Patterns & Habits: Maalox

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11 Mth Son - Cycle of Congestion/ear Infections, Has Reflux, Doesn't Sleep Well

Hi everyone, I have a 11 month old son with a combination of issues. Most recently, he has been sick on and off with congestion and ear infections, accompanied by fever, for over 2 months now. He's had 2 rounds of antibiotics (which causes constant diarrhea and then awful diaper rash!). He takes Prevacid for reflux, since about 3 months of age, which the dr increased 2 weeks ago from 7 1/2mg per day to 15 mg/day. He has never slept through the night! He typically wakes up every 1 1/2-2 hours, sometimes he will sleep 3-4 hours when...

Sleep Problems

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Reflux, Sleeping W/3 Week Old

My little guy has been fussy, spits up, crying a lot and very gassy since he was born. At our 10 day check up with the Pedi he suggested that perhaps my little guy has Reflux. Since then we've been adding rice cereal to his bottles to help weigh down the food so he doesn't spit up so much. So far it's been working great, but we're still having problems getting him to sleep more than an hour or so at a time. I'm thinking maybe it has something to do with his reflux. We currently are feeding him Similac forumla with 2tsp. of cereal per...