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Given I cannot assist you with medical information on CA; I am wondering if this Posting may not reach you; I tried post mailing you however could not get into your Profile!
I had Babies now grown up with severe gastro-oesophageal reflux. It was Jesus and Our Lady Mary that got both Children and myself through with the assistance of their Father after the initial 6 months that were tricky as a result of chronic sleep deprivation suffered by myself. He needed his sleep due to early morning starts and working 12 hour days right at the time each were born as it happened.
For every bit of advice check with your Clinic Sister and Medical Practitioner along with the Paediatrician… My Childrens Paediatrician informed me it was genetic (2 out of 4 children in the Family would have it). Later in years I discovered that my husband had it and my sister had it as babies)!
The most important thing to do daily is pray The Holy Rosary and prayers asking Jesus and Our Heavenly Mother to ‘bathe the name of your Baby in His Divine Love, Protection, Health and Safety, now and for Eternity’. I have always said my prayers for both Children as Babies, Toddlers, Teens and to date for the same; in which Jesus and our Heavenly Mother have always been there for myself and Children.
I was woken with a tapping on my shoulder twice by Jesus and Mother Mary during my Daughter’s sleep when she had Reflux at 6 weeks of age thereabouts to discover that she had wriggled her way down the bassinette to the base (almost overheating from the blankets that were tucked in securely during an extremely cold October). No crying and no sound. I was advised by the Paediatrician to elevate the bassinette to that certain degree/angle. She cooled down and was fine (cool boiled water to re-hydrate) and all good.
First time Mum and one suffering from chronic sleep deprivation. I almost learned the hardest way if I had not been woken by Jesus on those two occasions within that week. If it is elevated at too high a degree of an angle, the baby wriggles down under the blankets, causing suffocation cot death. This is why it is vital to stay awake for the first few nights or during the day observing how your Baby wriggles and sleeps, at that angle in which the Basinette or Crib is placed. I did this after that episode and realised it was a good 10-15 degrees less than what was originally advised. No more slipping or wriggling down, no choking and less pain experienced.
Visiting your nearest Women and Babies Hospital is the best advise I can give to you; given that the Sisters are the people who do know how to place babies with G.O.R in the best positions within basinettes/cribs to decrease the peristalsis episodes. Contents rising and falling within the stomach and up into the oesophagus by memory.
During the day she would sit upright in the pram and at changing times I elevated her head with a pillow.
I was informed to place rolled Nappies half way down the bassinette/crib on each side to stop her from rolling at all on her back or tummy to avoid choking on the vomitus. This would be an archaic way now given that there would have to be other aides engineered to assist babies with Gastro-oesophageal Reflux.
These were the days when the Fisher and Price sleeping aides were not available here in Australia either and little info available to Parents.
Then someone loaned me one of those walkers when she was older than 6 months and a special cushioned low chair type thing that kept her elevated at 10 months during the daytime when not in her new pram elevated; always fully supervised by myself or her Dad or Family Members. Praise and Thanks be to Thee Dear God our Heavenly Father and Dear Our Lady Mary Mother of Jesus now and for Eternity Dear Lord for getting the Family through.
I kept visiting Doctors back in those days asking for a Paediatrician appointment in which I finally secured one only to be informed that there was not much that could be done with the exception she would ‘grow out of it by latest at the age of 12 months’. Not to be…it turned out that she had oesophageal burning that elevation was not assisting with the pain part and her sphincter muscle had not closed. Had she been given a certain medication to cease all of the burning and assist the sphincter muscle she would never have endured the extra 7 months of pain.
Finally, the Paediatrician put her on the appropriate medication to cease the burning part of the Reflux and to heal the sphincter muscle. By then she was running around at 18 months and all wonderful!
My son never vomited despite being diagnosed with Reflux; he just had stomach and oesophageal pain in which the Paediatrician gave him a newer medication that greatly assisted for a shorter timeframe.
Many babies with G.O.R. have an allergy to cows milk or dairy; be mindful of this while breastfeeding. It worsens their pain and temporary condition. Goats Milk or soy are great alternatives. This is not medical advice; check with your Paediatrician.
If you need parental support, join up with a helpful Parental website in which other Mums and Dads are experiencing Reflux with their Baby (for tips advice and support to one another).
Having a baby sleep in the bed has been linked in some cases to cot death ie can be animal fur, dust mite, overheating in the bed, rolling on one’s baby, covers over their little heads, all sorts of things. Yet in other countries with Families, many Parents have always had their Children as babies bonding with them in the same beds; without any problems; a girlfriend of mine with 6 Children; most of whom spent their first 12 months or more in their parent’s bed!
I was guided not to do this by Jesus and Mother Mary; for other people it is entirely up to them as Parents.
still, might be worth a try if being inclined helps.
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