> Just a reminder to all....GERD peaks  at 4 months and usually takes
> 9-18 months to go away.  In this case the baby's symptoms subsided
> after 3 months (no more "need" for Reglan).  That would indicate to me
> that the child probably never had real GERD....more likely he was
> super sensitive to his gastro-colic reflex and overreacted to it with
> every feeding ...resulting in the thrashing...this can usually be very
> successfully mitigated by using the 5 S's (but often you have to start
> them out pretty vigorously).

Harvey Karp


> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Date:    Tue, 6 Apr 2004 02:33:18 -0400
> From:    "Kermaline J. Cotterman" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Baby with Reflux
>
> Mellanie posted about the baby who <"thrashes and arches and fights his
> way through every feeding......kicks, flails and arches his back
> throughout the entire feeding. . . .Other pertinent information: The
> baby
> has severe reflux that caused him to be re-admitted to the hospital at
> 1
> week because he would stop breathing while refluxing.  He was on zantac
> and reglan until 3 months.  At 3 months mom took him off reglan (after
> discussing with her pediatrician) because he would not
> sleep for more than 30 minutes at a time and was only sleeping a total
> of about 8 hours per day.  His sleep greatly improved after the reglan
> was discontinued.>

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