Silent reflux is a bitch!
The past week or so has been a tough one for all of us. We have had tears and screams for out little Olivia to the point that she was inconsolable. We now believe that this is due to silent reflux, a condition that is sometimes misdiagnosed as colic. The tell tale signs for us were screaming after every feed, arching her back as in pain, hiccups daily, dribbling a lot of milk when feeding and red in the face a lot. There are the main symptoms that she has been suffering from. After many pennies spent on colic remedies like infacol and gripe water, then for the doctor to say we needed to try a special anti reflux milk, none helped and if anything she was worse, the scream was like something out of a horror movie and was lasting for 20 minutes straight with no way to calm her down. I was a a loss and ended up ringing the doctors back, she has now prescribed her some Gavison infant to help, I hate the idea of pumping her with medication but so far it seems to be making he...