the research phase.
Just how careful do you have to be feeding little bittys with GERD
when they start on new food? Will he have it forever or is it a
temporary thing caused by something at birth? Will he grow out of it?
DD was just so relieved that they could do something for him that she
hasn't even started wondering yet. Considering she got to sleep for
more than 20 minutes at a shot for the first time since he was born
the night he started the meds I am not surprised!

So has anybody had any experience with this sort of thing? I am
collecting up the info to pass on to DD when she has had more than a
few hours steady sleep and can think again.

NightMist
--

Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister.

O

Now we enter into the research phase.
Just how careful do you have to be feeding little bittys with GERD
when they start on new food? Will he have it forever or is it a
temporary thing caused by something at birth? Will he grow out of it?
DD was just so relieved that they could do something for him that she
hasn't even started wondering yet. Considering she got to sleep for
more than 20 minutes at a shot for the first time since he was born
the night he started the meds I am not surprised!

So has anybody had any experience with this sort of thing? I am
collecting up the info to pass on to DD when she has had more than a
few hours steady sleep and can think again.

NightMist
--

Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister.

Howdy!
Nephew Gabe (the Babe) was a 13 wk premie who was diagnosed with
GERD when he was moved from IV fluids to breast milk/formula 5 yrs
ago. He was in NICU for 13 weeks before he came home, still with
GERD. He was declared ok when he came home. So, yes they do out grow
it. Hang tough!

Back to Lurkdome,
Marian and the cracked assistants
Boston

My nephew had the projectile vomiting and he was breast fed only. His
doctor said that it would go away as soon as he started walking and
the stomach shifted downward. He started walking at 8 months and the
situation corrected itself.

Bonnie, in Middletown, VA


On Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:36:09 GMT, (NightMist)
wrote:


Our poor Damian has been having a time of it.
22 days old and he is on his fourth type of formula.
He was , having a lot of gas, and seemed to be in
considerable distress every time he had a BM though he was definitely
_not_ constipated. So he had to have a gastric series to see if they
could figure it all out. The diagnosis is gastroesophageal reflux
disease (GERD).
Mama only has milk on one side, so supplementing with formula is
necessary. So he is now getting pharmacy formula instead of grocery
store formula (thank heavens for WIC!)
He also has two prescriptions prilosec (omeprazole) and regulan
(metoclopramide), and all told the new formula and the two
prescriptions seem to have made him vastly more comfortable and he is
keeping his food down.

Now we enter into the research phase.
Just how careful do you have to be feeding little bittys with GERD
when they start on new food? Will he have it forever or is it a
temporary thing caused by something at birth? Will he grow out of it?
DD was just so relieved that they could do something for him that she
hasn't even started wondering yet. Considering she got to sleep for
more than 20 minutes at a shot for the first time since he was born
the night he started the meds I am not surprised!

So has anybody had any experience with this sort of thing? I am
collecting up the info to pass on to DD when she has had more than a
few hours steady sleep and can think again.

NightMist

Ask the Dr if he was born without a Sphincter Valve. I was, but wasn't
diagnosed until my 40's and had the first of 2 'repair' surgeries. I'm on
both of those meds and probably will be forever. (Reglan was an on/off thing
but now it's daily once again as I have another Hiatal Hernia)

DS had the projectile vomiting and the Dr said he was 'allergic' to my milk!
That was a hard one to handle...first babe and all.. He hasn't ever been
able to 'just drink milk' but can eat very small amounts of plain vanilla
ice cream and does have cheese on his burgers.
He's 6' and wears a size 14 shoe.....

Butterfly (Hope theses meds straighten things out for them)


"NightMist" wrote in message
...

Our poor Damian has been having a time of it.
22 days old and he is on his fourth type of formula.
He was projectile vomiting, having a lot of gas, and seemed to be in
considerable distress every time he had a BM though he was definitely
_not_ constipated. So he had to have a gastric series to see if they
could figure it all out. The diagnosis is gastroesophageal reflux
disease (GERD).
Mama only has milk on one side, so supplementing with formula is
necessary. So he is now getting pharmacy formula instead of grocery
store formula (thank heavens for WIC!)
He also has two prescriptions prilosec (omeprazole) and regulan
(metoclopramide), and all told the new formula and the two
prescriptions seem to have made him vastly more comfortable and he is
keeping his food down.

