Does gripe water help with acid reflux in babies?
Thursday, April 29th, 2010 at
9:56 am
My 6 month old has been on Zantac since he was 1 month old. I don’t like that he has to rely on medicine. He is breastfed so I have decided to change my diet and eliminate dairy, chocolate, citris, and spicy food. But I want to know if ther is anything else that can help sooth his reflux naturally.
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Filed under: Acid Reflux Diet
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We had the same problem with our daughter. She even had to have a scope her reflux was so bad.
We tried gripe water, holistic/homeopathic remedies. Nothing worked like Zantac. By the time she hit 10 months, she had totally outgrown it, thank God.
Since she was 10 months old, she’s only spit up 2 times and can lay flat on her back in the crib without being miserable.
In our experience, NOTHING worked anywhere nearly as well as Zantac did. Good luck. Best news is he will 99% likely outgrow it.
homeopathy!
Gripe water would do no good for your babies Acid Reflex. I found out my daughter had it when she was 2 months old and was started on Prevacid which helped but she still spit up alot and cried quite a bit. Here are some things that we did for my daughters (ARD)
1. Feed in an upward position
2. Keep in an upward position for at least 30 to an hour after a feeding
3. If you give your baby a bottle wheather your breastfeeding or not try putting 1 to 2 tspns of cereal in her milk
4. change your diet which you already did
5. When sleeping don’t put her flat, raise her head and upper chest a bit that way she is at an angle. Maybe put a couple of books under the legs on the crib. They also have these little things you can lay your baby in while in the crib that keeps them raised a bit.
My daughters ARD did not last forever, she is now 7 months old and although she still spits up alot(which some babies just do), she does not have any pain or discomfort in her chest or any other signs of Acid Reflex.
hope i helped!
Gripe water is a mild antacid. It can’t really hurt.
Small frequent meals are better than large meals. Also fatty foods, fried foods, citrus, and grains can make things worse.