Silent GERD for 6 month old, many remedies alredy tried _{Page 3 of 4}

17 o'clock it's after midnight, so it's a little bit late. From 7-10, it matches with my baby nap time, when I have to guard him to not wake-up.

But, I can do it in week-end when my husband is here and takes care of Damian.
So what about Saturday?

Until then, my first suggestion would be if it is possible for you to take him to Osteopath/chiropractor- here is an example of site where to find:
http://icpa4kids.org/Find-a-Chiropractor/
But if you have time, would be better to google and find one which completely cured reflux babies, and go there.

I really understand you. Mine is teething 6 at once! So reflux got worse...

ASA FOETIDA it was one of the remedies that we tried at the beginning at it was a huge improvement concerning his big evening crisis.(he was free of evening crisis after 3 days )
We gave ASA FOETIDA 7ch (in USA is ASA FOETIDA 7c), 3 days, 3 times per days, 3 pellets dissolved in water at a time, away from meals.
I believe that is not more dangerous then any other remedy. You start, and, if after one day you feel he is worse, you can stop. At this low potency I’m sure that the aggravation can not last for too long.
Usually this remedy is given for babies whom had to come earlier then they wanted too. E.g.: planned birth.
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Concerning the acid problem, one of my baby’s doctors had the same question, why is not acid medication helping him? I had the same questions until I read a lot of articles, concerning acid reflux viewed from the other side (not from the BIG PHARMA side). Here is an example of article but you can find many more: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/04/2...

I told you about chiro, because I believed that during the birth trauma, his spine and head suffered, and it might be one nerve affected like the vagus nerve which controls the movement of the stomach and of the esophagus. Especially because of the backward arching, I put a great hope in this chiro procedure. I’m sorry that it did not work. :-( Usually you should see an improvement after the first meeting. I just hope it was a good chiro, with experience. So now I wonder if in my case it might also not work...

So now it remained 2 other major paths (and maybe one more):
1. leaky gut (no enough good bacteria to digest completely the food)
2. parasites (e.g giardia or Blastocystis hominis [this one adapts very quickly to the ant parasitic methods] are protozoa that can give lactose intolerance or reflux)

(the 3-rd one heavy metal loading)
Don’t forget that their immune system is still immature so they have a different reaction then adults.

I'm very tired; last night was awful (the entire week quite bad). But I’ll try 17 o’clock my time, so that’s your 10 o’clock I believe. Pls wait for me 10 minutes or so, after that it means that I could not attend.

Hi Samjas55,

It looks like my grandmother is sleeping in the room where is the computer, so again, I have to postpone. Sorry.

However I'll try to answer to your other questions by writting.

The instructions for ASA FOETIDA were given by the best homeopath in town. However, I was not satisfied with him, because he was to busy to listen carefully. The most remedies that he gave were not useful, but the opposite. This is because he is very sensitive, and aggravates for the remedies that are not for him. But this is how homeopathy works. It is a trial and error process. In the end I find another not so well known homeopath, but which helped him the most. The remedies that she gave were better selected for him. I wrote you which were in another mail. If you want I can tell you the exact instruction how to take them, but I think each kid is somehow different, therefore is important to have your own homeopath that you trust and can help you.

Regarding the GAPS diet, I found the book long time after I started the diversification. I even did not buy it, because it was to late, and the information that I found in the video transcript were enough for me. I understood a lot of things about diet, and about good bacteria that is necessary for us to live and to work properly. We need to provide good bacteria somehow, if not from raw milk derivates then from other sources, like fermented cabbage or other fermented drinks. I’m talking about adults. The baby gets whatever is in mom and a little from dad. That’s why I asked you at the begging if you use to consume fermented foods. Do you? Everything that we buy in the supermarket is highly processed; even most of the veggies and fruits are irradiated, if not from local source, thus they lake enzymes.
Our kids do not have autism, so we don’t need to fallow so strictly the diet. But, up till now I did not gave him cereals with gluten (and he is almost one year and a half) (as I know oat contains gluten), however I’ll introduce them very slowly, but a bit later, after I introduce other foods that I planned. One of the easiest cereals to digest is millet, this was his first cereal. Then there other gluten free cereals like quinoa (very nutritive!!) , tapioca, amaranth etc.
If I were in your place I would introduce some other veggies, meat stock, at some point potatoes, and olive oil (this is the oil easiest to digest). Then I would completely change one milk feeding from the middle of the days with veggies with olive oil (lunch), and after added a little bit of organic turkey or chicken (max 30 grams at the beginning).And continue introducing veggies and fruits, and only after this are working try millet, then follow by other gluten free varieties. Egg yolk I think is very important, maybe even before cereals. When you have at least one cereal you can eliminate another milk feeding with (e.g 10 pm or 18.pm) cereals with milk or cereals and fruits (the second not very nice combination, but currently I don’t know what else to suggest, or maybe just fruits, including nutritive ones like bananas and avocado).
At the end you should have 3 main meals, solid and 2 milk feeds morning and before sleeping. If he is not having dairy then because of proteins he should have meat at one of the meals and egg yolk one of the other 2 (or some peas, beans etc.). This is how my ped recommended. Maybe in USA they recommend differently, I don’t know.

