Gaviscon for BF babies

I've finally got a prescription for this, and just tried to give DD her first dose. She was not impressed and I don't think I got much into her

For those that don't know, I have to give her 15 mL at a time, 6 times a day, ideally just after her big feeds. It's essentially a basic solution, to counter the acid in her reflux and her face says it tastes terrible

So, any ideas how to get this into her? She won't take EBM from a bottle, so I doubt she'll take this horrible stuff. I think I'm going to have to hold her down and syringe it into her, but that breaks my heart to do that. Especially bearing in mind I'm lucky to get 5 hours of sleep in total most nights - my day started at 1am today, so life isn't much fun for either DD or I, and the last thing I want to do is fight with her

Hey T_Rex I found that I am more successful in getting it into DD by mixing it with only 5 mL of liquid then giving it to her with s syringe. I'm also giving it to her before a feed which seems to be helping. She won't take a bottle either which makes it hard.
She is supposed to have 2 sachets which is near impossible so I'm trying 1 sachet at a time and will up the dose to 2 when she is used to it. It does seem to be helping though. Only one upset/grizzly time today and only one sleep which I had to help her get to sleep with. And NO screaming

When my boy was having gaviscon I used one of these. He did take a dummy though so that probably made it easier. Oh and I only mixed it up with 10mls of water not 15 and gave it at the beginning of the feed (even though the instructions say the end) so he was starving and guzzled it down. Hope that helps.

I mixed it with EBM - but it took 30mls before it didn't taste so bad for him - gave up cos it bunged him up and was a complete PIA for me.
I love the look of that dummy Mrs_B!!

Hi, my baby boy had silent reflux and he was on gaviscon up to six times a day, because I was breastfeeding exclusively too.   Yup, it was a nightmare getting it into him, and I lived in fear of him missing a dose.

Like two people said above, I would mix it down with only 5mls of water and used a dropper to get it in. But I was only successful 80% of the time, and it was a real battle at 3am feeds.

So ... we were reluctant to put him on ranitidine, but within three days of him taking it I took him off the gaviscon and he became a "textbook" sleeping baby.   I now wish I had started him on it sooner, but we had to wait to see a specialist, so he started on it when he was nearly three months old ... he's 19 months now and still on two doses, one in the morning one at night, but I will start weaning him off it soon. (He loves the taste of it now, he say's "yum yum" after he has it!).

Hope this helps!