Any Moms Out There Who Have Toddlers or Preschooler with GERD or Reflux?

I have a 7-month-old with reflux and have visited the Infant Reflux message boards for great information. There are also lots of moms and dads on there with toddlers with reflux. The website is: http://www.infantreflux.org/forum/. If that link doesn't work, just type in the infantreflux.org and then scroll down on the left hand side you'll see the link to "message boards". I found the boards to be quite helpful. Hang in there!

R., please check out my website www.mydoterra.com/sharontheoils and look up the oil DigestZen. Just add a drop to 1 tsp. of oil (preferably fractionated coconut oil or olive oil) and rub it on the child's tummy. It is also beneficial on the bottom of the feet. It is truly awesome, and totally safe for even the youngest child, or put it straight on the stomach for an adult! Just rub on in a clockwise direction, or you could end up with constipation. It's good for diarrhea, also.

Hi R.--
I have a one year old that dealt with reflux. We prefer to use alternative medicine to treat, and there are lots and lots of things that can be done to fix the problem. My son is fine now with no Western Medicine intervention. If you are interested in our way of doing it I'm happy to elaborate. Basically we use a combination of chiropractic, herbs, and homeopathy. Good luck!
J.

I am a birth doula and one of my former clients has a toddler with GERD. I will let her know that you are looking for people to talk with and hopefully she will join the group!

R. S,

I recommend 25grams of fiber a day, I can recommend some brands if you don't currently use anything. You can also make smoothies with fruit and water, we put plum,bannana, pineapple, 2 apples, mango in ours.

Hi! Im sorry to hear your little one is going thru this. My son has had it since he was born. He is four now and is currently taking prevacid. He had several tests done and the acid had started burning little holes in his stomach and esophogus,thats when they put him on the prevacid and it has helped him a lot. He now has his appetite back and doesnt cry because he is in pain. He used to complain that his stomach hurt and he felt full after just a few bites and he said his throat felt like it was on fire.
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Good luck!
A.

my daughter was diagnosed with silent reflux at age 2. We did LOTS of tests and are working with the GI/nutrition dep't at Children's hospital. She had an endoscopy and colonoscopy that determined she had acid in her stomach. Which later explained why she never wanted to eat and was ALWAYS fussy. She is on baby prevacid, and we have taken anything that is acidic out of her diet. SO far SO good! Good luck with everything. Be your child's advocate, ask LOTS of questions and be presistant!

Definitely. We've had three with it. Two currently being treated. One is very severe and will most likely be having surgery for it in the next month or so. I'd love to help out in anyway I can.

It is more about the symptoms then tests that are ran. My daughter had it when she was younger. Painful when laying down is one, they have a feeling of acid building in the throat and almost feel like it is burning. Sometimes even puking up stomach acid. It would be bright yellow. Upset stomach at night well after eating and worsening when laying down position. It isn't anything they can diagnose other then symptoms being given. If it is super severe they will do an endoscopy to see the lining of the stomach and make sure the acid hasn't done damage to the lining or esophogus. You can try giving a tums too to see if that relieves symptoms, a sure indicator it is acid related.

My daughter was on liquied kids Zantac for several months and actually grew out of it thankfully. She was not eating solids so it was more a matter of what I ate as she and getting from the breast milk. I have it and what I am doing that helps is Probiotics, like Activia yogurt every morning or even capsules that you can sprinkle in foods, yogurts and not eating greasy or fried foods of any kind. Try drinkable yogurts for kids too.
Chocolate is another thing that can stir mine up and I love it so much I just take a acid reducer well before I am going to have a piece, hee hee.