Silent Reflux - Kendamil

I used to used aptamil comfort and had the same problem but as soon as I switched to aptamil anti reflux, I found the dirty nappies started to slowly go back to normal and reflux was a lot less my little ones both had really bad reflux x

Every child is different though defo ask your health care visitor for advice xx

If reflux is still bad or progressively getting worse maybe ask your GP about omeprazole x

My boy was on Kendamil and had reflux so I thought I would try comfort but it did nothing for him apart from give him green poo😂, spoke to the doctors and they said to try anti reflux milk so he is now on cow and gate anti reflux milk, been nearly 3 weeks and going well so far! Infacol also makes reflux worse as it’s quite acidic (learnt that from the Kendamums group on fb)!

Apparently kendamil is more creamier than other brands of milk too so if a baby has a sensitive stomach or digestive system it might be harder to digest. I’ve had success previously with cow and gate anti reflux too but with silent reflux both of my babies didn’t improve without omeprazole. Seemingly infacol can also make reflux worse because it’s acidic so if baby already has acid reflux it can aggravate. It’s soo tough and I have totally been there. You’re doing great - if it’s really bad personally I’d go down the omeprazole route xx

Reflux is a symptom not a diagnosis, so you’d want to eliminate allergies, tension and any oral issues causing air intake such as tongue tie x

@Ashleigh Thanks! I never knew this and is super helpful. I’ll stop infacol from now on. Might discuss switching formula with my husband and doctor is ringing back next week re. omeprazole. I don’t want to give him gaviscon because it can make them constipated and he’s already struggling on the toilet front. One GP has mentioned adding a formula thickener but I think I’d prefer to try the comfort formula option first. Thanks so much x

@Jazmin so his tongue tied has been checked but I’ve never been confident with their diagnosis so may look into it privately just to be sure. Thank you x

@Sarah thank you so much! What made your decision to go C&G? Sorry if I’m being nosey. I’ve been reading about them all morning but unsure which one to go for if we switch xx

Thanks @Honour 🩷🩷

@Chelsey good idea! List of approved tongue tie specialists can be found here: https://www.tongue-tie.org.uk/find-a-practitioner/ Red flags for tongue tie include sometimes clicking on the bottle (if they are even latched at all!) reflux, sleeping with their mouth open, tongue not to the roof of the mouth, along with fussing on the bottle and after feeds x

@Chelsey have you noticed any other symptoms that might point to an allergy? Both of my children also have cows milk allergy. It’s just with you saying he’s constipated. (Can be a symptom) All of the reflux milks/thickener and gaviscon basically do the same thing and thicken the milk so it stays down. But if he’s already constipated they might aggravate it more that’s the only thing x

@Chelsey I can’t help on the kendamil front but my 8 month old has been using thickener (carobel) since around the 8 week mark, we tried Gaviscon but used the ‘required dose’ and it constipated him so we switched to thickener not long after (in hindsight I should’ve maybe carried on with Gaviscon but a much lower dose but I had no idea what I was doing back then ha!) the milk thickener does suggest 1.5 scoops per 90ml as the highest dose but I’ve only ever done 0.5 scoops per 90ml or less and that’s worked ok for us & other than the first day or so no constipation. You can increase/decrease when you know what’s working etc. Just thought I’d share Incase it’s a route you go down. X

@Chelsey it’s one of the one’s recommended by drs, when I went to drs they gave me a list of them! For me it was between cow and gate and hipp organic! We also got his tongue tie cut 2 weeks ago which has helped too xx

@Ashleigh so he is going every 24 hours, it used to be 2-3 times but now it seems to be once late at night or early morning and then he’s trying the rest of the time. He’s constantly windy down there but really struggles bringing up burps xxx

@Chelsey apparently hipp organic is a good milk recommendation as the milk is more broken down. I have to do the milk challenge with my daughter soon to see if she has a reaction and that’s the one I’m planning to use 🤞🏼 might be easier for him to digest xx

Thank you @Ashleigh I’ll have a look! Xx