Now we enter into the research phase.
Just how careful do you have to be feeding little bittys with GERD
when they start on new food? Will he have it forever or is it a
temporary thing caused by something at birth? Will he grow out of it?
DD was just so relieved that they could do something for him that she
hasn't even started wondering yet. Considering she got to sleep for
more than 20 minutes at a shot for the first time since he was born
the night he started the meds I am not surprised!

So has anybody had any experience with this sort of thing? I am
collecting up the info to pass on to DD when she has had more than a
few hours steady sleep and can think again.

NightMist
--

Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister.

" wrote:

Howdy!
Nephew Gabe (the Babe) was a 13 wk premie who was diagnosed with
GERD when he was moved from IV fluids to breast milk/formula 5 yrs
ago. He was in NICU for 13 weeks before he came home, still with
GERD. He was declared ok when he came home. So, yes they do out grow
it. Hang tough!

Back to Lurkdome,
Marian and the cracked assistants
Boston
First of all, my friend's son had GERD--very impressive projectile
vomitting. He is now an almost senior in college and hasn't had to be
kept upright after a feeding for 20+ years (this part was kind of a
drag when he was tiny). The story was that sometimes a stomach etc is
immature and will catch up in time.

Second, Marian! Please check in with your very own subject line and
give us an update on you and those lovely assistants!



Mary

And just like that, you sneak in, and plan to leave again!!!!!!!??????????
Please stick around. It's been years since we heard from you. I miss you a
lot.
Gen



wrote in message
...
Howdy!
Nephew Gabe (the Babe) was a 13 wk premie who was diagnosed with
GERD when he was moved from IV fluids to breast milk/formula 5 yrs
ago. He was in NICU for 13 weeks before he came home, still with
GERD. He was declared ok when he came home. So, yes they do out grow
it. Hang tough!

Back to Lurkdome,
Marian and the cracked assistants
Boston

My dad and youngest brother and I all have hiatal hernias that cause vicious
GERD. Laying down after eating- especially dairy products- cause terrible
acid reflux and we all have moderate to severe esophagus damage from the
acid. We all take Prilosec to help- plus my brother is about to have his
second surgery to repair the problem. He's been sleeping in a recliner for
years- he can't lay down flat at all. It sucks. I'll say some prayers for
the darling baby and his exhausted mommy and worried granny. Nobody
deserves to be miserable and especially not a tiny one.

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

"Butterflywings" wrote in message
...
Ask the Dr if he was born without a Sphincter Valve. I was, but wasn't
diagnosed until my 40's and had the first of 2 'repair' surgeries. I'm on
both of those meds and probably will be forever. (Reglan was an on/off
thing but now it's daily once again as I have another Hiatal Hernia)

DS had the projectile vomiting and the Dr said he was 'allergic' to my
milk! That was a hard one to handle...first babe and all.. He hasn't ever
been able to 'just drink milk' but can eat very small amounts of plain
vanilla ice cream and does have cheese on his burgers.
He's 6' and wears a size 14 shoe.....

Butterfly (Hope theses meds straighten things out for them)


"NightMist" wrote in message
...

Our poor Damian has been having a time of it.
22 days old and he is on his fourth type of formula.
He was projectile vomiting, having a lot of gas, and seemed to be in
considerable distress every time he had a BM though he was definitely
_not_ constipated. So he had to have a gastric series to see if they
could figure it all out. The diagnosis is gastroesophageal reflux
disease (GERD).
Mama only has milk on one side, so supplementing with formula is
necessary. So he is now getting pharmacy formula instead of grocery
store formula (thank heavens for WIC!)
He also has two prescriptions prilosec (omeprazole) and regulan
(metoclopramide), and all told the new formula and the two
prescriptions seem to have made him vastly more comfortable and he is
keeping his food down.

