9 1/2 Month Old Still Spits up like Mad.....

Try probiotics. I don't know about your son, but my daughter, who spit up constantly, was taking antibiotics the day after she was born (staph and strep). (Good bacteria in the intestinal tract can be depleted by antibiotics and also the kinds of food we eat.) This all happened 30 years ago when virtually no one understood anything about what antibiotics could do to the intestinal tract. My daughter was then diagnosed with acid reflex at the age of 21. When our alternative doctor told us about the benefits of probiotics, she began taking them, decreasing her need for so much Prevacid. You can find Primadophilus JR at health food stores. It's in capsule form and can be mixed in food or formula. I don't know what the bottle recommends for the dosage, but your son will likely need more. (Probiotics restore the good bacteria that naturally occur in the intestinal tract, so they are not a drug.) A chiropractor-kinesiologist might be able to help him, too. I bet you have at least a couple of them in the KC area. Good luck!

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We had the same problem with our daughter. Even after she started walking and was over a year old (when the dr kept telling me it would end). We finally got relief when I quit listening to her dr and tried lactose free. We switched her to lactaid and quit giving any cheese or yogurt. It was such a quick response it was great. It only took a few days for her to clear her system. We bought the calcium fortified lactaid and that helped replace the yogurt and cheese calcium. She never had to take zantac again and she is a healthier, happier girl. I just wish I had figured it out earlier. We've been told she may even outgrow it before school age. Hope this helps!

My little one spit up buckets for what seemed like forever. He finally started tapering off when he was a year old and stopped spitting up altogether around 18 or 19 months old. Unlike your child, mine never had any discomfort associated with his spit up, so he was never on meds. Our doctor told us just to wait it out and bring extra shirts and burp cloths wherever we go. I can't offer you any suggestions about getting him comfort, but I want to let you know that this could continue beyond the age when he begins to walk. Good luck!

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My little one spit up buckets for what seemed like forever. He finally started tapering off when he was a year old and stopped spitting up altogether around 18 or 19 months old. Unlike your child, mine never had any discomfort associated with his spit up, so he was never on meds. Our doctor told us just to wait it out and bring extra shirts and burp cloths wherever we go. I can't offer you any suggestions about getting him comfort, but I want to let you know that this could continue beyond the age when he begins to walk. Good luck!

My son had GERD until he was old enough to eat mostly solid food - that was 25 years ago and nobody would THINK of taking them off of milk. My grandson started with it when he came to live with me - so I put him on soy milk and limited his cheese and yogurt intake until he was eating more solids. I don't know if that stopped it but we never had trouble again. It would certainly be worth trying for a week or so and see if it helps.

My 2 year old son was born with acid reflux. He had to wear a bib all day long until he was about a year old. He would spit up TONS. He was on Zantac and Mylanta. Nothing worked. We put rice cereal in every bottle. He eventually just grew out of it. At a little over a year old his spitting up stopped altogether. I think the whole milk out of a sippy cup (as opposed to formula & breast milk out of bottles) and the fact that he was eating mostly table foods probably helped. Hang in there! You won't have to deal with the excessive amount of laundry for too much longer.

My daughter also had acid reflux when she was that age. Zantac did not work and our pediatrician switched her to PRILOSEC. That did it! What a relief!