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Both my kids had acid reflux. We put a few towels under the bassinet pad on one end to create an incline and it helped.

asark 8y ago
Two of ours ended up on (very mild) drugs for acid reflux, for a little while. Friggin' lifesaver, that stuff. With the first one we had to switch doctors to finally get one who'd listen to us (no, shrieking like they're on fire when you lay them down or hold them in the wrong position, and starting to drink from a bottle, then shrieking for a bit, then taking some more, then shrieking for a bit is not normal kid fussiness and we are not being oversensitive first-time parents, you asshole) so that one'd burned their throat quite raw by the time we got ahold of the medicine, but things got way better in a matter of days anyway. Knew what to look for with the other second one who had it, got it taken care of fast, and damn was that easier. Practically an instant fix, in that case, without all the weeks of accumulated damage. A++++ would reach for meds at the first sign of reflux again. Those few weeks without on the first one were... very bad. Very, very bad.
- Someone1234 8y ago
  The drugs are magic. I will say ours still benefited from inclined sleeping even with the drugs. We used the Rock N' Play for several months then got a foam wedge that goes under an infant mattress (which frankly didn't work too well, they'd roll down the hill).
  - asark 8y ago
    Oh yeah, incline on the first one with the (temporarily) effed-up throat remained helpful for a while. We also ended up on some wicked-expensive prescription formula stuff with that one, for two or three months. God was that a lot of money. > We used the Rock N' Play for several months then got a foam wedge that goes under an infant mattress (which frankly didn't work too well, they'd roll down the hill). I'm having a really fun time imagining the scene when you realized it was doing this :-)
  - HorizonXP 8y ago
    I have an 8 month old. We still use an incline sleep pad placed under his mattress (i.e. not under the mattress cover, literally between the crib bottom and mattress). It did help a little with his reflux, and so did Prevacid. But after 30 days of Prevacid, our paediatrician referred us to a GI specialist because she doesn't like doing a refill without the consult. After a lot of back and forth, and difficult times, we eventually determined that he actually has FPIES, and was having issues with cow's milk. My wife cut it from her diet completely (i.e. won't even have processed products that have milk ingredients in them), and his reflux, spitting up, eczema, and tantrums while nursing disappeared. I mention this because it's a super obscure and rare issue, and if some new parent reads this comment, it might save them some aggravation.
    - nostrademons 8y ago
      We also had an infant that refused to sleep horizontally. Baby Zantac helped, but it turned out to be a milk protein intolerance. When mommy cut milk products out of her diet entirely his symptoms disappeared entirely. Makes me wish we'd tried it earlier - we'd noticed possible symptoms early (at around 1 month) but because of the inconvenience for mommy our pediatrician didn't want to officially diagnose until blood appeared in his stool at around 4 months. It's more common than many people think - up to 15% of infants, which is almost 1 in 6.
    - navbaker 8y ago
      We had the exact same issue with our now 17 month old. My wife did the same and cut dairy and soy out of her diet for over a year and the problem went away. Good news is it goes away with time, so she was able to gradually introduce dairy to him with success and she’s been able to eat it again too.
- Chris_Chambers 8y ago
  What were you feeding your child, exactly?
- koenigdavidmj 8y ago
  My son is pretty much like this at three months, even on Prilosec. What meds were yours on?
  - Chris_Chambers 8y ago
    How could your son have this problem? What do you feed him aside from human breast milk? Surely you aren’t using formula?
  - asark 7y ago
    Yeah, I think it was Prilosec. With the first one, who had it the worst and had some actual damage by the time we got ahold of the medicine, we also ran through every formula known to man and ended up on some prescription stuff that comes in tiny cans that are nonetheless like double the price of a huge container of the normal kind, then managed to pull back to merely the most expensive variety of normal formula after a couple months. I'm not sure how large a factor that was compared with just the medicine. The medicine was enough with the other one who had it. If you're managing to do all breast feeding some of the other posts here mention cutting dairy (and soy? One of them says) from the mother's diet helped a lot. Good luck :-/ Once you get past this, 6-18mo is a great time.

