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My daughter is one month old. I noticed some signs of reflux where she would cry in pain after every feeding and would only stop once I held her and bounced with her in my arms. She would also spit up and occasionally vomit. Her stomach would constrict in pain and she would pedal her legs or draw them into her abdomen. She also has baby acne around her cheeks and chin but the chin is the most inflamed. It seemed to be worse in the early morning hours and throughout the day.
I eliminated caffeine and dairy from my diet, am currently using an infant pro biotic in her breast milk, and have started the following remedy for her reflux. I give her half a tablet of nat phos 6x diluted in breast milk after every feed. I make sure to burp her well and feed her upright as well as keeping her upright for 20 mins after feeding. I also have been taking nat phos 6x two tablets after every meal and am currently waiting on arnica in liquid form to arrive to start a wet dose. I have been eliminating food from my diet for five days and doing nat phos for three.
Her spit up has improved, yet she seems to still be in pain as she is still shrieking and kicking her legs. She passes a lot of gas but her stools have decreased from five or six a day to maybe one. The stool is very watery and runny and not seedy like previous stools.
I'm getting a little stressed out and would like to know if this is the remedy I should keep pursuing, change courses, or add another remedy to the mix. If someone could help me out, I'd appreciate it as this stress is making my milk supply decrease. Thanks in advance!
[message edited by celirain on Tue, 02 Sep 2014 19:06:03 BST]
 
  celirain on 2014-09-02
This is just a forum. Assume posts are not from medical professionals.
THE NAT-PHOS MISINFORMATION
Homeopathy works on “individualization” i.e. the remedy for GERD which will work on one child may not work on another. There are several remedies for GERD. A particular person is promoting Nat-Phos as THE remedy for curing GERD by selectively quoting parents benefiting from his Nat-Phos protocol. This is not only incorrect but totally against the principles of “individualization” in homeopathy. I am sure desperate parents would do anything to get the cure but blindly going for Nat-Phos is not the route as many have found the hard way. It’s a case of common sense & statistics. If you give Nat-Phos to 100 kids for GERD, some are bound to improve, it doesn’t mean that it’s THE remedy for GERD. Next time someone touts Nat-Phos as the remedy for GERD ask him the statistics first.

GENERAL INFO ABOUT HOMEOPATHIC PRESCRIBING:
If someone is giving several remedies, without waiting to see the effect of one remedy, then it is totally against the core principles of homeopathy. Such an approach is unlikely to give permanent cure, rather it may distort actual symptoms making subsequent cure even more difficult.
 
fitness 9 years ago
I can try to find a suitable remedy for your case. Before doing that, please click on my username to know about me & my prescription skills.

Please answer ALL these questions and I may be able to select a curative remedy. Leave the questions in place:

1. What is the age, weight & height of child
2. Physical appearance: Thin, Medium, Chubby
3. How is the child mentally & emotionally normally
4. How is the child mentally & emotionally during reflux/gerd
5. What are the symptoms of reflux/gerd
6. How is the child’s stool
7. Does the child have gas (flatulence), if yes, a lot or less
8. How is the child’s desire to feed
9. Is the child teething
10. How is the child’s sweat (perspiration), answer all these points
• Any Smell
• Where mostly
• How much (little, a lot etc.)
 
fitness 9 years ago
Thank you!
1. What is the age, weight & height of child

Age: 5 weeks
weight: approx 9 lbs
height: wont let me measure her right now..over 12' though


2. Physical appearance: Thin, Medium, Chubby
medium to chubby...stomach gets very bloated after eating

3. How is the child mentally & emotionally normally

normally she is quiet and alert, loves tummy time, only cries when something is wrong.

4. How is the child mentally & emotionally during reflux/gerd

during reflux, she will wake up screaming then look as though she swallowed spitup. will only stop crying when held-prefers right side. looks as though she is hungry but wont nurse or take a bottle- flings pacifier out of mouth even though she will cry when she doesn't have it. bouncing while being held is the only thing that soothes.


