Morgan and the No Good Very Bad Digestive Tract
For the most part Morgan is super healthy. He is gaining weight, becoming more alert, and staying well hydrated. However a week ago while changing his diaper my mom say that there was blood in his stool. This happened 5 days after switching him to formula and about 2 days after he was only consuming formula. Additionally we had noticed an increase in gassiness and fussiness from the formula so we obtained the gentler form of formula which addressed the gas and fussiness. The doctor put Morgan on hypoallergenic formula (he weighed in at 10 pounds 4 ounces). He has been on it for one full week. Starting last Thursday Morgan's stools changed again. . . this time they were the consistency of split-pea soup and just about that color. He started having really bad gas from both ends as well. And a baby who was once not collicy had seemed ot become so in the evenings. So I called the doctor on Friday and the nurse recommended that if things had not changed by Monday that I should call again. So I did. They had me come in and check his stool for blood (he weighed in at 11 pounds 8 ounces). There was no blood, but there was concern about the stools. So the doctor recommended that we try the other brands hypoallergenic formula. Additionally based on the symptoms Morgan was presenting and concerns I had about them she prescribed Infant Zantac (which I should only start if after 3-5 days on the other hypoallergenic formula the symptoms do not go away). So last night after feeding him the new formula he was the fussiest he has been to date. He was pratically inconsolable. Eventually I fed him the original and he quieted down immediately and dozed off.
Since I am now taking responsibility for all the night time feedings I decided that I would try changing him over to the new formula today. I wanted to get as much sleep as possible. For the most part he slept well, but not his best. This morning he was fussy after the new formula was given to him, but not horribly so, until we were in the van on the way to a destination and he totally freaked out. I think it was gas, but it is hard to tell when you aren't psycic and don't have the ability to comfort while your not even halfway to your destination. He seemed ot calm himself down after that and slept until about mid-day. So the jury is still out on this new formula . . . I will give it another few days. I am going to alternate (as I see fit) the two until he is only on one, but I dont think I will wait for the Zantac. I think that will help us out on the non-stool issues that he is having. I just want a happy healthy baby.
What little information I found on Infant Zantac makes me hessitate to give it to him. I could not find a list of possible side effects and most of the disscussion I found was anti giving it to your infant. Morgan will be 6 weeks on Thursday and that was then I planned on getting it for him. Have you used it with your kids? Did it work? Hopefully it will help Morgan remain as healthy as he is, but give him a better digestive tract and become the content kiddo I know he can be.
Since I am now taking responsibility for all the night time feedings I decided that I would try changing him over to the new formula today. I wanted to get as much sleep as possible. For the most part he slept well, but not his best. This morning he was fussy after the new formula was given to him, but not horribly so, until we were in the van on the way to a destination and he totally freaked out. I think it was gas, but it is hard to tell when you aren't psycic and don't have the ability to comfort while your not even halfway to your destination. He seemed ot calm himself down after that and slept until about mid-day. So the jury is still out on this new formula . . . I will give it another few days. I am going to alternate (as I see fit) the two until he is only on one, but I dont think I will wait for the Zantac. I think that will help us out on the non-stool issues that he is having. I just want a happy healthy baby.
What little information I found on Infant Zantac makes me hessitate to give it to him. I could not find a list of possible side effects and most of the disscussion I found was anti giving it to your infant. Morgan will be 6 weeks on Thursday and that was then I planned on getting it for him. Have you used it with your kids? Did it work? Hopefully it will help Morgan remain as healthy as he is, but give him a better digestive tract and become the content kiddo I know he can be.
posted by Ginger at
2:48 PM
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My first had infant GERD (acid reflux) and was put on Prevacid. She did better on it and no side effects (she's 2 now), but we never tried Zantac. Hope that helps.
Ah. Baby Zantac.
Alex was on it for at least 6 months . . . but didn't have quite the issues you did. He urped. A LOT. And then cried. I HATED giving him the Zantac and generally gave his a wee bit less than was called for . . . but had to admit that it worked. He was on it / off it for at least 6 months. Just twice a day. Get peppermint flavored - it's pretty nasty stuff. He's off it now and just fine.
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