Acid Reflux Triggers in Children Cristina (Brunswick Md) on 03/22/2018
My daughter got much better without medicine and going off the melatonin. Stick to regular night time and wake up early, also no soda and take pro biotics with applies for the prebiotic .... Good luck everyone
Melnaie (Mountain City, Tn) on 04/17/2016
After determining that I wouldn't be able to breastfeed my son, we began the roller coaster of finding the right formula. I noticed that the more "gentle" the formula, the more distress he suffered, and realized it was probably a corn allergy. Five pediatricians disagreed with me. They insisted that projectile vomit and constant spitting up was common and could be alleviated with medications. I switched to an organic rice formula, again despite everyone's objections, and my son is fine. He never spit up again.
Kali (Cincinnati, Oh) on 04/29/2014
Tiffany (Orange City, Florida, United States) on 09/27/2011
Ari (Atlanta, Ga) on 09/21/2011
Liz (Honolulu, Hi ) on 09/19/2011
Nola (Otis, Maine Usa) on 05/24/2011
Gean (Salina, Ks) on 11/06/2009
Aggieized (Clovis, Nm) on 11/05/2009
Has anyone out there tried this with their babies or children? Any luck?
Even though my son is falling off the growth curve, his developmental abilities are right on track, and even ahead of his age in some areas.
Thanks for your help.
Julia
Lori (Dallas, Tx) on 09/10/2009
Through personal experience that was followed up with educating other new moms and having them try the same remedy, we think that acid reflux in many infants is being caused by plastic baby bottles.
There has been controversy regarding BPA of course. But even with BPA-free bottles, chemicals are still leaching into the milk, even when the bottle is new and even when the bottle has not been heated (one of the bullet points of what not to do with plastic).
Instead of repeating the details here, here is the link for the entire story regarding my granddaughter's horrible spitting up problem: http://bottleswottles.com/babyacidreflux.html and the link to a followup: http://bottleswottles.com/Story-AJ.html.
Since that time, we have been trying to accomplish a couple of things. Primarily, we would like to determine if indeed this could be true. That acid reflux in many infants could be cured by using glass instead of plastic. To do that, we need to get the word out and get testimonials back to show that we aren't unique... that this is indeed a problem.
Might you have any data on this already? If not, do you have recommendations on how we might go about accomplishing this goal?
Now, you can see from the link above that my daughter, as a result of her quest, started a business. If people use glass bottles, they will need to protect them and that is what Bottle Swottles are. But that is not my point here. I know your site will not promote or sell any products. That's not what I'm trying to accomplish.
I'm trying to figure out how to determine if we are on the right track. We think we are. We've seen it several times. Although we hear from moms that it works, we often don't get a written story from them about it. And that's what we think we need -- many testimonials before anyone will take an interest in this idea. Even my granddaughter's own pediatrician (who we normally are in agreement with) thinks we are unique, that this solution is not common. Therefore, she continues to prescribe acid reflux medicine to her patients instead of providing them with this simple alternative. If we had 30 stories from mom who remedied their baby's acid reflux just by discontinuing plastic bottles, doctors, the media, Oprah would be more likely to take an interest. This could be an amazingly simple and cheap and healthy solution. All we need to do is get the word out. But we're just a couple of moms and have no way to do that. We need help.
Please contact me if you have any suggestions or recommendations or data or research or links to other sites that could help us further this cause.
Thank you very much!!!
Lori
Susan (Maricopa, Az , USA) on 09/06/2009
I was searching for something else that we could try to give her for what I am guessing is the acid travelling back up to her throat and why she cries, drinks some water (which is thickened too - and she can't drink anything else or she will vomit) and I see information on ACV.. Any help on how to give her that? Would I do straight ACV, how much would I put down her tube? How often would one suggest? Anyone foresee it being a problem? I have her on a pribiotic every day already and then she is on two different reflux meds as well as mito "cocktails" and motility meds. I'm afraid she is getting backed up again? And why we are having more reflux issues? They have reduced her bolus feeds to a lower volume and more times during the day, but I'm seeing the beginnings of where we were a few weeks ago... she also has many bouts of hiccup episodes. Anyway, I just thought I would ask, I didn't see anything in the other questions like our situation, I may have missed however so again I apologize. Thank you. Susan
Mischa (Plainfield, Illinois/USA) on 12/30/2008
Better But With Side Effects
Is there anything else I can do to ease his discomfort and help relieve his sinus pressure?
Liz (Midland, TX) on 12/09/2008
12oz. spring water
6oz. goats milk
1/4 tsp. childrens probiotic powder
1/4 tsp. acerola cerry powder(17% vitC)
1 tsp. whey protein concentrate
1 tsp. nutritional yeast
1 1/2 capsules of colostrum
4 tblsp. mineral whey powder (Goatine)
1/2 tsp. cod liver oil
1/2 tsp. sunflower oil
1/2 tsp. extra virgin olive oil
1/2 tsp. extra virgin coconut oil
I really don't feel like it is the formula that is causing this because he had this problem before the formula (I could be wrong). My question is: will giving him the apple cider vinegar help a baby this young and how should I give it to him if so? (bottle? & what volume) Are there any other recommendations you may have. Thank you for your time and help.
