baby with reflux - Acid Reflux / GERD Message Board

brwneyez9 · 10-28-2004, 09:14 AM

Hello everyone. My baby is 6 weeks old and at about 3 weeks we found out she had reflux. The doctor has had me add rice cereal to her feedings and she is on reglan and zantac. She seemed to slowly start feeling better. Then for like 5 days she was great. She sound congested all the time and has a hard time breathing. She snizzes and coughs alot. Sometimes she starts choking on it. A couple of times she had done the projectle vomit(spit up). Anyways things got bad again this week and i took her back to the doctor. They said that she also had laryngotracheomalasia. Something to do with the windpipe clapsing a little bit when she breaths. They said it would never claspe completely on her. They said that at six months of age they usually grow of this and the reflux too. Has anyone else out there had babies with these problems? This is really hard to deal with. I feel so bad for my little girl. They pretty much said they have done all they can do short of surgery and they won't do that b/c she probably will grow out of it. Which i don't want her to do surgery anyways. I just feel so bad for her. She is having an awful time. I just want to cry.Any suggestion on how to get through this.

bboz27 · 11-04-2004, 10:26 PM

My son, 5 months, has reflux really bad. Dr said to put him on cereal too. I did and it helped, but beware! If you start giving your baby cereal too young, he will put on major weight. I gave my son 2 cereal bottles a day starting at 2 months. Now he weighs 20 lbs. Dr put him on Zantac.

brwneyez9 · 11-08-2004, 07:52 PM

We don't give her cereal of just cereal. We mix just a little bit in her fromula every feeding. 1tbsp for every 4oz of fromula. So it's not alot, just enough to make it a little thicker for her. She has been on the meds and cereal since she was 3 weeks old. She really doesn't seem to be gaining weight to fast. 7lbs 8.4oz when she was born and like a week ago she was 8lbs 15oz.
Have you heard about the zantac? It was on my local news and newspaper that people on zantac can come down with pneumonia easier the average person. So be a little more careful this winter.Just thought you should know if you all ready didn't.
Is he on reglan too? We were also told she had troubles with her windpie collapsing on her when she breaths in. They told us it was common in babies with reflux. Does your son have this problems?