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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 mat

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.