5. What are the symptoms of reflux/gerd

Draws legs to stomach and pedals legs. constriction of stomach. bloated lower abdomen. Constant hiccuping and spitup. screechy crying. constant gas and decreased/explosive stool. baby acne over cheeks and chin- mostly inflamed on chin. one cheek (right) appears red all the time. Arching of back, bright red face while crying. warm baths help sometimes. worse during early mornings and daytime.

6. How is the child’s stool

Decreased stool from every other diaper to once a day. missed yesterday completely then had explosive stool today. very watery


7. Does the child have gas (flatulence), if yes, a lot or less

very gassy.

8. How is the child’s desire to feed

constant desire to feed

9. Is the child teething

no teeth yet

10. How is the child’s sweat (perspiration), answer all these points
• Any Smell
• Where mostly
• How much (little, a lot etc.)
sweat is back of neck and back. no smell, a little
[message edited by celirain on Wed, 03 Sep 2014 16:09:42 BST]
[message edited by celirain on Wed, 03 Sep 2014 16:11:50 BST]
 
celirain 9 years ago
Your remedy is: Calcarea Phosphorica 30c.

HOW TO TAKE THE REMEDY:
Please take two doses 12 hrs apart. Just two doses. Not daily.
Report back in 2 days with changes observed.

WHAT IS A DOSE FOR CHILDREN:
One dose is made by dissolving one pill of the remedy (or one drop, if you have liquid remedy) in half a glass of cooled, boiled water. Stir it and take one tea spoon from it.

TIME OF DOSE:
First dose: At night before sleeping.
Second dose: 12 hrs after the first dose.
Don’t take any more dose or any other remedy unless I tell you.

PRECAUTIONS:
If there is worsening of symptoms (called homeopathic aggravation) after the first dose, then don’t take the second dose.
Don’t take any other homeopathic remedy during this treatment.
Give a break of at least 10 minutes before eating/drinking anything before or after taking the remedy.
During the treatment, don’t eat anything which you have never had all your life.

HOMEOPATHIC AGGRAVATION
Sometimes the symptoms for which treatment is being done can worsen after taking the homeopathic remedy. This is homeopathic aggravation and a good sign. It usually dies down within 24-48 hrs. During this time you can use any non-medicinal means to keep yourself comfortable. If the aggravation seems excessive, you can use any & all means necessary (including taking allopathic medicines) to keep yourself comfortable. Keep your homeopath fully updated if this happens.

HOW TO GIVE FEEDBACK:
A good example of how to report your progress is by giving %age improvement for all your health problems e.g.
Headache: 30% better
Low energy level: 50% better
Anxiety: 40% better
Sadness: No change
Depression: Worse
And so on list all your complaints.

MOTHER’S DIET
If your child is breastfed then what you eat will have a huge effect on your baby’s health. If you eat foods which cause gas (e.g. cabbage, beans, cauliflower etc) then your baby will have gas too. Cut back on the foods which cause gas in you or your husband (because your baby may have acquired the genetic tendency of your husband to have gas & bloatedness). Eating a few fennel seeds will address infrequent gas & bloatedness, eating it in excess will cause constipation.
 
fitness 9 years ago
Thank you much. I will stop all remedies and use this one and report back in two days
 
celirain 9 years ago
Hello!
I just wanted to report back with the results of the remedy that you suggested. The first dose was administered before bed and the next morning at few hours before the next dose, my baby's symptoms grew worse. Increased crying, hard to console, increased spit up, increased leg doubling and gas. She acts hungry then throws up immediately after eating.
Her acne looked 20% better and less inflamed and she had a bowel movement that was a little more seedy then it has been as it was watery before.
As suggested since the symptoms were worse, the second dose was not administered. Since the aggrevation is a good sign, what is the next recourse in action? After crying for almost ten hours with several short breaks throughout, she has been sleeping well during the past couple hours, waking up only to eat- this last time there was no spit up or vomitig
[message edited by celirain on Fri, 05 Sep 2014 08:36:18 BST]
 
celirain 9 years ago
Now just observe, no more doses, I expect to see constant amelioration. Keep me posted.
 
fitness 9 years ago

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