Natural Remedies for infant Reflux............?Please Help?

Question

My 10 wk. old daughter is strictly breasefed and she's been getting really gassy during feedings and comes off the breast screaming after 3 min.s . Her ss are frequent and dark green, she urinates regularly. I'm staying away from peanut butter, cabbage and broccoli. She spits up often and ocassionally it's projectile, always white fluid with small clumps and sour smelling. She often wakes after just an hours (somethimes half hour) sleep loudly screaming. I hate for her to be soo uncomfortable I really don't want to put her on a bottle and add rice cereal if I can avoid it. I'll try anything natural.
We just started proping her up to sleep.
Thank You in advance.

Answer 1

Have you considered she's either sensitive or allergic to something you eat?? The number source of baby's being upset is milka nd dairy products. Maybe you could try doing am elimination diet. Eat very simple foods for a weeks or two, such as brown rice and steamed veggies and see if she gets better. If she does, start adding certain foods, one at a time for a week each, back in until you notice she is having issues with a specific item. If you are not willing to do this, remove dairy and soy from you diet. This means no butter, milk, cream cheese, whey. casein (read ingeredient lables), soy of any kind, tofu, or soy lecithin (read ingredient labels), etc. Good luck!

Answer 2

Dear Rogue, I experienced something similar with my last baby although he didn't have projectile vomiting. I discovered a remedy that was so simple and logical, it amazes me there isn't more advice given in this regard. The remedy is soluble fibre.

I had chronic reflux with both of my pregnancies until a midwife told me to take Metamucil (soluble fibre). I did from that day on and I NEVER experienced reflux again. The reason is simple, if the stomach senses a slowing in the bowel, it holds the food to avoid overloading the bowel. Only problem is that that then causes overloading in the stomach, indegestion and reflux. If you're breastfeeding, taking soluble fibre once per day will take about 48hours to effectively reach your breastmilk and another 48hours to get through bubs bowels. As well as clearing blocked bowels (which all babies suffer) it is a detoxifier and can work wonders on gas.

My baby was transformed once I started on Metamucil and whenever I stop, he gets gassy and fussy. Keep those poops moving! It can't hurt so give it a try. Fingers crossed it will help you as much as it helped me.

Answer 3

My daughters were both sensitive to dairy. I had to stop drinking cows milk and soon after they were fine. If it is a matter of her having gas, here's what I did. Fill a bottle with about 2 ounces of water and add no more that 1/4 tsp of baking soda. Mix well and let her drink some. She doesn't have to drink it all. The baking soda will help bring up the gas bubbles. A few minutes after she has had the mixture, hold her close to you and bend over then stand up again quickly. This will also help to bring up the bubbles. Don't use the baking soda mixture every time, only when you really need to because the baking soda can rob your baby of the minerals she needs. It is ok to do this once a week or so. This worked really well for me. Good luck!!

Answer 4

If your daughter's vomit is white with sour smelling clumps she is more than likely allergic to your breast milk. My son had the same thing. He constantly threw up what looked like cottage cheese chunks along with diarrhea and persistant diaper rash. I was unable to breast feed him and it seemed every formula I tried had the same effect on him until I tried Carnation baby formula with comfort proteins. You might also want to try a soy based formula due to the fact that most kids have allergies to cows milk. My son is now 7 years old and all we drink is vanilla soy milk. He is able to eat cheese, ice cream, yogurt, etc. He is not lactaid intolerant, he has an allergy to a specific protein in the cows milk. So the good news is he can eat all of these other foods because during the processing of these products the protein he is allergic to is destroyed. Don't let your baby and yourself suffer through this - switch to soy right away. It will make a world of difference for you and your baby.

Good Luck!

Answer 5

I used to use Percy's medicine. It's a natural laxative for babies very mild, you find it in the baby section of your pharmacy or grocer. My mother in law used to use it. I think it is smart that you are laying off the things that make us all gassy because that will cause your baby's gassiness also. Make sure you aren't drinking too many carbonated beverages or caffeine beverages. Sometimes a pedialyte is good for her also. Dehydration is bad in the summer.

Answer 6

this sounds entirely normal to me. Make sure she is well burped - immeditately after the feed and then twenty minutes later again. Feed her with her body in a more upright position rather than lying flat. It shouold pass in a month or two - take her to a doctor if worried.

Answer 7

Instead of propping her up, try putting her to bed on her stomach. If you can get her to take it, a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar will neutralize the acids in her stomach.