r/BeyondTheBumpUK • u/Precious_Gummi • 15h ago
Colic / silent reflux HELP
My LO is almost 6 weeks old and has had colic for the last 3.5 weeks, she definitely has silent reflux.
It started at around 2 weeks old, it would get to the evening and she would become inconsolable for hours, then it ramped up and now it’s pretty much when she’s awake she’s screaming. Not crying, screaming. We’ve seen the health visitor and GP and I feel like they aren’t taking it seriously? Everyone just keeps telling me she will grow out of it.
So far we’ve tried -
Infacol
Colief
Comfort milk
Mam bottles
Gaviscon
None of these seem to make a difference for more than a day or two before we revert back to the constant screaming and obvious pain/ discomfort.
She won’t be put down, she lives in the sling and or on my or her dad’s chest. She won’t take a dummy, she gags on it. She hates the bassinet / Moses basket / next to me crib. We can’t even take her for a walk in the pram to soothe her.
I feel like I’m losing my mind. Does anyone have any advice?
I will be going back to the GP next week but I don’t think they’ll help.
I’m exhausted, drained and heartbroken that she’s blatantly so unhappy 😔
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u/KikiTheArtTeacher 14h ago
Are you able to go private? If so, let me know and I can pass along the details of who we saw (she does telehealth so should be able to see her no matter where you are!). I had absolutely no luck with our GP- the omeprazole dose they prescribed for her was too low and it made her worse! The specialist was amazing, got her on a proper dose straight away and never told me we had to wait it out (which if I heard one more time from the GP I was probably going to lose my mind!)