Two of ours ended up on (very mild) drugs for acid reflux, for a little while. Friggin' lifesaver, that stuff. With the first one we had to switch doctors to finally get one who'd listen to us (no, shrieking like they're on fire when you lay them down or hold them in the wrong position, and starting to drink from a bottle, then shrieking for a bit, then taking some more, then shrieking for a bit is not normal kid fussiness and we are not being oversensitive first-time parents, you asshole) so that one'd burned their throat quite raw by the time we got ahold of the medicine, but things got way better in a matter of days anyway. Knew what to look for with the other second one who had it, got it taken care of fast, and damn was that easier. Practically an instant fix, in that case, without all the weeks of accumulated damage. A++++ would reach for meds at the first sign of reflux again. Those few weeks without on the first one were... very bad. Very, very bad.

Someone1234 8y ago
The drugs are magic. I will say ours still benefited from inclined sleeping even with the drugs. We used the Rock N' Play for several months then got a foam wedge that goes under an infant mattress (which frankly didn't work too well, they'd roll down the hill).
- asark 8y ago
  Oh yeah, incline on the first one with the (temporarily) effed-up throat remained helpful for a while. We also ended up on some wicked-expensive prescription formula stuff with that one, for two or three months. God was that a lot of money. > We used the Rock N' Play for several months then got a foam wedge that goes under an infant mattress (which frankly didn't work too well, they'd roll down the hill). I'm having a really fun time imagining the scene when you realized it was doing this :-)
- HorizonXP 8y ago
  I have an 8 month old. We still use an incline sleep pad placed under his mattress (i.e. not under the mattress cover, literally between the crib bottom and mattress). It did help a little with his reflux, and so did Prevacid. But after 30 days of Prevacid, our paediatrician referred us to a GI specialist because she doesn't like doing a refill without the consult. After a lot of back and forth, and difficult times, we eventually determined that he actually has FPIES, and was having issues with cow's milk. My wife cut it from her diet completely (i.e. won't even have processed products that have milk ingredients in them), and his reflux, spitting up, eczema, and tantrums while nursing disappeared. I mention this because it's a super obscure and rare issue, and if some new parent reads this comment, it might save them some aggravation.
  - nostrademons 8y ago
    We also had an infant that refused to sleep horizontally. Baby Zantac helped, but it turned out to be a milk protein intolerance. When mommy cut milk products out of her diet entirely his symptoms disappeared entirely. Makes me wish we'd tried it earlier - we'd noticed possible symptoms early (at around 1 month) but because of the inconvenience for mommy our pediatrician didn't want to officially diagnose until blood appeared in his stool at around 4 months. It's more common than many people think - up to 15% of infants, which is almost 1 in 6.
  - navbaker 8y ago
    We had the exact same issue with our now 17 month old. My wife did the same and cut dairy and soy out of her diet for over a year and the problem went away. Good news is it goes away with time, so she was able to gradually introduce dairy to him with success and she’s been able to eat it again too.
Chris_Chambers 8y ago
What were you feeding your child, exactly?
koenigdavidmj 8y ago
My son is pretty much like this at three months, even on Prilosec. What meds were yours on?
- Chris_Chambers 8y ago
  How could your son have this problem? What do you feed him aside from human breast milk? Surely you aren’t using formula?
- asark 7y ago
  Yeah, I think it was Prilosec. With the first one, who had it the worst and had some actual damage by the time we got ahold of the medicine, we also ran through every formula known to man and ended up on some prescription stuff that comes in tiny cans that are nonetheless like double the price of a huge container of the normal kind, then managed to pull back to merely the most expensive variety of normal formula after a couple months. I'm not sure how large a factor that was compared with just the medicine. The medicine was enough with the other one who had it. If you're managing to do all breast feeding some of the other posts here mention cutting dairy (and soy? One of them says) from the mother's diet helped a lot. Good luck :-/ Once you get past this, 6-18mo is a great time.