Oil and other sources of fats are very important for them until they are 2.
So, I always add something, at each meal, olive oil, coconut oil, or avocado, etc.I started with half of tsp and now around 2 tsp.

Samja55, if your son sleeps well at night, I don't know if it is reflux, or maybe a mild one. Usually reflux gets worse at night because of the horizontal position. But also it is possible that your son is refluxing only after the meals? Do you feed him also at night?

Forgot the most important.
I gave him probiotics they help him with digestion.
But recently after reading about GAPS I found out that this is not enough. Even the best ones.
So now I'll try the fermented foods. I'll start with goat milk youghurt house made 1/4 tsp and tell you how it's working. (my son is also on Neocate)(Maybe you can try the fermented vegetables very small amount...)

What you are describing about your son was the same with mine. Exactly the same, except the spitting-up, very rarely. Most of the time I had to carry him alone and show things, he screamed as you say after 30 minutes after feeding and so on. I cried a lot, I taught I’ll go crazy. I have to remember when things got better.

The biggest change was when I eliminated diary (I tried also to keep my milk until 6 month by pumping because he had aversion, I noticed he is better with it then with hipo-formula,). Then I noticed a huge improvement. The crises were much milder (still continued after every meal), except the big evening crisis. This went away with ASA FOETIDA. I respected the days and the dosage that the homeopath gave me (yes, pellets solved in a little water). After that I had to do a pause several days and then again ASA FOETIDA, but the second time it did not helped anymore. Then my homeopath went in vacation, and when he was worse I gave again ASA FOETIDA, but the result was opposite, I could even see how the milk is coming back in his mouse and he swallows. Actually everything I tried, and it worked wonderfully, after a while did not work anymore, and then if continued the result was exactly the opposite. Another thing that worked well for a while was http://www.coliccalm.com/ .I bought more bottles, but then they weren’t useful.

Another huge improvement in eating and sleeping was with Magnesium Phosphoricum, Schussler salt,D6 the potency (I don’t know if the name is the same in USA) every evening after 18 o’clock , 3 pellets in warm water (I know you don’t have pellets, but tablets instead), for 3 weeks . I have a book, but it is not electronic format, which describes all the symptoms for all the Schussler salts. For Mag Phosp I write you a few of them: stomach colic, pains, irregular heart beat, pain in the eyes, epilepsy, irritability, cough with cramps, muscular spasm, nervousness, regurgitation, constipation, hyperactivity, hyperacidity, hemorrhoids.

Lycopodium was his constitutional type because he was always demanding and bossy, bloated, and very hard to burp. Also he had ravenous hunger, but after a few bytes he didn’t want anymore. You have to look up on the internet the complete description and if many of the symptoms are matching then your son may be also lyco. We tried a ch30, 3 pellets solved in water dose. It was a slight improvement in eating, sleeping and general demanding behavior. Then we started with LM1 potency and went up to LM4. LM1 we gave each day. When you do not notice any further improvement you go to the next e.g LM2, and so on. LM1 you gave more often then the next LM’s. But first try a ch30 and see if you notice changes within 3 days.
Always give only one remedy at once and wait, before trying a new one. But still I suggest a good homeopath.

No, I did not tried Mylanta. But Omeprazol (Losec) and Ranitidine (I don't remeber the american name of it) day time, and they did not work.

What is the complete name Mylanta? I see several versions of it.

I did not know that cereals are not ok. I tried rice cereal half of a small spoon when he was 5 month. He was reacting very badly. At 6 month I tried again, a bigger spoon, result gas and bloating and reflux all night.
Then I waited a lot, I don't remember how much. I know that I tried vegetables, olive oil, fruits, and only then, maybe 8 month?! Still he was not very ok with it, but at least was not screaming so badly.
I suggest that as with everything you start with a very small amount and gradually increase, if is not ok stop, try smtg else, then try again. Each time it will be a little bit better.
But now in your place I would delay it.

About too little acid, here is a copy paste from a site:

'Too little stomach acid (hypochlorhydria) can cause acid reflux because a certain level of acidity is required for the stomach to empty into the intestines. If there is NOT ENOUGH ACID, the valve at the bottom of the stomach called the pyloric valve, does not open, and the contents of the stomach can reenter the esophagus.'

And a copy paste from Mylanta description:

'This medication is used to treat the symptoms of too much stomach acid such as stomach upset, heartburn, and acid indigestion. Aluminum and magnesium antacids work quickly to lower the acid in the stomach.

This medication works only on existing acid in the stomach. It does not prevent acid production,'

That's beeing said, if your baby is ok with Mylanta it means only that the acid bothers him (the reflux of it), and it does not tell anything about the cause.

One suggestion, to make carrying easier for you and for him, what we did, we bought a walker smtg similar to this one:

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?pq=walkers&hl=en&...

but definitely not for walking, but for pushing around in the house. The most important is to elevate the sitting part enough that his legs will not touch the ground, so he will be like in a baby carrier.
From the first moment he loved it! Finally he could stay vertically as much as he wanted.

Here is a nice article I just found:

http://bodyecology.com/articles/low_stomach_acid_symptoms.ph...