Interesting info...Colic or Acid reflux?

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  • destinie1980
  on Jan. 25, 2008 at 7:02 PM
• could my baby have either one? She has a lot  of gas and she doesn't poop alot either is there something i can do to help her? she will be two months on the 27 of Jan 2008 and i have tried about everything i know. i have also talk to her Dr and that really hasn't gotten me anywhere other then some blood work that came back fine???? could you help me if you are able to. I have lost alot of sleep because of this. thank you        

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  • Lucysmum3
  on Feb. 1, 2008 at 12:52 PM
• I'm in the same boat..my son is 6 weeks and on zantac, however at night has colic still. I don't know what to do...

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  • kristyjean
  on Jun. 20, 2008 at 12:06 AM
• I thought my son had colic and so did his doctor. We tried different formulas for milk allergy. After a lot of research and frustration, I realized that he had silent reflux because he doesn't spit up. I took my info to his doctor when he was about 2 months old and they agreed with me. We changed his formula to the Enfamil AR with rice cereal in it based on the doctors recommendation. People say not to give your baby cereal in the bottle, but he really needed it. He was like a different baby. He didn't cry very much anymore, he had been crying minimum 8 hours each day. Nothing I did comforted him and now he was happy and loved to cuddle. Now he's 10 months old and he is such a happy little guy. He's also on Prevacid, which helps with the gagging and choking that he sometimes gets. The biggest difference was the formula, it made him feel better and he was happy. I still have him on it and I'm nervous to switch to milk when he turns 1 year. If you think your baby has colic, check the reflux signs and really evaluate your baby. If I hadn't done that I don't know when he would have been diagnosed and I would have lost my mind.

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  • autumnsmommy02
  on Jul. 2, 2008 at 3:13 PM
• My son goes on the 8th to see the GI doctor so I'll have to ask him about this. My daughter had very noticeable acid reflux so it's quite a good possibility. He always has gas and hiccups, likes to be held and goes through horrendous screaming and crying outbursts that NOTHING seems to be to calm.
  
  I read somewhere that polyhydramnios (excess fluid) during pregnancy could be caused from GI issues in the baby. Do you think the 2 could be linked. I had a lot of excess amniotic fluid and was induced at 38 weeks.

  (Please educate yourself before making decisions about your babies. Early cord clamping, Pitocin, Vitamin K, Vaccines.  "INFORMED DECISIONS" Make sure you know the facts before you decide!)

       

       

  

                         

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  • lilchickmamma
  on Jul. 29, 2008 at 11:46 AM

• My daughter has silent reflux (diagnosed at 7 weeks). She is now 8 months and doing much better, although still on medication. We tried Zantac which seemed to make things worse, then tried Zegerid which she is still on today. I'm hoping this might be her last batch of meds. The Zegerid is amazing stuff! It seems many people haven't heard of it so I just though I'd post this. :)

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  • mommyfish0f2
  on Sep. 17, 2008 at 5:49 PM

• Hello!  I am new to this.  My daughter just turned 3 weeks old and I am crying for help.  She has done switched formulas from the Enfamil Lipil to Gentlease, EnfamilA/R back to Gentlese.  I called the dr today and we are trying Nutramigen.   I wasn't sure if she had colic or acid.  I think more acid than anything.   The doctor didn't think she had colic b/c she didn't cry every night.  For the most part it is every night for 2 hours or so.  You can't even touch her belly w/o her getting upset.  Also it is not the same times every night either. 

  There are some things I have noticed and I am hoping you guys can help me.  After she eats she does get hiccups alot, she don't like to burp and when she does get fussy, she will arch her back and neck backwards.  Then she will stick her tongue out like she has a bad taste.  Today I finally got her laid down after being up from 11 pm till 4 this morning and she gasped for air and when I picked her up she acted like she was choking.   Also, when I feed her she gets choked really easy.  She is starting to spit up more now but not too bad.  I read where someone talked about them smelling like vomit and she has that smell also. She also rather be held then anything.  I can just tell she is in pain.  There is nothing I can do to soothe her.  I mean she grabs her face and trys to pull it off or i will take her hands and she will hold them so tight her finger tips turn white. Her body will stiffen.  It is horrible. 

  We switched back from the Enfamil AR because she was having trouble pooping.  It was so hard for her that it was stuck!!!  I know that is nasty but didn't know how else to describe it. 

  Do you think the Nutramigen will work or will she have to have meds for this?  I'm so scared of meds due to her only being 3 weeks of age.  Should I take her to the doctor and make them do test on her???   HELP!!!

