Re: Reflux & G tube -

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A few people have been talking about reflux lately and I thought I'd

just share my experience. Wyatt had refulx. Not so bad he couldn't

eat at all orally but when he vomitted it was like the exorcist.

After months and months of ruined receiving blankets and clothes I

finally wised up and began to carry a box of quart or gallon sized

ziploc baggies in my diaper bag as well as multiple changes of

clothing for him and us! He was breastfed and ate every hour and spit

back up probably a good half of what he ate. I never thought he'd

outgrow it but around 18 months to 2 years it stopped unless he was

sick and coughing VERY hard. He of course was to young to hawk it up

and spit it out so if he had to get rid of extra phlegm he threw up.

When he started eating cereal and formula (I had to stop

breastfeeding for nourishment at 8 months old by order of the doctor

but got to do it for comfort till he weaned himself the day before he

turned one year old) we added LOTS of rice cereal to 30cal

nutramagean and it was like a thick Mc's shake consistency. He

never used a bottle but we had to use a sippy cup w/ a large opening

so the formula would get through.

It does and it will get better little by little the older they get

and the more solid food you can get down them. It just takes them

longer than a " non cf " baby to strenghthen the muscle that keeps the

food down because of their coughing.

If you have babies on formula that need to put on weight you may

talk to your dietician about doing something like I did w/ a30cal

nutramagen with rice cereal and there was a little packet of

flavoring that added extra calories we used too. I forget exactly why

nutramagen as it is the most expensive formula out there but I think

because it's very close to breastmilk and I mixed it to get maximum

calories out of it so instead of one scoop formula to one ounce water

I used 3 or 4 scoops per ounce of water. I went through a can a day I

think so I applied for WIC and had the doctor write a letter of

medical necessity and I believe if I'm correct I got all the formula

I needed for the month free through WIC (CASES OF IT!!) When Wyatt

stopped using formula I actually returned a couple of cases I had

left over.

Anyways, just a thought. Maybe that will help someone! Christy mom

of Wyatt 7wcf and Hunter 2.5 wocf