Now we enter into the research phase.
Just how careful do you have to be feeding little bittys with GERD
when they start on new food? Will he have it forever or is it a
temporary thing caused by something at birth? Will he grow out of it?
DD was just so relieved that they could do something for him that she
hasn't even started wondering yet. Considering she got to sleep for
more than 20 minutes at a shot for the first time since he was born
the night he started the meds I am not surprised!

So has anybody had any experience with this sort of thing? I am
collecting up the info to pass on to DD when she has had more than a
few hours steady sleep and can think again.

NightMist
--

Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister.

On Jul 2, 10:36 am, (NightMist) wrote:
Our poor Damian has been having a time of it.
22 days old and he is on his fourth type of formula.
He was projectile vomiting, having a lot of gas, and seemed to be in
considerable distress every time he had a BM though he was definitely
_not_ constipated. So he had to have a gastric series to see if they
could figure it all out. The diagnosis is gastroesophageal reflux
disease (GERD).
Mama only has milk on one side, so supplementing with formula is
necessary. So he is now getting pharmacy formula instead of grocery
store formula (thank heavens for WIC!)
He also has two prescriptions prilosec (omeprazole) and regulan
(metoclopramide), and all told the new formula and the two
prescriptions seem to have made him vastly more comfortable and he is
keeping his food down.

Now we enter into the research phase.
Just how careful do you have to be feeding little bittys with GERD
when they start on new food? Will he have it forever or is it a
temporary thing caused by something at birth? Will he grow out of it?
DD was just so relieved that they could do something for him that she
hasn't even started wondering yet. Considering she got to sleep for
more than 20 minutes at a shot for the first time since he was born
the night he started the meds I am not surprised!

So has anybody had any experience with this sort of thing? I am
collecting up the info to pass on to DD when she has had more than a
few hours steady sleep and can think again.

NightMist
--

Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister.

Yes, they DO grow out of it!! Bek had this as well, and before we put
her on any medication, the doctor wanted to try mixing rice cereal in
with the formula - she was about a month and a half old when they told
us this. It seemed to help her until my MOther decided to bounce her
right after a feeding....not my fault, but Mother stuck me with her
dry cleaning bill.

Something to consider

Larisa

NM:
First, congrats on your new grandson!

I just took a peek in the Mayo Clinic site and there IS a report that may
suit your needs. It is titled Infant Acid Reflux. I found it by going to
Mayoclinic.com and using the word GERD as the search. If I could copy and
paste that I would, but I can't so I won't!
--
Pat

"NightMist" wrote in message
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Our poor Damian has been having a time of it.
22 days old and he is on his fourth type of formula.
He was projectile vomiting, having a lot of gas, and seemed to be in
considerable distress every time he had a BM though he was definitely
_not_ constipated. So he had to have a gastric series to see if they
could figure it all out. The diagnosis is gastroesophageal reflux
disease (GERD).
.......cut...........
So has anybody had any experience with this sort of thing? I am
collecting up the info to pass on to DD when she has had more than a
few hours steady sleep and can think again.

Marian! Great to see you! Don't go back just yet, give us a little update.
Please!
Roberta in D

schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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Now we enter into the research phase.
Just how careful do you have to be feeding little bittys with GERD
when they start on new food? Will he have it forever or is it a
temporary thing caused by something at birth? Will he grow out of it?
DD was just so relieved that they could do something for him that she
hasn't even started wondering yet. Considering she got to sleep for
more than 20 minutes at a shot for the first time since he was born
the night he started the meds I am not surprised!

So has anybody had any experience with this sort of thing? I am
collecting up the info to pass on to DD when she has had more than a
few hours steady sleep and can think again.

NightMist
--

Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister.

Howdy!
Nephew Gabe (the Babe) was a 13 wk premie who was diagnosed with
GERD when he was moved from IV fluids to breast milk/formula 5 yrs
ago. He was in NICU for 13 weeks before he came home, still with
GERD. He was declared ok when he came home. So, yes they do out grow
it. Hang tough!

Back to Lurkdome,
Marian and the cracked assistants
Boston