LolaInLove
February 16th, 2012, 02:44 PM
Howdy all....
So, my nearly 7 year old DD2 has something wrong with her belly. She had to take prevacid as a baby as she had really bad reflux until 12 months old, and I nursed her and was a psycho about my diet the whole time. Meaning, she truly had a bile production issue or whatever.
During the past 6 months, she has started having issues again, which arise in the form of waking up and immediately vomiting for a good hour. (Gross puke description warning:) The first few bouts have a tiny bit of the prior evening's dinner in it, and then it's just yellow bile. Then, after an hour or so, she lays for a bit and then chippers up and eats just fine and is her usual jovial self. She was having this about once a month for about 5 months and now she's done it every week for 3 weeks. Sometimes she had "bad poo" along with it. The funny thing is how short it lasts....just an hour, then she is ok.
We suspected a dairy intolerance back when it started 6 months ago, and switched to rice and almond milk and very little if any other dairy like cheese. She eats very well....my kids are both fed like champs, no fast food, no soda, not much processed food. She takes a multi and has a chamomile tea some evenings. Not much juice either.
So, we went to the doc this morning, and he opts to put her on a low dose (10ml) of Prevacid for a month to see what happens, and we will reevaluate at her 7yo checkup in a month. We are also to keep a strict food journal to see if we can identify any triggers.
Well, I am a little leary of Prevacid....my ex (her father) is also not wanting to give it to her, and he is a dentist although he thinks he knows all about everything.
Does anyone have any similar experiences or have any advice about what really helped your child? I've done some web research about it, and have found a lot of natural alternatives, but I just want to know about any personal experiences with your child. What set them off and what helped them particularly.
THANKS!
So, my nearly 7 year old DD2 has something wrong with her belly. She had to take prevacid as a baby as she had really bad reflux until 12 months old, and I nursed her and was a psycho about my diet the whole time. Meaning, she truly had a bile production issue or whatever.
During the past 6 months, she has started having issues again, which arise in the form of waking up and immediately vomiting for a good hour. (Gross puke description warning:) The first few bouts have a tiny bit of the prior evening's dinner in it, and then it's just yellow bile. Then, after an hour or so, she lays for a bit and then chippers up and eats just fine and is her usual jovial self. She was having this about once a month for about 5 months and now she's done it every week for 3 weeks. Sometimes she had "bad poo" along with it. The funny thing is how short it lasts....just an hour, then she is ok.
We suspected a dairy intolerance back when it started 6 months ago, and switched to rice and almond milk and very little if any other dairy like cheese. She eats very well....my kids are both fed like champs, no fast food, no soda, not much processed food. She takes a multi and has a chamomile tea some evenings. Not much juice either.
So, we went to the doc this morning, and he opts to put her on a low dose (10ml) of Prevacid for a month to see what happens, and we will reevaluate at her 7yo checkup in a month. We are also to keep a strict food journal to see if we can identify any triggers.
Well, I am a little leary of Prevacid....my ex (her father) is also not wanting to give it to her, and he is a dentist although he thinks he knows all about everything.
Does anyone have any similar experiences or have any advice about what really helped your child? I've done some web research about it, and have found a lot of natural alternatives, but I just want to know about any personal experiences with your child. What set them off and what helped them particularly.
THANKS!