reflux in toddlers

[MadCatR]

Ok this may sound silly, but how did you know your toddler was still suffering from silent reflux???

We have just weened our DD 21mth off her Zoton and I don't know if her behaviours are just typical toddler or because she's still getting pain. I don't want to be medicating her so much, but its the subtle things that make me think thats whats going on.

I'm just so confused as even at 12 months on the highest meds she was still getting acid reflux episodes and we thought she wasn't doing too bad, the only indicators were 'naughty' 'tantrum' like behaviours typical of toddlers :rolleyes:

[BeatoNo3]

hey there, it sure is to still have relux as a toddler. But question did u ween her with the doctors adive to, coz once to stop using it takes a few weeks for it to work properly again, and tbh Zoton isnt that bad of a medication there r other meds which are stronger, if ur thinking along the line of not wanting her on to many meds, i kno if i can avoid it i dont like to have my ds1 on to many meds but with him it is the inevertable. However mayb you could ask ur doctor for ur dd to b on omeprizole which is alot stronger (tastes jsut as bad) and mayb then see how she goes and if she settle her tanty's then the chances r it was reflux. I guess it would b trail to see if she settles again once back on meds...Sorry also just to finish the possiblities of it being reflux in a toddler, my ds1 is enarly 3 and he has had to have surgery to stop all vomiting and burping due to reflux buring his oesophgus.. best of luck mate...

[MadCatR]

Thanx for your reply BeatoNo3. We stopped her meds on the paeds advice. My husband has also been keen to stop the meds even though I wasn't too sure.

She was on Losec until 10mths when it didn't seem to be working and she was changed to Zoton.

Thankfully she stopped vomitting at 14 months. Now its bouts of screaming where nothing seems to calm her and it always seems worse after she's had a sleep where she'll lay on her back and scream and kick around the cot or floor for anything up to half an hour. Since stopping the meds completely a week and half ago she has started gulping all the time, spitting, biting, waking regularly thru the night, and poking the back of her throat with her finger.

[BeatoNo3]

Hmm i guess i would suggest mayb seeing the pead and explain all those things and she may need her meds for a bit longer. Which really wouldnt b that bad if thats the case. As i said i guess it will b a trail n error as to wether she would b ready to come off for good. I kno u do it with babies but my near 3 yr old even after surgery we still keep his bed on a 30 degree angle like he is still in a cot as he has CP and cant walk... but yea if she is still in a cot mayb try the same it may jsut help her with the reflux if u get me... Does she drink a bottle on her back, i mean the only other thing i would suggest is try not to let her lay down to have a bottle or lay down even for a while afterward then giving it a chance to digest. I mean all this ppl do with babies and i guess its just the same with toddlers with a few modifications... I hope she gets better soon the other thing i dont think would b relfux is the biting or spiting. But the point at her throat might be a sign. But i could b wrong that all in my opinion...

[Kanne]

HI,

Sorry to invade.

My dd is 27 mo. She saw pead for 2yo review a month ago, was toying with the idea that her cough (upper?) due to silent reflux. Sh had non silent reflux as a bub and was on losec from 1 week old to four monhts never really seemded to hep much, i think administering it was more heartwrenching than the relief it provided from memory. She has taken to having her fingers in her mouth all day long, i don't know if this is comfort sucking, she has all her teest bar the last four molars, so could it be teething. Her behaviour and tantrums are uncontrollable at times, you can try and nothing will calm her down or distract her, it is very frustraing for her and me, this is worsened by the fact i have a 5 week old ds, is it just jealousy, it was bad ever since i became pregnant with him roughly.

I am at my wits end, she goes to daycare buand naps there but won't nap in her own bed at home, despite who puts her in there, out of bed, trashing room etc for hours on end, trying to persevere and end up yelling and screamin g and smacking her at times, tried laying in bed with her and reading singing etc, but nothing works, i know whe still needs her naps as she falls asleep in car, pram or highchair and very cranky by 4/5pm. She also started waking early few months ago around 5ish, always 6.30ish prior to this, usually runs screaming into our room or comes in and routine has begun to do poo at this time each morning, iss this to gain attention away from baby?