  Thanks,  

  mom needing help

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  • mia480
  on Sep. 18, 2008 at 10:09 AM

• Hi mommy! I am going through this as well as you, my son is now 9 weeks old and still has his crying spells, but not so much the spitting up, AFTER The fact that he is now on SImilac Alimentum, which is similar to the Nutrimagen.  i have noticed a great improvement, but he will have his episodes like every other nite. I was told my pediactician, that it was ok to  feed him  every 2-2.5 hours but with smaller amounts, he takes usually 4 oz every 3, but if hes fussing enough to were he is very hungry , then to feed him. I am also taking him to my chiropractor for some adjustments, I read that it helps, 2 or so adjustments, and so far....he's improving. Its hard, of course. He doesn't have the projectile vomitting, he does spit up some, but only if hes not burped right away, and I have to sit himup for 20 or so min. after his feeding.

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  • Trinsmommy27
  on Sep. 29, 2008 at 3:16 PM

• Our youngest daughter had all the classic signs of colic but she rarely spit up and for two months our Dr told us that was all it was and we just had to suffer through it.  I spent all night holding her and never slept........we were all miserable.  I had a home nurse coming once a week through the WIC program and she was convinced it was some kind of gas issue since my poor baby would be moving her legs and squirming so much when she was crying the hardest.  I was breast feeding at the time and decided to switch to formula.  Then after a few weeks we switched to a soy-based formula, nothing helped what so ever.  I started making weekly trips to Canada for gripe water, which everyone swore by but was not available in the states.  To this day I couldn't say if it actually helped at all or just made me feel better to be doing something........anything.  Then one day we came home and she was sleeping so soundly in her car seat, eager to enjoy the peace and quiet for as long as possible we just left her in it and put her in the crib (car seat and all).  She slept longer then she ever had before!  She still cried and cried for the rest of the day but I had gotten some sleep and was no longer on the verge of suicide so it was indeed an improvement.  Before long she slept in her car seat every night and was getting a good 3-4 hours at a time of sleep.  I told our Dr of our discovery and he said great as long as she was safe in the car seat and could not fall out etc.  We informed him she was still crying and miserable the rest of the time and we still felt helpless.  Finally I decided to take my mother-in-law to our next appt. and she pushed for a second opinion (a pushy motherin-law is handy to have around sometimes).  We were sent to a pediatrition an hour away.  She scheduled us for a barium swallow test after our first consultation and told us to stop with the car seat business since it would most likely cause a curvature in my daughter's spine and life long problems.  It was discovered she did indeed have "mild" reflux.  She was put on two medications and we were instructed to buy a Tucker Sling and to elevate the head of her bed.  Eureeka!  I could have kissed that Dr.!  Before we knew it she was sleeping 4-6 hour blocks and was considerably less fussy during the day.  If we had only known a couple months earlier....... My daughter is now almost two but I still shudder when I think about what hell it is to have a screaming "colicy" newborn and how much stress and misery it caused my family and I hope this might help someone out there.........
  

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  • AudlyLuvly
  on Oct. 11, 2008 at 10:58 AM

• i found this website with a screening quiz for infant reflux, i thought that it might help some people.  my daughter will keep me up most of the night, gets the hiccups every time she eats, arches her back, and will suddenly start screaming out of no where sometimes... it's heartbreaking.. anyway, here's the site: http://heartburn.about.com/library/quizzes/bl_infantrefluxquiz.htm i hope that it helps!
  

  Mother to Paige Alexandria (1 month),

  Mercy Lynn (4 yrs)
  

  
  

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  • KylesMummy0801
  on Oct. 22, 2008 at 8:18 AM

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  Quoting AudlyLuvly:
  
  

  i found this website with a screening quiz for infant reflux, i thought that it might help some people.  my daughter will keep me up most of the night, gets the hiccups every time she eats, arches her back, and will suddenly start screaming out of no where sometimes... it's heartbreaking.. anyway, here's the site: http://heartburn.about.com/library/quizzes/bl_infantrefluxquiz.htm i hope that it helps!

  
  Hey thanks for sharing the link to that quiz.  My son's pediatrician diagnosed colic in him about a month ago & we switched his formula to enfamil nutramigen.  But i've had a gut feeling that something else was going on with him other than just colic.  He was spitting up this clear looking liquid & he gets the hiccups ALL THE TIME!  He cries when he gets them.  He always wants to be held or he'll scream. Also he gets soooooooooo fussy when drinking his bottle.  He'll scream & cry & a lot of times he cant even finish it.  the other day it took me over an hour to feed him because of his screaming.  He would take a couple of sips then burst out screaming.   I just took that quiz & it said my baby is showing lots of symptoms of baby reflux.  So i'm going to call the pedi office when they open to speak to a nurse about it. 

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