Seeking Advice on Sleep Issues and GERD

Sorry this is coming so late! but...
Infant reflux is you baby's way of saying he needs help. If nursing, remove offensive foods like dairy, sugar, caffeine, onions, garlic, broccoli, beans until you finds which one(s) are affecting baby. For me, it was dairy. Also, go to your healthfood store to buy infant probiotics (good intestinal bacteria). I gave that to my son and still do (he's 3). It works like a charm. What ever you do, please do not give the baby protonix or acid reducers, this may lessen the problem but will definitely not fix the cause and may lead to more problems down the road.

In Good Health,
Dr. Mom

My 9 mo old suffers from it too, but we don't have to use medicine. I took my son to a ped. GI dr. I would recommend that you make an appointment with a pediatric GI dr in your area and ask them about using special formulas if your not nursing; such as Enfamil Nutramigen--this formula is expensive but has worked wonders for my son. Good luck and Hang in there!

My litte one came home from the hospital with GERD. He had so much trouble he would stop breathing, came home hooked up to a monitor. Once we switched him to Lactose free formula. I tried every one of them and the one that worked was Enfamil (in the green can) I think. He's now 8.5 and still has some trouble with gas, but only when he eats what he wants. :)
If breast-feeding look to see what you are eating, drinking and try to limit veggies and milk products.
Just my two cents worth.

Oh I feel for you. My Daughter went through the same thing. I felt like I didn't even get to know her until she started getting over the GERD. The good news is that it usually just goes away eventually. Until then just keep him away from all things vegetable or acidy. (If you've started solids, or are breastfeeding)That is why I switched to formula with her, anytime I ate anything besides chicken and simple carbs it would flare up.
Also if you are formula feeding him double check that he isn't lactose intollerant, because my Dauther was, on top of the GERD!
Once we changed her formula and got her medicine in her regularly it really made a huge difference.
Good luck and I hope your little guy gets to feeling better soon.
~K.