Hi Ladies.
My daughter is 8 wks old and on prevacid liquid compound for silent reflux. Its the 12th day. I've noticed a difference since day 1 on the medicine, she no longer cries at feedings, which makes me think she isn't in pain. However, the grunting while sleeping, head thrashing, back arching, is still present. Feeding her is still somewhat of a battle. She is formula fed. Only will eat an oz, maybe 2, at a time, and then pulls away. If she is really hungry she will try to suck on the bottle and eat more but she is pulling away often and her tongue is flapping all over pushing the nipple out, even tho she wants it. She also flails her arms around, its as if the startle reflex is on overdrive. I have to swaddle her in order to finish or else she is flailing too much and hitting the bottle, and I can see she gets worked up.
We had her on good start for first 5 wks, then switched to enfamil a+, tried nutramigen but she wouldn't eat that. Finally we tried alimentum and of course she likes the most expensive formula lol. So now its been one week on alimentum, and she still seems to like it, although its still a battle like I described above.
I'm seeing the Dr on Sat for her two month check up. I want to tell her that something doesn't feel right. Although my daughter isn't screaming, she is still showing the symptoms of reflux. Wouldnt these go away with the medication or am I wrong to expect that?
I have been obsessively reading about reflux and prevacid, and read that compounded prevacid loses effectiveness after a week. On day 8, she started crying and fussing more, so I renewed the prescription and started a fresh bottle. She didn't cry after that.
From the begining of the medication, it seemed like it wore off at around midnight as she would become fussy again for feedings. I told the Dr this and she deflected by saying babies fuss sometimes. This is my second baby so I know the difference between regular fussing and what this is. I don't expect much, I don't expect them to sleep through the night, I think I am realistic in what I expect.
I don't want every feed to be a challenge. I don't want to have to swaddle my baby just so she can eat. Is that normal? I feel like its not. The only time she doesn't need swaddling is if she's sleepy but then she ends up choking and waking up anyways.
Sorry this post is all over the place.
She takes 3.3ml once a day in the morning, 2 hrs after her last feed and 30 min before her next feed. The dr didnt say to give it twice a day. I wonder if the dose is too low?
Any thoughts and feedback would be appreciated.
we're back onto normal first stage milk, and she's having three meals a day! Not quite there with sleep but it's better than before x
