A concerned Mother of her baby?
My son has GERD and the Doc just put him on Zantac which has helped him tremendously. He has been doing so much better with the Zantac and the switching of his formula but I had just read online that it is dangerous too put babies on Zantac and no one should do it cause it could cause many proplems and this really concerns me now. My son is only 3 months old and has battled with his Gerd which has caused him to have Sleep apnea,, he stops breathing and had to be put on a sleep apnea monitor 24 hours a day. we switched his formula to Enfamil AR which helped a little but not enough and he just has not been doing well with his gerd at all until he started taking his Zantac now. He no longer needs his monitor, only at night time and he is just so much better so now I dont know what to do after reading this information about the Zantac so if anyone on here knows anything or could give me some advice I would greatly appreciate it. I dont want my baby to suffer anymore,, Please help
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my son had GERD as well. he didnt take Zantac he took Prevacid. it worked wonders! before then his reflux was so bad he would projectile vomit and sometimes nearly choke. he is now nearly 10 months and yesterday his Dr. said he didnt need the meds. today is his first day and he seems fine. no pain at all. he is not on AR lipil formula either, we were able to switch him to regular formula a couple weeks ago. it gets better with time, i can tell you that.
the first couple months were hardest. i bought lots of bibs and went through them quick. we had a whole drawer of bibs!!! it was heartbreaking to see my son spit up all the time and washing all the time was a must!! just keep him elevated as much as possible! i held my baby so much all the way up to 4 months! I was scared if i put him down his reflux would get worse.
dont worry about the Zantac. i know 3 babies who had to use it. one of them had to use both Prevacid and Zantac, she had it really bad. if you are scared about the Zantac ask what other options you have there are different meds for babies with reflux.
i would recommend getting a Bumbo baby seat to keep him upright while playing. I didnt get it and i regretted it. I could have used it!!! Instead i always had to hold my baby upright while playing with him.
the best thing i did was hold him through everything. if he was spitting up i would hold him even if it meant getting it on me. everyone told me to put him down, that i was spoiling him, but they didnt understand. i think holding him did help him at times. he’s not spoiled either, now he justs wants to get down and GO!
just be patient it probably wont last forever, most babies outgrow it. good luck, i know it will be hard having gone through it, but it gets better.