https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:46:21 +0000 Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:01:13 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 11.10 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=30437 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=30437&PID=868599&title=advice-on-gaviscon-etc#868599 Author: AandCsmum
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Posted: 12 December 2009 at 8:01pm

Yesterday I was a bit slack on the gav & we were up constantly from 2.30 am......pays to certainly give it as much as possible!]]> Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:01:13 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=30437&PID=868599&title=advice-on-gaviscon-etc#868599 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=30437&PID=868471&title=advice-on-gaviscon-etc#868471 Author: mummymonster
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Posted: 12 December 2009 at 4:06pm

He slept well last night too. The 2am feed was a bit of a mess, but when he got back to bed he was down till 6.45 again - yay
(he used to wake repeatedly from 2 - 5.30am start of day)]]> Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:06:08 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=30437&PID=868471&title=advice-on-gaviscon-etc#868471 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=30437&PID=867992&title=advice-on-gaviscon-etc#867992 Author: AandCsmum
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Posted: 11 December 2009 at 8:01pm

Least you picked it up at 4 months not 10 months like we did! I feel so bad. He is always a happy baby so didn't pick it up, plus it presented like asthma.

We are very lucky here that we have not had the constipation!

Hope you have a good night tonight ]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:01:27 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=30437&PID=867992&title=advice-on-gaviscon-etc#867992 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=30437&PID=867957&title=advice-on-gaviscon-etc#867957 Author: SophiasMummy
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Posted: 11 December 2009 at 7:25pm

Yes be a little careful, I gave Sophia 2 sachets and she got so bunged up and was in pain from that. So I went back to the doc and demanded omeprazole, if you do go down that path then get granules not suspension, granules work way better consistently.

To me Sophia did not display all the classic signs of reflux and it was not till I spoke to plunketline that I realised that it probably was, got her on meds and she was a new baby.

Hope you are making progress and you are getting some rest to!]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:25:30 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=30437&PID=867957&title=advice-on-gaviscon-etc#867957 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=30437&PID=867939&title=advice-on-gaviscon-etc#867939 Author: wellymummy
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Posted: 11 December 2009 at 7:08pm

my wee man was on gavisvon to start with, then we switched to Ranitidine which was much more convieniant to give.
I was told to give the gavison beofre a feed, but breastfeeding it isnt as easy as putting it in the formula. I think by memory i gave it half way through a feed.
The only thing I would say about gavison is that it does constipate bubs, so watch out for that....I only gave 1 sachet at a time and no more than 4 a day, and this still helped..but still tends to bind up no. 2's, then they end up with another problem!
Good luck]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:08:20 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=30437&PID=867939&title=advice-on-gaviscon-etc#867939 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=30437&PID=867849&title=advice-on-gaviscon-etc#867849 Author: mollycat
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Posted: 11 December 2009 at 5:23pm

Yep - 12 sachets per day is fine. Although my practice nurse said I was exceeding my "allowable dosage" because Gaviscon is a controlled medicine and would no longer give me any more. WTF? So, Ryan is now on Omeprazole which I must say is a godsend as his reflux was quite severe with lots of screaming himself into an exhausted sleep. Like AliasMum - stupid doctors for not doing anything about it until I showed him a video of Ryan having an attack. 14 weeks of listening to that would do anyone's head in.

I would say start with Gaviscon at every feed up to the max. I learned that doing less than the max meant disaster.]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:23:52 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=30437&PID=867849&title=advice-on-gaviscon-etc#867849 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=30437&PID=867672&title=advice-on-gaviscon-etc#867672 Author: mummymonster
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Posted: 11 December 2009 at 2:54pm

And here I was thinking that drooling was just a sign of being a baby. We call him Mr Dribbles
In the Dr's office he did this thing like a hicup then a swallow. She said that could be a sign of reflux, I thought, really? He does it all the time, now I feel really guilty for not picking up on it earlier. I read the reflux signs ages ago, and he just didn't match up to their symptoms.


Edited by IsaacsMum]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:54:22 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=30437&PID=867672&title=advice-on-gaviscon-etc#867672 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=30437&PID=867367&title=advice-on-gaviscon-etc#867367 Author: AandCsmum
Subject: 30437
Posted: 11 December 2009 at 10:29am

As I say "All Hail the Gaviscon gods!"

Drooling is a sign of reflux.

I give 2 sachets up to 6 times a day so that is 12 sachet's in all. Definitely do the 2 sachet's every time.

Give after every time he eats. You will find that he will space out his feeding cause he's wanting that milk to sooth his tum.

So when you dream feed at night give him the Gav, if you are BF'ing then put the gav in a bottle & feed it to him or syringe it into his cheek. Then again at the 2.45am feed, I think you can put it in with the formula??

One huge thing I've noticed is sleeps are so much better, his hair is growing & OMG I can't get enough solids into him so he's eating like a horse now! We've been on Gav for about 2 weeks now. LOVE IT!

Put solids off for now. You want to be able to heal his tum/throat first. In a week then add in some simple food like farex or pear. Nothing to harsh.

And start after the next time he eats. I wish I'd figured out what was wrong with Cooper way back when he was wee. I guess that is the problem with silent refflux & Dr's who get their degrees off weetbix packets]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:29:13 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=30437&PID=867367&title=advice-on-gaviscon-etc#867367 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=30437&PID=867260&title=advice-on-gaviscon-etc#867260 Author: mummymonster
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Posted: 11 December 2009 at 8:30am

Not sure where to start, I'm looking for some advice. Sorry about the novel but think it needs a bit of back story. . . . .

DS's sleep behaviour was getting worse and worse. We've had issues with BF for a while, to spite feeding as much as 9-10 times a day (sometimes for only 2min) he always seemed hungry but didn't want to eat (breast) except bottle and has been getting 2 x 120ml topups a day for about 6 weeks. Now he's just over 4 months and chewing and drooling when he sees us eat which reinforced my thought that he's hungry and could do with solids even though it's a bit early.

His sleep behavior was getting worse than I could handle and yesterday we went to the Drs and I talked about transferring him to fulltime FF, and starting solids - as I thought the issue was he didn't like BF and preferred the bottle. Dr also gave me some infant gaviscon because maybe it's reflux, no harm in trying. Because I was focused on the problem being my breast milk, we didn't really talk about reflux much.

He'd been up since 8am, BF had failed 3 times, we got home at 2.30pm. 200ml FF and into bed. He slept till 6pm - my DS sleeping 3hrs in the day? Unheard of! Up, short play, bath, BF and 2 sachets of gaviscon by spoon. (Little guy could not have been more enthusiastic about the spoon.) Dreamfeed 10pm. Wake for feeding 2.45am BF + 120ml FF with 1 dose gaviscon. He slept till 6.45am!
OMG that's the best nights sleep he's had like ever! Can you say happy baby? Even his breakfast BF went better than usual.

Here the bit I need advice on. I don't want to change everything all at once. BF to FF, adding solids, using Gaviscon because then I won't know what's actually making the difference.
The packet says max 6 doses gaviscon per day. Is that 6 sachets, or 6 doses? (DS is 7kg so 1 dose for him is 2 sachets).
And do I start with max dosage, or just one a day building up?
If it's one a day to start, what's the best time of day?
Do you give gaviscon after milk & before solids? Or wait till after solids?
Should I put solids off for another week or so, just trying BF & gaviscon?
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